Manufacturing Manager

Salary: £78,000 – £90,000 per year

Manufacturing Manager

£65,000 – £75,000 + Unique Benefits

Our client is part of a prestigious global engineering group and are considered as the market leader. Specifically, they design, develop and manufacture of bespoke equipment and automation (please contact JMT for more detail).

This is a unique opportunity to join at a transformative time, developing future products and solutions against a backdrop of a rapidly changing environment where sustainability, Industry 4.0, digitalisation, diversity, innovation, and data-driven R&D are significant influences.

The Manufacturing Manager is responsible for the efficient manufacturing and/or assembly of components being made into finished goods.

This role sits within the senior management team and is expected to contribute to the strategic and operational management and direction of the company in pursuit of the company goals.

General activities:

• Ensure safe working practises and conditions are upheld at all times.
• Be accountable for ensuring customer quality, delivery requirements are met.
• Ensure that the appropriate best working practices are maintained at all times.
• Manage effectively and efficiently the production of the required daily/weekly/monthly targets provided by the procurement department in line with customer specifications
• Apply Lean Manufacturing philosophy and principles to stimulate a culture of continuous improvement at all time.
• Implement process changes and improvements.
• Create a culture of value generation, commitment, innovation and collaboration.
• People Development.
• Ensure effective and transparent communication between department and to facilitate the implementation of the changes and the improvements.
• Financial Budget & Control.

Education/Qualifications and Experience;

• Bachelor of Engineering or Business required and extensive organisation and industry experience.
• An excellent knowledge of Lean Manufacturing aligned with the Toyota Production Systems (TPS).
• Expertise in lean manufacturing, JIT, QCO/SMED, Line balancing assembly, Kaizen, 5S & Kanban.
• Continuous Improvement Background.
• Clear and demonstrable experience in A3 development & PPS.
• Experience in managing budgets, KPI orientated and data driven.

Person Specification;

• Open minded, entrepreneurial, resourceful, collaborative
• Inspire and motivate the team
• Consistently manages performance firmly and fairly and in a supportive manner
• Resilient, optimistic and open to change
• Self motivated and able to work well under pressure
• Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings
• Result focused
• Strategical thinking
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Commercial awareness, ability to adapt to different client needs
• The ability to make important decisions and cope with the pressure of demanding targets and tight deadlines

Strategy and Development:

Develop and implement the strategy of the manufacturing department in order to;

• Improve the efficiency of the department in a modern and sustainable way.
• Meet the customer quality and delivery requirement.
• Implement sustainable and digital operations.
• Improve the product cost and department productivity.
• Support the overall business strategy and the company culture deployment
• Contribute to the annual planning process.