Production Operations Manager

Salary: £66,000 – £72,000 per year

PRODUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGER (ENGINEERING BACKGROUND REQUIRED): COMPETITIVE SALARY £66,000 – £72,000BASIC WITH GOOD BENEFITS AND POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE PROGRESSION. LARGE MULTINATIONAL COMPANY UNDERGOING A PERIOD OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

The Client

Our client is part of a huge multinational company with operations and offices all over the world. As part of their continued growth they are presently seeking a Site Production Manager (reporting into the Plant Manager) for one of their North West sites. Our client is looking for a Production / Manufacturing Manager with good technical aptitude as well as people management.

The Role

To ensure products are manufactured on time to the right cost, quality in a safe working environment. The Production Manager is to be involved with the planning, coordination and control of manufacturing processes and is responsible for both human and material resources. A key part of this position will be to show leadership and continual improvement in production volumes, cost and quality while also fostering a World Class Safety Culture. Delivering on World Class Manufacturing standards and improvements in the environment of the site (5S, Lean and WCM) by managing and challenging change at all levels.

Responsibilities:

– Overseeing the production processes, and putting in effective controls and improvements to demonstrate CI.
– Daily Management of both production Supervisors and Process Engineers.
– Development of Process Engineers to become product specialists for the group.
– Optimise and improve Processes to maximise performance output.
– Implementing effective training plans including documented training and validation.
– Agreeing the production schedules and optimize these in order to maintain and maximize production at reduced cost. Target 100% OTIF internally and externally.
– Ensuring that the production is cost effective and demonstrate continuous improvement in costs.
– Making sure that all products are produced on time and are of requisite quality.
– Put in place systems which monitor quality and show effective control of products and deliver on improvements as part of must win battles.
– Monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control programmes
– Monitoring process performance against standards and taking necessary corrective actions to protect customers at all times.
– Monitoring the production processes and adjusting schedules as needed;
– Formulation of annual budgets for manufacturing
– Identifying & implementing improvement initiatives and projects in quality, cost, delivery and health and safety and deliver against these.
– Calculation of labour and material resources needed;
– Estimating costs and setting the quality standards;
– Responsibility for the selection, use and maintenance of equipment;
– Liaising among different departments, e.g. suppliers, managers;
– Working with managers to implement the company’s policies and goals;
– Ensuring that all legislative health and safety and internal guidelines are followed;
– Ensuring housekeeping standards are set and maintained in line with an ethos of 5S, showing real progress by control methods and recording these visually along the journey.
– Put in place an effective WCM system which can demonstrate improvements in Quality, Cost Delivery and Health and Safety but also show improvements in all production areas in the spirit of WCM encompassing 5S, SMED, Lean and CI.
– Supervising and motivating direct reports.
– Effective monitoring of direct reports by implementing “Balance Score Card” to hold each shift accountable.
– Reviewing worker and supervisory performance and identifying training needs / Coaching and development. Where necessary taking other formal actions when necessary.
– Actively participate in site management team and being part of Duty Manager rota
– Provide Monthly report on main Site KPI’s and requirements.
– Conduct monthly coaching sessions with direct reports.
– Manage the process technical support in order to show real savings and improvements in process and uptime resulting is improvements in H&S / Cost / Delivery and Quality.

The Person

The Production manager must be a hands-on individual with an ability to drive forward improvement activities, whilst maintaining a positive working atmosphere across the manufacturing operation. The main areas of responsibility are day-to-day manufacturing and management of operational safety.

The individual will play a leading role in the development of the sites manufacturing operations, working closely with the engineering and technical functions to ensure that this happens as effectively as possible.

Skills & Experience Required

-5+ Years Production Management experience from a Process Manufacturing environment
-Strong influencing and people management skills
-Engineering background
-Experience of driving continuous improvement techniques such as Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma, WCM etc.
-Degree in Business or Engineering preferred, can be substituted for strong relevant experience
-Driven, motivated and self motivated
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Is This You?

If the above describes you, then we want to speak with you. Send your CV to us and if you fit the bill then we will be in touch within 24 hours to discuss the role and our client in more detail.