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Production Manager

Bognor Regis

Days 37.5 hours

8.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Thursday

8.00am – 1.30pm Friday

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

The Production Manager will provide day to day leadership and management of the Production department and team, communicating with all other departments and the Site Manager. They will manage Production by prioritizing the workload between Production, test and finished goods departments and are responsible for formulating lead times based on resource and material availability for orders raised by Engineering and Customer Services. They are also expected to take ownership of health and safety, team assessment and development, holiday, HR issues and resource planning for the Production team whilst driving improvements in productivity, safety and any other departmental area of interest. The Production Manager should identify key projects and delegate responsibility where necessary to drive business improvement across the department and business. Additionally, to this they will be expected to forecast resourcing and capacity needs based on workload and make decisions as to staffing levels for discussion with senior management.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Set and deliver departmental strategy, goals & objectives

Customer satisfaction – ensure department maintains focus towards meeting and exceeding customer expectations (including OTD, Quality, issue investigation & resolution and general responsiveness

Lean – lead and develop a strategy to deploy appropriate LEAN initiatives to enhance business operation and drive continuous improvements

Process & procedure review and enhancement across the department

Department Metrics – maintain & development of key metrics CONC, CRSD, CPSD, Cost Out, Inventory, DOH, Efficiency, Productivity, OPQL etc.

Continuously initiating and delivering improvements on efficiency, quality and productivity

Reduction of waste using techniques within ISO 9001/2000 standards, material cost reduction and LEAN guidelines

Focus & ownership upon driving site Cost Out initiatives in conjunction with the Supply Chain

To own departmental and assist site wide company initiatives in EQS, ELSS, ISO14001, MESH, OpA etc

Staff development through effective training schemes & development plans to enable effective departmental succession and support. Development of ‘Top Talent’ to support site OCA

Training employees to enable total flexibility within the workforce

Managing site stock effectively within the production environment and to assist & drive site inventory reduction activities , to read and assist product development.

Maintaining a safe and efficient working environment for all staff. To lead and drive an effective department EHS performance

Authority for hiring termination, discipline, and performance decisions

Chair the daily Tier 1 / Tier 2 meetings ensuring communication within the team and site is clear and concise

Provide site leadership support in the absence of Site Operations Manage
KNOWLEDGE:

Technical Skills

Knowledge of MRP systems within a manufacturing environment (MARPACS / SAP)

Excellent understanding of production, manufacturing & assembly processes

Fluent in Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Ability to communicate on both a local and global level

Experience of creating, tracking and driving departmental KPI’s

Green / Black belt and experience in deploying lean tools in a production environment

Good problem solving and analytical skills using standard tools (8D, A3, 4UP’s etc)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Desire to co-ordinate and manage a team of people

Strength in building organizational capability; proven skill in recruiting the best talent, managing performance and developing people

Competence in strategic thinking with demonstrated ability to manage globally across multiple functions and matrices

Superior communication skills and team leadership skills

Developed competency in conflict resolution and crisis management
Proven experience in process development, implementation, and sustainability

Proven professional ability to drive results in a matrixed organization by developing and empowering teams and unifying employees in multiple and diverse functions and business groups and/or remote global locations

Positive performance history with proven history of results achievement and demonstrated leadership competency

Ability to meet deadlines - a self-starter

Numerical abilities to ensure accurate and timely ordering of materials

Experience of LEAN techniques (including JIT, Kaizen, Kan Ban, etc.)

High levels of drive and enthusiasm towards trouble shooting, resolving day-to-day production / business issues and a genuine desire towards continuous improvement