Job Description
A very exciting and unique opportunity for an ambitious, experienced and dynamic Production Manager to join a Global market-leading manufacturing company to drive their career forward and progress in the industry.
As the Production Manager you will take lead for the production function using Production and Manufacturing expertise to enhance production performance, increase efficiency, motivate and manage a team and ensure standards of quality are met.
Your Responsibilities
• Management of a production plan ensuring service, quality or safety and accuracy are not compromised.
• Manage resources that are available such as overtime, secondments and 3rd parties
• Ensure the Kanban replenishment process is run smoothly.
• Recruit, train and develop the team – providing support, direction and vision to enable personnel to achieve their objectives.
• Making use of company MRP systems – measuring KPI’s and documenting SOP’s for recurring tasks.
• Autonomy for change and improvement in the role and production processes.
• Champion Continuous Improvement policies and apply using Lean/6 Sigma methods to ensure productivity and quality. Using takt times, value stream mapping and layout development to improve systems in place.
• Investigate safety and quality issues to put plans into place and prevent reoccurrences.
Skills and Knowledge
Experience
• Experience of Lean/6 Sigma methods
• Ideally a graduate, in a technical subject
• Experience in a leadership role
• Confident leader
• Experience of batch manufacturing and ideally machining processes
• Driven and ambitious to further their career in the industry.