Production Manager
Role Overview / Purpose
We are looking for an experienced Production Manager with the ability to manage and improve the Production processes and associated systems. This includes the manufacture of products, Health & Safety, Quality Control and traceability of the company. As a Production Manager you will be based in Stoke-On-Trent, UK, on a full-time permanent basis. This role will entail working closely with the existing Production, Warehouse and Operation teams and reporting directly to the Head of Operations.
Responsibilities & Required Skills
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Responsible for ensuring the effective operation of the manufacturing teams.
- Deliver world-class quality products, whilst ensuring safety, quality and cost objectives are achieved.
- Implement and deliver key manufacturing KPI’s by demonstrating continuous improvements across all areas.
- Manage daily production teams and lead by example to foster a flexible and pro-active team culture.
- Work closely with other teams in the business to ensure overall efficiency of the department.
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures – ensuring staff are suitably trained to meet operational standards.
- Develop a culture which focuses on quality improvement.
- Control Production schedules.
- To hold responsibility for Health and Safety of the manufacturing processes and teams.
- Establish strong working relations with other functional Managers.
- Improve product build-times without sacrificing quality or accuracy.
- Deliver an effective manufacturing operation.
- Ensure best-practice manufacturing processes and procedures are adhered to.
- Identify and implement cost reduction activities, whilst maintaining quality and efficiency.
- Oversee the Production Department to ensure all goods are manufactured to spec and plan.
- Nurture and develop relationships both internally and externally.
- Ad-hoc project management within Production and Operations, ensuring company strategic requirements are achieved.
- Work closely with other departments (Product Development, Procurement, Sales etc.)
- Create departmental plans, targets, and deadlines.
- Execute strategies to improve efficiency and Customer Service.
Key Performance Indicators
- Ensure product quality is maintained and improved upon, with on-going ISO accreditation.
- Maintain the efficiency of the manufacturing processes.
- Provide on-time delivery performance.
- Deliver improvement in workflows for in-feeds through to finished delivery to customers.
- Increase productivity and production capabilities, without sacrificing quality and accuracy.
- Goods delivered in time and in-full to quality and to order.
- Improve lead and build times.
- Reduce cost of manufacturing processes /products.
Other responsibilities
- Recruiting, inducting and training of new staff members.
- Provide the direction and support to enable your team to deliver their objectives and develop performance.
- Play a leadership role within Operations, personally role-modelling behaviours and own performance required to achieve the site’s objectives.
- Create a culture of effective cross-functional and flexible working throughout Operations to ensure labour flexibility is aligned to meet fluctuations in demand.
- Support and develop the performance of individual team members, utilising performance management tools and techniques.
- To hold regular team and planning meetings with staff members.
- Produce monthly reports to Management.
- Inspire others by demonstrating enthusiasm and a focus on making a difference.
- Provide consistent and visible support to create an enduring positive culture.
- Pro-actively manage others’ expectations.
- Take full ownership for the performance of individuals under your own managerial area.
- Ensure the department has adequate cover at all times – coordinate holidays.
- Inform Line Manager/Human Resources of any disciplinary issues.
Required Experience
- Excellent management, planning and organisational skills.
- Degree calibre with a strong engineering background.
- Be able to learn, understand and apply the mechanical and technical principles applicable to the products and the procedures used within the business.
- Strong planning and organisational skills.
- Must be able to assist in determining and prioritising changes and improvements needed.
- Able to lead the implementation of the strategic and long-term plans of the Directors, as well as assisting and determining what improvements are needed within the business.
- Capable to supervise and motivate your team by being actively involved in implementing changes and improvements.
- Ability to produce documentation of relevant and necessary processes and procedures.
- Operational Management experience.
- Leadership of a functional unit.
- Budget/financial control and Resource Management experience.