Established in 1979, our client Newton Commercial who are located near Ipswich in Suffolk, is a world leader in the manufacture of classic car interior trim. Their ethos is simple, produce quality products made by passionate people. This is a varied role sitting on the senior management team responsible for production performance, as well as delivering overall company goals.
Newton Commercial is a family business with strong values and a people focused culture. This is an important role which has scope to develop and broaden responsibilities over time. Having spent time with the key people and undertaken a site tour, I can honestly say that the people make this business, it really did feel like a work hard, play hard environment. They are passionate about delivering quality products and providing outstanding service, whilst supporting each other in a collaborative way.
Key responsibilities:
- Work closely with the management team to deliver company strategic and operational goals.
- Oversee the manufacturing and production teams, providing development opportunities and training.
- Look for efficiencies through lean and six-sigma processes.
- Produce and execute weekly, monthly, and annual production schedules.
- Look into root cause to make sustainable improvements and problem solving.
- Looks at ways to reduce expenses and increase productivity whilst maintaining quality.
- Continuously review performance reporting and look for ways to improve efficiencies.
- Reduce wastage, production times, and complaints.
- Work to the highest safety and quality standards and minimise risk.
- Continue to develop a collaborative culture through a supportive and hand-on management style.
We are looking for candidates with experience gained in a similar production / manufacturing / factory leadership role. You will have excellent communication, problem solving, and management skills with a history of developing teams. You will have a continuous improvement mindset and be able to evidence where you have improved production performance and worked to a lean culture.
This is a site-based role; however, flexible working patterns can be offered. A competitive salary, structured benefits package, bonus, and lots of soft benefits are on offer. The process is being exclusively managed by Tom Earl at Pure, please apply or contact Tom for more information.