Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be supporting SONE Products Ltd, a market leading specialist in the design and manufacture of plastic packs for liquids with their search for a Production Manager.
Overall Purpose:
- To lead and manage the company's production assembly areas alongside the logistics, quality, production control and engineering departments, whilst delivering a progressive learning environment, ensuring the company operates in a safe manner to meet the demands of the customer, on time, within cost and to the required quality standard.
- The role is part of the senior management team with the key objective of implementing continuous improvements within a fast-moving flexible environment with direction from the Board of Directors.
Key Duties:
- Set priorities, task lists and objectives for the departments.
- Hold production meeting alongside the Moulding Manager.
- Development of subordinates to a high standard of integrity and skill.
- Ensure effective planning and organisation to meet customer expectations and requirements are met.
- Oversee audits on delivery, quality, performance, Health and Safety, operational issues and attendance.
- Monitor machinery to ensure it is working effectively and efficiently.
- Undertake budget monitoring and control of the departments.
- Budget planning, set-up and monitor effective reporting and tracking systems within the departments.
- Ensure effective and efficient usage of labour through the annualised hours and roster system.
- Ensure effective action plans are in place when loading and labour resources exceed capacities.
- Undertake performance appraisals with direct reports.
- Ensure effective resource allocation, including machines, tools, materials and labour.
- Identify and plan training and development needs for staff.
- Support internal and external quality issues relating to production.
- Lead production initiatives and designated projects.
- Instill a positive lean culture into your team.
- Oversee H&S risk assessments, audits and accident investigations.
- Make investment recommendations to improve the manufacturing performance.
- Ensure compliance for all management systems are in place, to control processes and systems.
- Ensure effective start up and shutdown procedures.
- Required to regularly challenge employees on current working methods and to encourage change for improvement throughout the organisation.
- Required to make suggestions for business improvement to the Directors.
- Required to make presentations internally and to external organisations when required.
- Required to attend and chair a number of meetings.
Key Requirements:
- The post holder should have experience within an engineering or production/manufacturing environment, preferably at a management level.
- Experience of Leading, managing and motivating staff is essential.
- Experience of delivering lean manufacturing initiatives would be an advantage.
- Experience of ERP systems would be an advantage.
- Experience in ISO 9001-2015 would be preferred.
- IOSH certificate in Health & Safety.
- Ideally Degree or HNC/HND in mechanical or process/production engineering.
- Ideally Level 4 in ILM certificate in Production Management.
The Package:
- Very competitive salary on offer, depending on experience.
- Day shift position.
- Bonus potential.
- Company events.
- Company pension.
- Life insurance.
- On-site parking.
- Wellness programme.
- Long Service Rewards.
- Birthday celebrations.