Shillito Executive Search have been exclusively retained by an industry leading, Sheffield based machining company as they look to recruit a Digital Manufacturing Lead, in what is a brand new role for the company.
The Digital Manufacturing Lead will be responsible for leading a team and driving digital manufacturing initiatives, enabling culture change and continuous improvement initiatives.
This role will be located within a new, world leading, state of the art facility and will result in positively contributing to increased Manufacturing operational efficiencies and competitiveness.
You will report directly to the Directors and be responsible for all aspects of delivering the Connected Manufacturing project,
- Understanding the development of the project and transforming into formal specification requirements.
- Collaborating with involved stakeholders to deliver the understanding and responsibilities of each to deliver the project.
- Liaising with Information Technology/ Information Systems teams and external software integrators to implement digital systems and improvements collaboratively
- Leading end to end user acceptance activities.
- Oversee enhancements, bug fixes and version upgrades.
- Oversee any trial activities
- Lead and communicate digital changes across all teams.
- Producing/maintaining topical manufacturing documentation, process documents and training material
- Attending milestone visits.
- Evaluate potential improvement applications and adhere to the company's connected manufacturing strategy
- Leading a team of UK based application engineers
- Collaborating with a team of OEM application engineers
- Leading the vision and driving a culture to smart manufacturing methods and technologies.
- Deliver procedure steps to outline how Connected Manufacturing will be delivered - scoped.
- Maintain and develop the project team to keep them engaged within all aspects of the company intentions.
- Every month deliver KPI's and report.
- Maintain and install a positive - safe working environment for all employees
- Provide regular updates to Management Team, whether positive of negative.
- Make sure that all commitments of contracts are covered within the scope of supply
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