£28K/yr to £32K/yr
Wolverhampton, England
Permanent, Variable

Shift Manager

Posted by Interaction Recruitment.

Interaction recruitment are recruting for a Shift manager for our client in the wolverhampton area.

General and Task Management

  • Lead by example, ensuring a safe and efficient work place is maintained at all times
  • Achieve the required company quality standards ensuring both internal and external customer satisfaction
  • Ensuring that Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) are monitored and targets achieved
  • Liaise and coordinate with support functions to progress issues concerning production planning and resource/skill allocation to ensure delivery of products to schedule within all relevant quality specifications
  • Communicate with teams by utilising visual management, delivering shift briefs with focus on quality, cost and delivery, and gathering ideas for improvement
  • Undertake performance management responsibility for team members, conducting appraisals and giving direction to aid good performance
  • Ensure safe working practices are maintained and ‘Standard Operations'
  • adhered to
  • Ensure that non-conformance is challenged and counter-measures are
  • agreed and implemented
  • Lead and motivate the team to create a high performance culture where
  • improvement suggestions are embraced
  • Through the utilisation of lean manufacturing techniques, strive to exceed
  • the Company targets in productivity, efficiency and quality on a continuous
  • basis
  • Manage the implementation of changes, production trials, and pilot build
  • Report and act upon plant or machinery breakdowns
  • Contribute in the improvement of working procedures by constantly looking
  • for solutions to ensure the best productivity results and ensuring compliance with procedures, operating instructions and work instructions
  • Ensure that internal delivery processes are adhered to support dispatch time windows
  • Lead follow up to customer concerns. Identify and eliminate root cause using robust countermeasures. Sustain the corrective actions to eliminate repeat issues
  • Ensure all external and internal auditory standards and improvement requirements are met
  • Weekends maybe required during busy periods

People Management

  • Manage Manpower resource effectively to support customer delivery requirements
  • Drive company Absence Control Procedures to ensure maximum attendance levels
  • Deal with all personnel issues on shift in line with Company Policy and Agreements
  • Responsible for training of operators for products and processes within the team
  • Manage time and attendance within Company procedures
  • Carry out incident, accident and non-conformity investigations and
  • associated reporting and action closure
  • Motivate and coach the team to operational success
  • Monitor the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record
  • on appropriate systems
  • Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviours expected of them
  • Ensure KPIs are met by working to the overall plan, including management of, and reporting
  • Provide product expertise within team, and respond to operator queries
  • Work positively with support functions to fully define the processes/procedures/controls relevant to team activities. Provide support and input to continuous improvement activities within the team
  • Mentor trainee Shift Managers

Hours

  • Afternoon Shift - 2pm - 10pm

For more information please contact Ritchie