Pro­duc­tion Area Manager

PM Shift 2:30-11pm

Role Description:

To lead and drive performance, identify and implement key improvements and ensure consistency of approach across the production area. To be the champion of operational standards and promote team development to achieving goals and KPIs.

Responsibilities:

• Develop shift capabilities and improve shift performance.
• Ensure that all standards are adhered to and maintained.
• Embed an ethos of Continuous Improvement in your team using standardised business tools and techniques to achieve results.
• Be accountable for all shift outputs.
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with key interfaces.
• Take full accountability for your area's performance in terms of Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Motivation and Environment
• Ensure all team members have a development plan and know what's next in their career path
• Ensure the management and control of your areas KPIs are achieved
• Ensure the management and control of the SIC process
• Ensure that all non-conformances within the span of control are followed through to satisfactory completion and sign-off.
• Ensure agreed targets for safety, direct labour yield and CPMU are met and take corrective actions where necessary.

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in factory shift management.
• Computer literate with good working knowledge of Microsoft applications, including Excel.
• Good communication skills with the ability to relay information at a level relevant to the audience.
• Experience in change control
• HACCP trained.
• IOSH Managing Safely or Cranswick equivalent
• Experience of working in a lean manufacturing environment with understanding of relevant techniques.

Competency & Behavior:

• The jobholder will be required to stand up to assertive challenges from others.
• Timely decision-making, often under complex and demanding circumstances, will be expected.
• The person fulfilling this role will need to be pro-active and a creative problem-solver.
• Good verbal communication is one of the prime requirements for satisfactory performance in this role.
• Success in achieving goals and objectives will depend on this person’s motivational and leadership skills.
• Compliance with corporate values and culture will be critical to long-term success.
• The ability to demonstrate flexibility in approach and a drive to complete assignments on time are important factors for success.
• A style that is energetic and restless is likely to be compatible with the more dynamic and fast-paced demands of this job.