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Description

This is a new position that will be responsible for coaching and mentoring of all direct reports, creating an environment
of genuine employee empowerment in order to achieve World Class' standards.

Description:

•This is a new position that will be responsible for coaching and mentoring of all direct reports, creating an environment
of genuine employee empowerment in order to achieve World Class' standards.
•The incumbent will be responsible for achieving volume, quality and cost targets through the combined team effort of
direct and indirect departments.
•Implement and develop customer / supplier philosophy within the company.

Responsibilities
•Continuously improve all areas of operations including quality, schedule achievement, cost and people development
•Plan and Co-ordinate manufacturing operations within areas of responsibility
•Monitor, control and maintain the quality level within the areas of responsibility to the company quality standards
ensuring that the customer (internal and external) is protected,
•Ensure that the departmental area of responsibility can function at all times in terms of labour, consumable materials
and maintained equipment in order to achieve the required volume and quality levels.
•Motivate, support and lead the team through coaching and mentoring.
•Achieve world-class performance in areas of housekeeping, waste management, and compliance to safety and
environmental legislation.
•Control all waste in order to meet departmental budgets ensuring cost effective use of both company and natural
resources.
•Enable the team to set work standards / processes, implement assignments / labour loading and achieve production
targets.
•Facilitate the removal of non-value added work within the manufacturing team in line with company improvement
processes (Six Sigma, Kaizen, AMPS).
•Facilitate team measurement of performance in line with departmental measureables, enabling the team to work on
problem resolution and customer protection
•Plan labour requirements and where necessary ensure procedures are followed to recruit labour.
•Maintain an effective level of communication at all times across all areas and levels of the business
•Assist and facilitate training to develop team members and minimise impact of labour shortages.
•Manage level one / 8D problem resolution and facilitate team efforts in level zero / 8D investigation.
•Ensure data collection is up to date and accurate.
•Audit all visual management in area of responsibility ensuring any corrective action plans are put in place
•Develop and implement robust problem containment and resolution to protect the customer (internal and external) at
all times.
•Manage and resolve Industrial Relations issues at a local level.
•Monitor team local budgetary spend on overtime, tooling and other consumable type items.
•Challenge the status quo by not accepting the current situation' as the best or the normal.
•Maintain a level of confidentiality with delicate or sensitive company information.

Qualifications/Experience:
•Greenbelt trained, or willing to undertake such training.
•Good general knowledge of a plant operating procedures to ISO9001, (or equivalent recognition).
•Proven ability of team development and team motivation. Able to work as an effective team member.
•Experience of lean Manufacturing' tools and techniques
•Good general PC applications knowledge Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.
•Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to influence others. Enthusiastic and determined, highly self motivated.
•Supervisory experience in a World Class' manufacturing environment, (beneficial but not obligatory). Qualified to
degree, Supervisory NVQ 3 or NEBS Certificate, (beneficial but not obligatory)


If this position is of interest to you please contact me to discuss the role in greater detail. Alternatively if this role is not quite right, we may have other work you may wish to consider, either way please do not hesitate to contact Mane Automotive 01923 470740