Reporting to: Plant Manager

Key responsibilities of the role:
 Develop our powder coating process to be capable of consistently delivering high volume production on time in full to the right quality standard.
 Implement a right first time approach with zero tolerance to all customer perceived warranty issues.
 Monitor and manage manufacturing variances daily, weekly and monthly. Focus on timely confirmations, stock management, labour management, Bom accuracy and cost out projects.
 Train, coach and motivate the team to maximise production performance focusing on quality, scrap, line speed, utilisation and labour management.
 Ensure the team have the resources to run the line and remove all potential roadblocks that may prevent them from doing their job.
 Continually work on cost reduction and process improvement projects.
 Report accurately on line performance against agreed KPI’s.
 Ensure all SOP’s and risk assessments are complied with.
 Maintain a clean and safe working environment.
 Constantly monitor the line performance by:
 Walking the line
 Verifying that equipment is operating within the specified limits
 Verifying that checks are being carried out
 Verifying that the product quality is in tolerance.

Key skills and experience:
 Minimum 5 year experience in managing a high volume powder coating production facility with a proven track record of success.
 Relevant technical and or management third level qualification.
 Proven ability to implement continuous improvement and cost out projects.
 Highly motivated and results orientated and able to express and communicate a vision and set goals for individuals to aspire to.
 Above all the person needs to demonstrate leadership, be highly visible to all employees and be able to motivate and manage people with varying skill levels and relish the challenge of working in a rapidly growing and demanding manufacturing environment.
 As with most continuous 24-hour operations the individual should be aware that they could be called upon, out of normal hours, to attend site and provide support and guidance in the event of problems.

Reporting to:
Managing Director.

Responsible for:
The Operations Manager will be responsible for;
– Day to day running of 3 individual on-site manufacturing units manufacturing steel based
products
– Production planning / scheduling
– Safety
– Transport
– Managing and ensuring full compliance in relation to daily operational requirements of SAP

The Operations team includes a management team of a number of direct reports and a total FTE’s of circa 300

Key Objectives:
Create a safe working culture in everything that we do.
OTIF (On Time in Full) production and delivery performance
Ensure quality of manufactured product meets standards, specifications and customer requirements. Minimise claims and warranties.
Champion lowest cost production through management and control of costs, scrap and focus on efficiency.
Champion the ethos of continuous improvement throughout the site.
Delivery of the agreed objectives in manufacturing performance as agreed with MD and the Divisional Operations Manager with reference to divisional benchmarks and best practice.
Monthly operations reporting at local management team level and as input for the Divisional Board Continually develop team
Housekeeping of the manufacturing facilities is best in class.

Competencies:
Good communicator both orally and written.
Able to think outside the box in developing ideas to improve business
performance. Able to get the best out of people in all circumstances.
Passionate about being the “best” at what we do.

Measures:
Safety
incidents OTIF
Cost of production (Labour / maintenance / scrap
levels) Various manufacturing KPI measures.

Requirements:
5+ years in an Operations/Production/Plant
Leadership function Lean Manufacturing experience
is essential Commissioning and installation of new automated lines
Full Operational experience in implementing H&S, Planned and Preventive maintenance schedules Ensuring a full development programme for key talent in succession planning Continual Improvement processes and WCM standards become the norm.