Scope of the role

• Working as part of production department, a varied role that involves planning the day to day factory workflow and throughput.

Main Responsibilities & Activities:

• Planning factory wide throughput and workflow for all sections.
• Ensure daily performance targets are met and continuous monitoring occurs to achieve them.
• Progress chase urgent jobs, creating schedules and updating plans.
• Have awareness of quality standards/procedures and ensure these are followed.
• Identify and implement countermeasures when deviations to plans occur in a timely manner.
• Performance review for all employees based on data captured on Infor.
• Controlling adherence to the WTL whereby departmental and business targets are achieved.
• Updating Skills matrix based on feedback from Leading Hands and Supervision.
• Machine Monitoring to ensure machines and facilities are optimised.
• Creating KPI’s for each section.
• Monitoring and putting recommendation in place to improve throughput.
• Reporting on departmental achievements in an accurate and concise manner to the Assistant Production Manager and Production Manager.
• Engaging and motivating Team-Members through positive, effective and timely communication.
• Communicating effectively with Team-Members to ensure that information is transmitted clearly.
• Periodically reviewing team-members strengths and weaknesses, in an effort to identify development opportunities.
• Dealing with poor performance in a timely manner, with an appropriate style and response to ensure performance improvement.
• Dealing with repeated or serious poor performance through the Company Disciplinary Policy, (highlighting and recording informal warnings).
• Carrying out additional ‘reasonable tasks’ as required.

Essential:

• Dependable, responsible contributor who’s committed to excellence and success.
• Generic business & part number knowledge.
• Good interpersonal skills, (team-worker/communicator).
• Target orientated.
• Man-management skills.
• Quality & Health and safety focused.
• Forward thinking.
• Organisational skills.