AddressJob Title: Production Manager
Knauf stands for opportunity. We know that opportunity looks different to each person, and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within Knauf Insulation in the Production Team could be the perfect next opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us. We are a global manufacturer of construction materials and within our Group, our 41,500 team members in 90 countries across 300 sites provide a huge opportunity for anyone with ambition and energy. We value everyone's contribution equally and we ask that you bring your whole self to work, to enrich the business further, as together we achieve more in a safe and inclusive environment.
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Can you say ‘yes’?...
- Do you like to work as part of a busy management team?
- Do you have health and safety as a priority?
- Do you work with the customer in mind?
- Do you have a strong passion for Continuous Improvement?
As our Production Manager, you will provide leadership for the site’s production facility with a “one team, one vision” approach, ensuring the business achieves best utilisation of all production resources in a working environment where behaviours are underpinned by the Knauf Values
What you’ll be doing…
- Provide leadership in the production function to ensure process leadership and shift team leadership work together to exceed in all applicable functional and business targets. When required, extend this leadership beyond the production function in the pursuit of excellence.
- Provide leadership, in terms of the site’s production function and the site’s management team, in the drive for an environment of sustainable improvement utilising best practice Continuous Improvement tools and techniques.
- Ensure all direct and indirect reports are engaged in skills development in terms of process skills, problem solving skills and Knauf Values based behavioural development. When necessary engage with HR function, either directly or indirectly via shift team leadership, to ensure all employees fulfil both the spirit and the letter of their contractual obligations.
- Maintain a close relationship with all site functions, either directly or indirectly via process leadership, to ensure all process equipment is capable and resourced to deliver.
- Involvement in all recruitment into the production function, ensuring the Queensferry site has a pool of personnel capable of meeting the future challenges in the business.
- Provide functional representation in on-site meetings for HSSE development, Knauf Values development, Management - Trades Union relations, etc., together with external Knauf networking meetings.
A full role profile is available upon request from HR/Talent Acquisition.
What we’d love for you to have:
We are interested in you as a person, your attitude, behaviours and values. If you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don't already have, we'd love to speak to you.
If you have any of the following – this would be an added advantage:
- Experienced Production Manager in an industrial or business-based discipline.
- Substantial experience of, and a demonstrable passion for continuous process, with a tangible reference to process improvement and engaging employees.
- Experience in a unionised production environment.
- Successful leadership and communication style which is motivating and engaging to individuals and teams.
- Capable of demonstrating the importance of a Values based fully aligned policy deployment to achieve demanding business targets.
- Experienced in applying Performance Management process.
- An understanding of the fundamental principles of Continuous Improvement and knowledge of the full range of tools and techniques. Beyond this an understanding of the importance of providing the correct environment, in terms of culture and behaviours, to sustain improvement, and experience in creating such an environment.
- NEBOSH / IOSH Trained (or relevant safety qualification) is essential.
- SAP experience
- Demonstrate experience dealing with Customers
We'll provide:
- 16 weeks Company Sick Pay after 3 months of service
- Group Income Protection
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption packages
- Life Assurance – 4 x annual salary
- Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
- Staff Bonus Scheme
- Career Progression Routes
- Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured
- Westfield Health Cash Plan
- Perkbox
- Access to Costco Membership
- Wickes Employee Purchase Scheme
- Wellbeing Initiatives and Mental Health First Aiders
- Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- On site Car Charging Points
What happens next?
We appreciate that your time is precious and applying for a new job can be a lengthy process, so we will reply to your application ASAP.
