The Role:
Responsible for the management of the production department.
Management of production area and all day-to-day production activities on site.
An efficient, clean, and safe production environment, delivering the highest quality standards to our customers.
Efficiently utilising all resources to maximise production output, meet company H&S requirements, service level, quality, and cost targets.
To continuously improve the production department to meet high expectations of a high-quality manufacturer.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the continuous improvement projects by measuring, analysing and improving systems & processes.
- Ensuring that improvements to product / process are documented and aligned with ISO and cGMP requirements.
- Report on KPI metrics to Senior Management.
- Monitor production objectives and compile action plans to achieve targets.
- Support customer audits on-site
- Implement preventative actions to improve both process and product quality.
- Implement best working practices for production processes.
- Manage the production process to deliver production schedule.
- Identify cost and efficiency improvements, plan and execute.
- Ensure the production department is cost effective and meets all cost targets.
- Meet all 5s, GMP, Quality and compliance requirements within production environment.
- Ensure all products are manufactured to the correct Quality standard, right first time.
- Responsible for the maintenance schedule of production equipment.
- Ensure production department meets all quality procedures and perform all tasks to meet the Quality Management System.
- Responsible for all HR requirements within the production department.
- Identify training needs, develop, and appraise team to meet succession plan.
- Support product development requirements.
- Represent the production department at senior management level.
- Utilise LEAN skills and experience to improve processes and support LEAN activities on site.
The Person:
- A minimum of 3 years relevant managerial experience
- Experience of training/developing staff
- Strong people management skills with the ability to make decisions, use initiative, implement, and ensure compliance with company policies & procedures.
- PC literate within a Microsoft windows environment.
- Customer focused.
- High level of honesty and integrity
- Experience of managing production department in a fast paced and complex environment
- Dynamic Decision Maker, effective planner, and communicator.
- Knowledge and understanding of GMP standards within area of operation.
- Continuous Improvement activity - proven experience and exposure to a variety of techniques including delivery.