Production Manager

Morgan King are delighted to be partnered with a market leading aerospace organisation who are looking to appoint a business unit manager to join their busy manufacturing team.

Are you seasoned business unit manager with a passion for driving excellence? Then this could be the opportunity for you.

Job Purpose

To lead and manage the operations BU to meet targets, maintain quality standards and maximise productivity. The role is instrumental in creating and sustaining a good working environment, and encouraging team working, flexibility and adherence to procedures.

Duties & responsibilities

• Execution of H&S strategy for area of responsibility, fostering a pro-active culture with regards to audits, near misses and all other elements that fall within this field.
• Conducting accident investigations in a timely manner ensuring robust preventative measures are put in place.
• Creation and adherence to a sustainable 6S culture across all levels within area of responsibility.
• Driving Quality performance within area of responsibility as part of site zero defects strategy, ensuring utilisation of defined processes/tools to assist in root cause corrective action implementation and rework reduction projects.
• Responsible for the management of overtime, productivity analysis and optimisation of subcontract/despatch in line with departmental targets, pro-actively seeking to reduce costs/increase performance where applicable.
• Assist in the management of inventory, WIP and finished goods in line with optimal levels.
• Delivery of world class stock take performance, ensuring inventory accuracy of 99.98%.
• Management of continuous class leading customer performance metrics (OTIF, arrears) across all product lines, participating in regular reviews to address any poor performing areas.
• Implementation and execution of visual production planning across all product lines, pro-actively developing recovery plans where behind MPS plan.
• Maintaining active communication cross functionally and with the customer.
• Analysing forward requirements on a short term horizon, identifying potentials risks with mitigating actions actively reviewed and delivered ahead of potential impact.
• Monitoring and execution of training/people development through training matrix analysis, timely delivery of training plans and 30/60/90 day onboarding.
• Sustaining a high-performance team through key tools such as 1:1’s, PDRs and if required capability procedures.
• Work alongside the Maintenance department on preventative and planned Maintenance activities, whilst operationally sustaining 100% adherence to autonomous maintenance checks.
• Participate and support key site projects assisting in delivering these in line with target dates.
• Follow the company disciplinary and absence management processes when required.

Skills & Qualifications

• Educated to degree level.
• Qualification in leadership or management.
• Qualification in lean tools & principals or Six Sigma.
• IOSH or other H&S qualification
• · 5 year’s experience in a similar industry/business in operations management, project management or similar roles.
• Leading large teams.
• Managing KPI’s.
• Quality conscious, right first time mentality.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Delivery of improvement projects.
• People management and development.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Working in a high-pressured environment to tight deadlines