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Main purpose of job role:

Responsible for leadership and management of production function – coordination, training, facilitation and execution of direct manufacturing operational activities and continuous improvement projects. To create a safety and learning culture; a continuous improvement environment using lean principles and methodology to drive elimination of hazards, waste and KPI improvement (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People).

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Ensure safe working practices and conditions exist within the production environment
• Prioritise resources to ensure that business goals are met
• Manage team development through clear training plans and ensure training records are maintained fully
• Prepare team budgets and manage costs in line with these
• Performance manage team
• Active participation and promotion of daily Tiered Accountability for escalation and support
• Monitor and report key performance metrics to team and site leadership
• Enable and leverage continuous improvement initiatives with support functions to drive performance gains
• Ensure trained resource is available to meet customers’ demands and regularly assess workforce competencies
• Provide day-to-day management of the team, including attendance and performance oversight

Safety and Environmental

• Ensure that all Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures are adhered to
• Maintenance and completion of process risk assessments
• Maintain manufacturing facility housekeeping to ensure highest levels of visual clarity of processes and WIP
• Promote and support Layered Process Auditing (LPA) including implementation and maintenance of 5S

Quality

• Ensure Quality standards are met, defects and scrap are minimised and within defined targets
• Ensure Material Review Board (MRB) process is adhered to and actions assigned executed
• Promote RCCA methodology – leads/participates in investigations driving rapid resolution of deviations
• Coordinate team to ensure that all production equipment is calibrated, maintained or quarantined
• Support statutory, customer, regulatory and corporate reporting requirements as necessary
• Support internal audit plan, conducting duties effectively and addressing non-conformity observations timely

Delivery

• Ensure adherence to MRP schedule, collaborating with MPS function to optimise delivery attainment
• Drive proactive actions to mitigate any risks to On-Time-Delivery (OTD)
• Support Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) process to ensure manufacturing capability is aligned to forecasted business demand
• Escalate on roll throughput yield, capacity constraints and cross training plans to avoid risks to OTD

Cost

• Promote a continuous improvement and learning culture to deliver incremental improvement across labour efficiency, process improvement and cost reduction
• Implement Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and other advanced tools to optimise manufacturing performance
• Manage operations within budget – labour efficiency/recoveries, overtime and equipment costs

Other Duties

• Support and drive company initiatives to reinforce our Company Values
• Perform other tasks as required

Essential Qualifications:

• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Degree or equivalent in Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline

Desirable Qualifications:

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher
• Recognised H&S qualification e.g. IOSH, NEBOSH

Skills & Knowledge Required:

Essential

• Relevant experience leading high performing work teams in a precision manufacturing assembly environment
• Ability to motivate teams and lead change at all levels of the organization, influencing 360
• Execution and application of tiered accountability for daily management operating system
• Lean manufacturing – experience and direct delivery of business operational transformation activities
• Experience using ERP systems (e.g. SYSPRO) and engineering data (cycle times, yields etc.)
• Performance management, learning and development
• Understanding and working knowledge of AS9100 requirements or alternatively IATF 16949 or ISO9001
• MS Office – 365, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

Desirable

• Experience leading and delivering CI events, training, coaching, mentoring (VSM / Kaizen)
• Experience leading and deploying operational CI strategy within a manufacturing environment

Experience Required:

• 3-5 years’ relevant experience in production management
• 2-3 years’ experience within aerospace or similar high mix, low volume manufacturing environment

Personal Skills Required:

Minimum competencies

The Production Manager is a result driven individual with flexibility in all aspects of their work. A good communicator with all levels of personnel, they are confident in leading others in a positive manner to deliver on time, in full. Competent at delegation and making key decisions to achieve results, they have excellent organizational awareness and always ensure compliance to regulations and procedures, maintaining the highest standards of safety and operating practice.

Capable to manage their workload independently they demonstrate willingness to adapt and embrace changing business needs, bringing their team and peers along with them. Comfortable as a coach and leader, they are capable in managing conflict and prepared to challenge others to optimise business performance. It is vital that they are both a team leader and team player.

All employees are expected to strive to meet the company values of Our People, Customer Focus, Integrity, Innovation and Quality.

Other competencies

• Growth mindset
• Engaging and dynamic facilitation, presentation and problem-solving skills
• Tenacious and thorough approach to task execution and delivery
• Leadership direction and emphasis upon application of metrics/KPI to drive decision making
• Coaching, training and leading focused improvement biased teams
• Good understanding and application of change management
• Performance development and management

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