Production Manager
Location: West London
Term: Permanent
Salary: £50,000-£60,000 plus other benefits
Our client is looking for a Production Manager to join their business on a permanent basis in the West London area. The successful candidate will ideally have a machine shop / precision engineering background.
Qualifications
- Degree level qualification beneficial, ideally Mechanical background or work based experience
- Knowledge of SAP or equivalent MRP scheduling systems
- Forward thinking perspective
- Strong understanding of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement techniques
- Good understanding of manufacturing processes
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Proven successful leadership
Responsibilities
- Assist in implementation of road map and daily and weekly metrics aligned with customer demand which supports operational strategy in conjunction with site manager
- Manage staff attendance & holiday entitlement
- Participate in daily production meetings to keep up to date with business needs
- Raise any issues online performance and materials availability that hinder the plan of customer delivery
- Create and implement best practice in manufacturing, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance including quality
- Manage regular stock checks to ensure accuracy of both WIP held and MRP requirements highlighting any discrepancies on the system
- Keep in line with daily and weekly metrics aligned to customer demand which supports the operational strategy in conjunction with the Production Manager
- Ensure site operation is compliant on COSHH, Engineering & legislative standards, ISO9001 and ISO14001
- Drive behavioural based safety throughout the plant and ensure medical treatment and target rates are adhered to
- Take a lead role in Incident Investigations, follow up on actions, look for route cause (five whys) analysis
- Conduct regular safety checks including guarding, interlocks, traffic ways and adherence to government guidelines including social distancing
- Team management, including coaching, motivation, appraisals, reviews, KPI's, one-2-one meetings, disciplinary matters and grievances as required
- Management of budgets, including overtime, headcount, department costs aligned to customer demand requirements and demonstrate the ability to flex costs accordingly
- Drive preventive maintenance programmes including servicing and repairs of all machinery and equipment
