Manufacturing Lead

About Us

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2024 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit http://www.convatecgroup.com

At Convatec, we’re transforming our business for the better. Better products. Better ways of working. And better ways of delivering for our customers and each other. We’re aiming for nothing short of excellence. Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as a Manufacturing Lead, and you’ll do the same.

About the role:

This role is integral to the effective Management and Leadership of the Manufacturing environment, through forecasting the requirements of production to achieving production targets and meet customer service levels while maintaining and promoting high EH&S standards. Key attributes are to drive performance through efficient utilization of resources, effective cost management and adherence to Quality systems in order to meet business objectives.

Your key duties and responsibilities:

• Communicating and set the vision and strategy for the manufacturing team.
• Lead EHS and promote team behaviors to ensure safety & Quality standards are set & sustained by team.
• Incident controller in the event of a site emergency.
• Responsible through the Senior Operators for the safe issue and hand back of permits to work.
• Leads and documents first line Root Cause Analysis into EHS issues on shift.
• Maintains risk assessments for manufacturing operations.
• Role models the right GMP behaviours and ensures quality standards are always followed by the manufacturing teams.
• Leads out and documents event management for non-conformances.
• Carries out Root Cause Analysis for Trackwise events.
• Carries out all aspects of personnel management for manufacturing and warehouse team – performance, disciplinary action, absence, sickness, holidays, conflict, recruitment, induction, overtime and training.
• Drive the Company’s Mission, Values and Priorities initiatives, as well as the performance coaching process, to ensure a consistent high-performance culture.
• Consistently developing people through coaching, counseling and delegation.
• Engages the team to work together effectively and ensures team follow instructions for both EH&S & Q.
• Ensures a Continuous Improvement environment and challenges the norm to keep driving improvements.
• Empowers team members to generate ideas and solutions and drive the improvement activity.
• Manage departmental budgets and product standards, including accountability for performance, reporting and meeting customer service levels.
• Responsible for ensuring all elements of resource planning for manufacturing units to hit prod plans.
• Liaises closely with planning, maintenance and quality teams.
• Ensures manufacturing processes are always operated to standard operating procedures.
• Investigates, documents and communicates any exception (breakdowns, damage, scrap runs etc).
• Dsear and Atex regulations compliance.

Skills & Experience:

• Internal Lead Auditor Certification and experience in executing audits.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an open, collaborative, interactive leadership style.
• Ability to build and nurture strong and positive relationships with other leaders to partner effectively.
• Balanced technical understanding of products and processes combined with business and compliance acumen.

Qualifications/Education:

• Proven success in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Experience in leading manufacturing in a regulated industry.
• Expert knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques.
• Strong leadership qualities and motivational skills.
• Relevant degree or higher education with appropriate experience.

Travel Requirements:

The position may involve occasional travel.

Working Conditions:

This role may be based in Rhymney’s manufacturing site with an on-site working structure. Our ambitions will bring the very best out in you. You’ll be pushed to aim higher and really own your work. You’ll be encouraged and supported to make things happen, too. It can be challenging. But, as the progress you make will help improve the lives of millions, it’ll be worth it.

This is stepping up to a challenge. This is work that’ll move you.