Production Leader in Havant

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Mission

The Production Leader role is to lead the production team to achieve maximum productivity and output without compromising health, safety, environmental management, quality, cost and delivery performance.

Accountabilities:

• Monitor and evaluate production performance along with build level requirements, whilst identifying opportunities for improvement across multiple product ranges in accordance with the KPIs - influencing and informing the Production Supervisor when you foresee issues coming by monitoring KPIs.
• Maintain and develop your own KPI board for your area with support from the Deputy Production leader. Ensure daily huddles covering all staff are maintained where KPI and other relevant information are shared in a timely manner.
• Monitor product build quality and yield levels to identify improvement opportunities, training requirements, and basic technical first-line support and to escalate where required.
• Collection of accurate production data and reporting in the format required on a timely basis.
• Lead and coach high performing teams, (Deputy Production Leaders, and Production Operatives).

Authorities:

• HR System - Approval of holiday absence requests and management of exceptions within set deadlines.
• Responsible for conducting return to work interviews.
• Responsible for conducting 1:1s.
• ERP system scrap authority to a maximum value of £50.
• Confirmation of the sign-off of the produced product.

Responsibilities:

Health, Safety and Environment:

• Responsibility for the H&S of all employees within your areas - Ensuring all preventative measures in place at the time is adhered to. Work closely with the H&S team to constantly monitor and improve the current state of H&S for our employees with the use of Risk Assessments and preventative/corrective actions - Drive a H&S culture where H&S is our Number 1 priority.
• Ensuring compliance in line with COSHH regulations is maintained and regular audits of chemical cupboards are completed and check sheets maintained. All MSDS sheets available at the source.
• Develop those that you lead to be competent and confident leaders themselves.

Leading yourself and the team:

• To comply with the requirements stipulated in the Apollo Mission Statement and Code of Conduct at all times.
• You must demonstrate you are someone who shares and lives our Cultural Genes. You must lead by example and will be expected to challenge anyone who does not and coach them on why it is important to Apollo that we all demonstrate the same values and behaviours.
• Use your knowledge and skills to create a harmonised, efficient production team.
• Employee engagement is critical to a motivated workforce, work with the Production Supervisors who are responsible for ensuring engagement levels are maintained and where there are declining engagement levels these are addressed in consultation with relevant stakeholders (for example senior management and HR). This includes actively driving improvements in Employee Survey results by developing and implementing team action plans and communicating progress regularly to the production operators.
• Use the Company Reward and Recognition platform to celebrate notable achievements in accordance with company guidelines.
• Coaching and mentoring less experienced members of your team to ensure alignment with the Apollo way of working. This includes the responsibility to lead, coach and develop the Deputy Production Leaders.
• To develop the production team by maintaining regular performance reviews with all direct reports, holding regular 1-1's when required.
• Carry out effective mid-year and full-year talent development reviews for your team using the tools provided. Setting clear and measurable objectives and developing plans to achieve them.
• Support the Production Supervisors with talent management and acquisition on the shop floor, using the appropriate Company processes, including the Career Pathway for the Shop Floor.
• Performance management of your Direct reports to achieve required standards (including alignment with Apollo Genes) and taking corrective action as and when required.
• To manage holidays, sickness and other types of absence in line with company policies and processes for direct reports and when delegated to cover other teams as required.
• To advise HR of staff absences daily and complete all sickness administration on an employee's return to work before operators return to the cell.
• Manage and review of employee phased returns (or reduced hours) and work-related restrictions associated with health, well-being and upon return to the business following sickness, liaising with stakeholders as required (HR and Health and Safety).
• Carrying out disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings as required.
• To manage first-line disputes and carry-out conflict resolution and recognition of the need for assistance when required.
• To carry all duties associated with this job role in compliance with the requirements of GDPR, acting with discretion and confidentiality when appropriate and escalating concerns and issues where applicable.

Technical Requirements of the position:

• To communicate issues, present information and report results in a clear, concise and timely manner.
• To identify and/or implement opportunities for process improvements, productivity improvements, breakdown and lost time reduction, implementing improvements where possible and/or reporting suggestions to higher management.
• Ensuring all quality documentation is maintained and controlled to the latest revision levels.
• To achieve and exceed the required work environment cleanliness controls on production lines and processes and to actively participate in work environment cleanliness audits and improvement projects as required.
• Identify abnormalities, monitor adherence to processes and procedures through regular audit checks, correcting deviations as required in line with the health and safety, quality and environmental management systems, escalating to Production Management in a timely manner where issues cannot be resolved by the Production Leader.
• To plan the workload for multiple product ranges in line with business requirements along with allocating the necessary resources to ensure production targets are achieved. Advise production management, supply chain and sales as required, of resource shortages (i.e. people, materials or equipment) if negatively impacting direct sales orders.
• To be an advocate for Continuous Improvement Activities, actively participating in team or business improvement projects. Support team-oriented activities and demonstrate collaborative team interaction.
• Use of an ERP system is key to Apollo’s core business system. Documented procedures must be followed in all instances, with transactions being processed with clarity and accuracy. Opportunities for improvement and/or process changes will be embarked upon in a manner consistent with company protocol and in line with departmental and holistic business requirements.
• The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not restrictive and the post holder may be required to undertake any other duties which may be required from time to time. Any such duties should not, however, substantially change the general character of the post.

Deputisation Responsibility

• Deputising for the Production Supervisor and/or other Production Leaders as required during spells of absence with tasks that may include but is not exclusive to the below.
• Alignment, use and adherence of the ERP system, SOPs QIPs. Documented procedures must be followed in all instances, with transactions being processed with clarity and accuracy. Opportunities for improvement and/or process changes will be embarked upon in a manner consistent with company protocol and in line with departmental and holistic business requirements.
• To schedule the workload for multiple product ranges in line with business requirements along with allocating the necessary resources to ensure production targets are achieved. Advise production management, supply chain and sales as required, of resource shortages (i.e., people, materials or equipment) if negatively impacting direct sales orders.
• At times you may be asked to take part in the execution of strategic activities. Your knowledge may be leveraged to feed into strategic planning.

Development Responsibilities:

• You will train and develop skills for using the current HR software to control absences, holidays, sickness and employee records.
• You will continue to develop your people leadership skills and will receive training and workshops from HR to assist you with developing these skills - the expectation will be that you become an expert in people leadership and can coach and train others.
• You are expected to become a coaching expert - you will continue to develop these skills through training and coaching from others around the business and will be expected to pass these skills on to your direct reports.
• You will be offered training in how to deal with conflict and/or carry out investigation meetings within the disciplinary procedure.