Plant Manager - Middleton

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.

Key Purpose: To be responsible for all site-based manufacturing operations with a focus on and leading a strong dynamic, people-oriented team. The Middleton Plant Manager is also a critical leadership position for the UK Regional Business Team, working with Commercial and Financial leaders to provide Vision, Leadership, Business Performance and Organisational Capability in the UK.

Results driven with a continuous improvement mindset you can demonstrate strong leadership skills which drive sustainable improvements across all operational and business disciplines in the UK. Align and deliver the manufacturing plan in line with a clear site vision in the most efficient, safe and sustainable manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Guarantee the safety and wellbeing of colleagues. Have a zero-tolerance attitude towards Health and Safety breaches and ensure that the site culture is continuously evolving to improve safety in the workplace.
• Ensure that the quality of products produced by the site is as per the agreed specification. Develop and ensure adherence to the necessary quality systems to systematically ensure compliance to specifications.
• Aligned to the overall Operations Strategy, develop and deliver the site strategic master plan. Continually monitor the strategy to ensure relevance and appropriate prioritisation of activities.
• Develop and agree performance targets for the forthcoming financial year and conduct periodic exercises to re-forecast these targets as the year develops.
• Deliver in full the performance targets against a number of dimensions – Safety, Quality, Delivery, Costs & Performance, People – set in conjunction with the Operations Director.
• Drive a Continuous Improvement culture across all facets of the plant through the use of relevant CI manufacturing tools and techniques, supported robustly by the correct behaviours. Ensure that all-manufacturing plant and facilities are operating as efficiently as possible and maintained to defined standards to achieve labour and plant utilisation targets.
• Drive the competence and contribution of site colleagues through positive leadership, motivation and a focus on engagement, empowerment and development activities. Ensure that on-site colleagues who have reporting lines outside of the plant management functional structure have appropriate involvement of site-based activities.
• Review and manage identified capital investment requirements, which facilitate flexibility in plant and equipment and promote the achievement of the business plan in terms of productivity, quality, service, safety and environmental improvements.
• Fully support NPD and product launch initiatives as required by the business.
• Act as ambassador for the business in establishing harmonious and collaborative community relationships with external local bodies, administration and Trade associations at site level.
• Ensure legal compliance of activities across the site and adherence to agreed customer standards where relevant. Ensure the ongoing certifications of standards relevant to the sites activities and development of standards as required by the business.
• Be responsible for the entire physical property of the site. Ensure adequate arrangements are in place to protect the security of the site, employees and visitors.

In line with the divisional operations team purpose:

• Strive for ZERO Harm & ZERO Waste. Accelerate our operations towards a sustainable future.
• Promote a Culture of Continuous Improvement & Cost Leadership in our end to end supply chain.
• Lead Change & Inspire teams to provide market leading quality & service to our customers.
• Grow our Business together. With our Customers, People, Processes & Plant.
• Deliver Divisional, Regional & Site Financial Plan and Key Strategic Initiatives.

Behavioural Competencies / Personal Characteristics:

• Result driven and clarity of vision.
• Excellent leadership skills, able to encourage and empower team members to take decisions.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with the ability to coach and mentor.
• Resilient with an ability to prioritise and deliver.
• Highly energised and motivated with a high level of commitment.
• Proven analytical skills and the ability to influence at a senior level.
• Meeting customer needs – Understands the importance of identifying and meeting the needs of external and internal customers.
• Building customer focus – Works consistently to achieve customer focus and improve service standards within the team.
• Performance focus – Uses resources effectively, with a clear focus on critical tasks and the achievement of objectives.
• Decision-making – Analyses situations, makes sound judgements and takes appropriate decisions.

Technical Competencies & Qualifications:

• Change oriented must be passionate about change with a willingness to embrace new concepts and an ability to sell them into all stakeholders.
• A refined communicator with the experience to manage and drive change at all levels within a business.
• Strong facilitation skills with the ability to coach and mentor colleagues through process and procedural transformation and skills development.
• Resilient with an ability to prioritise and deliver to tough deadlines.
• Understanding the operational cost drivers which affect the financial contribution of site.
• Hands on approach, with a “can do attitude”.
• Highly energised and motivated with a high level of commitment.
• Proven analytical skills and the ability to influence at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Decisive and able to move with speed to implement ideas.

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