To ensure the production operations meet the demands of the business for product quality, on-time delivery, inventory levels, cost, and team development. Policies and procedures need to be followed to ensure output and cost-effectiveness is maximised. You will lead with passion and conviction and oversee the following teams: production, production planning, purchasing, material control, shipping, quality improvement and test development.
Main activities and responsibilities
- Day-to-day operational management of production assembly and supported departments including management and planning of staffing requirements such as recruitment, manpower planning and overtime requirements
- Provide support to HR to evaluate operative performance, make recommendations on remuneration, assess training requirements, and deliver continuous development of staff
- To work with the GM and GOD to ensure strategic objectives are met and measured
- Ownership and accountability for output and quality and the continual assessment of all Make or Buy decisions
- Work with team leaders to establish performance measures to monitor company goals and objectives inventory is managed effectively without affecting the quality of components
- Promote a team working culture/environment and methodologies and assess methods for improvement and communicate regularly on performance
- Ensure good communication between Operations Teams and all other departments
- Generation and implementation of new working practices to improve productivity, delivery, efficiency, quality performance and product quality
- Monthly planning to ensure subcontractors, materials, production, and shipping can meet the needs of the company and have a highly visible process flow
- Ensure the planning processes are robust for the supply chain and that the global supply chain planning is reviewed weekly with the team
- Review purchasing activities to ensure costs are minimised and day-to-day responsibility for authorising purchase orders up to the agreed sign off amount
- Effectively manage inventory without affecting the quality of components
- Establish and manage the development of manufacturing systems
- Ensure NPI is planned into the production schedule in the factory and at sub-contractors
- To work on internal (and sub-contractors) quality analysis with the Quality Team to improve yields
- Develop relationships with other manufacturing companies, assess capabilities to company quality standards and where required, focus on and resolve external quality issues involving all key resources
- Undertake contract negotiations with suppliers
- Work with the Senior Management Team to develop annual business plans, budgets and manage resource allocation
- Achievement of pre-determined targets in line with budget
- Establish and monitor challenging achievable targets for improvement of material margin, production efficiency, quality, and delivery
- Assessment and cost justifications of manufacturing equipment
- Ensuring Health and Safety requirements, both Company and regulatory are met along with ensuring the highest standards of housekeeping in all departments, using 5S
- Responsibility for adherence to ISO9001 procedures for manufacturing operations including carrying out internal ISO9001 audits of manufacturing operations
Other features of the job
Coordinate with others in the department and provide cover when and where required and any other reasonable task within your capabilities to support the department and/or business.
Terms and conditions
- Hours of work are compressed production hours – 38hrs per week
- Factory based
For full details and for more information, please email careers@calrec.com