Production Shift Manager, West Midlands
A successful and growing manufacturing company is seeking an ambitious Shift Manager to develop and improve KPI’s and planning of production metal pressing and welded assemblies for the leading automotive customers.
Production Manager - Shift based
“Automotive component manufacturer”
Salary: c£30000 - £35000 + car allowance
Location: West Midlands (commutable from Birmingham, Rugby, Coventry, Solihull, Tamworth, Leamington, Warwick, Nuneaton areas)
Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Production Shift Manager will be responsible for ensuring customers production schedules are meet to exacting quality, cost and delivery targets. Oversee daily production planning, labour utilisation and staff supervision of a specialist low and high volume metal pressing and welded assembly manufacturing operation.
KEY DUTIES
Overseeing the production process, drawing up a production schedules.
Ensure planned KPI's of efficiency and performance are met or exceeded. ie: Cost, Quality, Delivery, RFT, H&S etc.
Develop and track improvement in reduction of planned hours.
Coordinate, set up and implement standard operating procedure for all production operations and visual measurement boards.
Manage the adherence to prescribed procedures to ensure first pass quality meets or exceeds planned goals.
Assessing manning, production capacity and material / parts resources required.
Monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control programs.
Implement and drive lean manufacturing and continuous improvement activities through implementation of change management process and best practices.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Proven track record in managing production within an automotive component manufacturer, involving complex tooling and production processes and planning medium and volume batch production schedules. A background in metal pressings, welded assemblies or volume component manufacturing highly desirable.
Ability to create and manage production plans and delivery to requirements of customer schedules.
Strong interpersonal skills and a proven man-management record.
Experience of working within a "best practice" lean manufacturing environment.
Has participated in a cultural change programme and implemented lean production techniques or introduced measurable continuous improvement initiatives.
You may have experience in the following roles: Shift Manager, Production Manager, Business Unit Manager, Manufacturing Supervisor or Production Supervisor.
In return our client is offering a generous salary, modern working environment and the opportunity to contribute significantly to the continued operational improvements and growth of the business.
In the first instance please apply online with a covering letter highlighting evidence of applying ‘best practice’ operational management to improve production measurables in a similar role.
Please apply online or telephone Robert Wigley, Network Recruitment Partnership 0121 450 5020 for more information. network-recruitment.co.uk