Job Role: Production Manager
Thrive Oldham are currently recruiting a Production Manager on behalf of our well established Automotive client in South Wales
The management & control of the manufacturing facility including team leaders and cell coordinators. Leading the production team to ensure the health & safety of all associates is of the highest priority whilst maintaining high standards of housekeeping & organisation, achievement production plans to match / exceed the customers expectations.
The role is responsible for management & reporting of departmental KPI's and plans for improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Reduction all internal risks & adherence to all Health & Safety legislation.
- Promoting high standards of product quality whilst maintaining excellent standards housekeeping throughout the factory
- Ensuring all production targets and plans are achieved in line with the requirements
- Maintain control on labour costs including overtime in line with the budget
- Manages the production supervision & associates in day to day manufacturing activities ensuring all KPI targets are met or exceeded
- Manages & controls all processes / equipment to ensure high levels of productivity & actively identifies any potential bottlenecks & provides plans to elevate them
- Tight control of timekeeping & attendance
- Communicate to all departments and encourages feedback from production associates
- Provides motivation, support, and guidance to all employees
- Actively promotes the training & development of all staff
- Ensure all manufacturing inhouse flexibility charts are relevant & up to date
- Member of the business Snr management team
Key Performance Indicators (KPI's):
- Reportable incidents - Zero
- Housekeeping standards throughout manufacturing
- Achievement of the agreed monthly plan / forecast
- Customer OTD %
- Production loading & capacity
- Labour cost / overtime
- Scrap & internal reject rate
- Moral & interaction with shopfloor associatesc
- continuous Improvement Initiatives
