Head of Production

Job Elements: -

• This role is responsible for the management of Manufacturing, Maintenance and Site Services Engineering.
• You will be expected to lead, develop and motivate production management and staff in the pursuit of operational excellence.
• To effectively manage the conversion of raw materials into finished product to meet specified quality, quantity, delivery and health and safety requirements.
• Ensure production’s activities are effectively planned, organised and implemented
• Individuals and the team are developed to maintain and enhance performance
• Best use is made of the team and its members via the effective distribution of tasks and activities, the setting of clear objectives, the setting out of appropriate plans and methods of working and the provision of feedback on performance
• Identify opportunities for improving operational activities and to plan, agree and successfully implement changes, including: Monitoring performance trends and developments and identifying changes designed to improve efficiency or effectiveness and presenting proposals and plans and agreeing recommendations to support the achievement of objectives.
• To effectively manage the Production department’s budget, including making recommendations for capital and revenue expenditure and monitoring and controlling expenditure against budget, taking prompt corrective action when necessary.
• To manage, coordinate and control all aspects of maintenance & site services engineering in order to meet agreed departmental objectives.
• Develop the maintenance strategy implementation of engineering metrics through gap analysis, design and implementation of roadmaps and improvement plans.
• Monitor line performance as OEE Values and actively progress continuous improvement activities in a structured fashion.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Bachelor degree or equivalent level of qualification is essential.
• Have senior leadership experience.
• Ideally the job holder should, be a member of a recognised professional institution, with an extensive level of experience in managing within a similar position, and be fully conversant in the day to day running of a factory environment.
• Excellent knowledge and extensive experience in all aspects of Modern Maintenance practices such as automated PM systems, TPM and condition based monitoring.
• To have extensive experience in adopting Lean Six Sigma techniques, ideal candidate should be black belt trained
• The jobholder should have excellent inter personal, administrative and leadership skills, financial awareness and the ability to organise his or her own workload.
• The ability to react efficiently and effectively to the wide range of problems that can occur is essential.
• A wide operating knowledge of manufacturing.
• A thorough knowledge of Quality Management Systems, and Health and Safety legislation relating to this job.