Details:
- Salary: £50,000 - 55,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Swansea City and County of Swansea
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
The Role:
Responsible for the management of the production department.
Management of production area and all day-to-day production activities on site.
An efficient, clean, and safe production environment, delivering the highest quality standards to our customers.
Efficiently utilising all resources to maximise production output, meet company H&S requirements, service level, quality, and cost targets.
To continuously improve the production department to meet high expectations of a high-quality manufacturer.
Responsibilities:
* Responsible for the continuous improvement projects by measuring, analysing and improving systems & processes.
* Ensuring that improvements to product / process are documented and aligned with ISO and cGMP requirements.
* Report on KPI metrics to Senior Management.
* Monitor production objectives and compile action plans to achieve targets.
* Support customer audits on-site
* Implement preventative actions to improve both process and product quality.
* Implement best working practices for production processes.
* Manage the production process to deliver production schedule.
* Identify cost and efficiency improvements, plan and execute.
* Ensure the production department is cost effective and meets all cost targets.
* Meet all 5s, GMP, Quality and compliance requirements within production environment.
* Ensure all products are manufactured to the correct Quality standard, right first time.
* Responsible for the maintenance schedule of production equipment.
* Ensure production department meets all quality procedures and perform all tasks to meet the Quality Management System.
* Responsible for all HR requirements within the production department.
* Identify training needs, develop, and appraise team to meet succession plan.
* Support product development requirements.
* Represent the production department at senior management level.
* Utilise LEAN skills and experience to improve processes and support LEAN activities on site.
The Person:
* A minimum of 3 years’ relevant managerial experience
* Experience of training/developing staff
* Strong people management skills with the ability to make decisions, use initiative, implement, and ensure compliance with company policies & procedures.
* PC literate within a Microsoft windows environment.
* Customer focused.
* High level of honesty and integrity
* Experience of managing production department in a fast paced and complex environment
* Dynamic Decision Maker, effective planner, and communicator.
* Knowledge and understanding of GMP standards within area of operation.
* Continuous Improvement activity - proven experience and exposure to a variety of techniques including delivery