Factory Manager (multi-site)

COMPANY DESCRIPTION, PROFILE AND SCOPE OF ROLE:
Our Client is well a high profile established and successful manufacturing business.
This role represents an excellent career opportunity for an experienced Factory Manager, or highly experience production or manufacturing operations manager. The successful candidates will be responsible for a head count of around 30 across two production facilities within the same site. You’ll manage the implementation of manufacturing programmes and staff plans as set out in conjunction with the production planner. You will also be responsible for the managing the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the plant and machinery, materials acquisition, and the communication of daily outputs and targets.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Lead day to day management of the factories
• Liaising with master resource planner and meeting agreed targets
• Ensuring clarity of requirements from each project, through daily effective communication with installation teams and fixers
• Ensure that the required product (parts) are available to enable delivery of completed product on time
• Allocate task and projects to all factory personnel in a timely manner with all required information
• Publish short term (weekly) plan for production workloads and staffing hours to ensure maximum effectiveness
• Provide short-term cutting plans and respond to changing circumstances
• Ensure ‘next day’ factory requestion requests are passed to production manager in a timely manner
• Provide accurate reporting information on factory output for each project
• Ensure robust quality assurance audits are in place and conducted, and that all completed materials are signed off
• Ensure compliance with factory QA systems at all stages of production
• Ensure daily machine safety checks are carried out to the correct standards, and that machines are maintained appropriately, and that ‘lean downs’ are completed and signed off by operators
• Ensure all finished items are stored appropriately and are in the appropriate holding areas
• Ensure dispatched products are accurately recorded and safely transported
• Ensure safety scheduled audits are carried out
• Ensure compliance with all safety procedures within the production, storage, and other related areas (including fire related safety procedures and evacuations.
• Ensure adequate stocks of consumables are available and that any required materials are ordered in advance through the buyer.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:
• Ideally a degree or similar qualification in production, manufacturing, materials science, engineering or a related field, or strong demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• Technical and/or production-based certifications would be helpful, e.g. a Certificate in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) or Level 3 or Level 5 Certificate in Operations Management.
• Proven experience within a similar Production / Factory / Plant Management role
• Excellent understanding of lean manufacturing
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel to support work-in-progress and production schedules
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) systems
• Ability to operate all manufacturing or production line equipment

Details of Package: Up to £50,000 PA (Depending on experience) + Benefits including Discretionary
8am to 4.30 Mon-Thurs and 8am to 3.30 on Fridays