Plant Manager
Competitive salary plus GBP 5,500 car allowance or GBP 5,000 cash equivalent, full family healthcare, 18 annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with time served, and a pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
PermanentFull time
Northern Ireland Mail Centre, Newtownabbey, BT36 4HQ
About the role
Reporting to the Regional Operations Director of N Ireland and N East, you will:
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Leadthe Mail Centres operationalmanagement team and up to 400 total staff, embedoperating standards to raise performance in all areas, and beresponsible for the achievement of KPIs, including safety, quality cost efficiency, andpeople.
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Achieve a fully engaged and aligned workforce, provideleadership that creates enthusiasm, and inspireothers to embrace positive change.
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Transform the site into a continuously improving organisation, build a culture of high performance, and create a climate for success, collective ownership,and a shared sense of achievement.
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Ensure health, safety, and legal compliance for the Plant, promote a positive safety culture through re:enforcement of safe behaviour and visible leadership, andensuresafety responsibilities and accountability for safety is clearly identified, documented, and understood within the management structure.
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Be a key member of the regional management team byassist with creating and developing regional business plans, lead and deliverregional and national initiatives, and ownPlant relationship with union colleagues.
About You
To truly excel in this role, you will possess, and be able to evidence, the skills and experience listed below:
:Expert operational knowledge related to product, process, and overall plan performance with a skilled commercial outlook, highly developed communication, people management, and development skills, and a history of beingrecognised as an excellent coachwith experience of managing complex conduct cases, resolving complex people issues, and experience of taking action to improve engagement indicators.
:Operational planning and forecasting capabilities for a widerplant, a history of analysingand improving performance across a full range of scorecard KPIs, including people, customer, performance, and finance,and of taking action to improve results for the business, customer, and employee.
:Track record of being a process management and improvementexpert, with detailed understanding of continuous improvement methodologies, and the ability to demonstrate tangible performance improvements through generatingplans, introducing and managing process improvement initiatives, influencingacross all levels of the business, and changing behaviours.
:Proven problem analysis and solving capabilities by using advanced problem solving tools and route cause analysis, strong understanding of automation performance KPIs, including OEE, and experience of working with and leading an engineering team to improve performance.
:Strong drive, enthusiasm and resilience, history of constantly strivingfor continuous improvement forboth processes and people, theability to build strong working relationships and energise colleagues, and prior experience dealing with trade union relations and influencing positive business change.
:SixSigma black belt or equivalent qualification and desirablyPIC, IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications.
Shift Pattern
Monday to Friday site attendance expectation, with availability to be contacted during the plants 24/7 operation if required.
Extra Benefits
:Family friendly support: enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
:Discounts and offers: there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
:Supportive and generous companysick pay
:Your Wellbeing:you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tool