Role: Production Manager
Location: Newport
Salary: £35k - £40k pa, DOE
Position Overview
To coordinate, organize & control the labour / manufacture / assembly of all materials & finished goods ensuring timely supply of best value products to our global retail & professional customer base. The Production Manager should promote the use of best-practice lean manufacturing tools and techniques, ensuring they are applied in a way that benefits local site performance in the areas of Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery.
Essential Job Functions/ Responsibilities
Achieve agreed weekly plan in line with set costs. Ensure at all-time Labour is balanced via the use of agency operators in times of sickness, holidays & periods of high demand.
Drive departmental objectives & KPI's.
To promote and ensure a safe and healthy working environment for employees. Actively support the H&S committee & meetings associated with the site H&S policies & procedures.
To ensure all relevant production processes are under continuous scrutiny for efficiency and continuous improvement.
Support the Plant Manager during system / customer audits as required.
Ability to manage a multi-functional team via modern people management skills.
Support monthly Management Safety Audits, Risk Assessments & all H&S improvement activities.
Positively support & drive continuous improvement culture through the production areas.
Actively support the new product introduction process ...