Job reference 320943
Plant Manager
Competitive salary plus £5,500 car allowance or £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.
Permanent Full time
Gatwick Mail Centre, Crawley, RH10 9AA
About The Role
Reporting to the Regional Operations Director of the South East, you will:
* Lead the Mail Centres operational management team and up to 400 total staff, embed operating standards to raise performance in all areas, and be responsible for the achievement of KPIs, including safety, quality cost efficiency, and people.
* Achieve a fully engaged and aligned workforce, provide leadership that creates enthusiasm, and inspire others to embrace positive change.
* 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.
* Ensure health, safety, and legal compliance for the Plant, promote a positive safety culture through re-enforcement of safe behaviour and visible leadership, and ensure safety responsibilities and accountability for safety is clearly identified, documented, and understood within the management structure.
* Be a key member of the regional management team by assisting with creating and developing regional business plans, leading and delivering regional and national initiatives, and owning Plant 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 being recognised as an excellent coach.
* Operational planning and forecasting capabilities for a wider plant, with a history of analysing and improving performance across a full range of scorecard KPIs, including people, customer, performance, and finance.
* Track record of being a process management and improvement expert, with detailed understanding of continuous improvement methodologies.
* Proven problem analysis and solving capabilities using advanced problem solving tools and root cause analysis.
* Strong drive, enthusiasm and resilience, with a history of constantly striving for continuous improvement for both processes and people.
* Six Sigma black belt or equivalent qualification and desirably PIC, IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications.
Extra Benefits
* RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer
* 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 company sick pay
* Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life.
Next Steps
If you are interested in applying, please complete your application online and submit your current CV. The next stage of the selection process will be a face-to-face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.
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Closing Date: Thursday 28th November. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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