We're looking for an expert in water based and AC paint processes to join our Manufacturing Team. Are you passionate about using Continuous Improvement techniques to ensure top-quality products? Can you inspire and support teams to achieve outstanding results? If so, we want to hear from you!
About the Role
This role will work with new and existing technologies to ensure that current materials, products and processes meet the desired outcomes of the business. The role will liaise with internal and external functions to ensure that robust due diligence is in place, to ensure that Omega has industry leading paint and performance. Working closely with Production, Quality, Technical and purchasing the role holder will be continuously developing paint applications to achieve the highest industry leading standards and performance.
Responsibilities
* Leadership of Product and Process
* Engages, motivates departmental Team Leaders and helps them to deliver robust paint products while supporting process controls ensuring consistency.
* Sets and demonstrates high personal standards of leadership behaviour and performance and sets clear expectations of a continuous improvement culture.
* Demonstrates and fosters proactive values of health and safety, customer service and team working.
* Builds good relationships with area owners and their direct reports and Team(s).
* Provides direction, motivation, and development to support training needs for the Production Manager to deploy.
* Understands the paint materials and associated chemicals to drive quality performance and meet or exceed FIRA GOLD and BS6222-2 requirements.
* Manages colour by means of Delta E, and familiar with testing for certification in the kitchen and furniture industry.
* Managing Operational Performance
* Manages products and components (pigments, binders, solvents, thinners, acid catalyst, waterborne paints and associated materials). Developing new applications for existing products.
* Contributes to functional strategy and objectives in several key result areas, e.g. Quality, Product and Process.
* In conjunction with the production manager, assists with setting KPI’s in relation to delivering results.
* Is responsible for delivering Departmental performance in relation to:
* Quality Right First Time
* Remedial and Guarantee performance
* Communicates continuous improvement plans with the production team through regular meetings to ensure effective dissemination and understanding by the teams.
Skills, Knowledge & experience
* Proven relevant experience of successfully delivering paint specialist performance.
* Understands and is capable for laboratory and chemist technical detail.
* Performance driven through team engagement and empowerment.
* Experience of managing in a fast moving, complex multi-disciplined environment, working to short lead times, a high variety products and output volumes.
* Excellent forward planner, able to organise, analyse and use date to manage and organise the product development, NPD and NPI processes.
* High ability to multi-task and work on projects simultaneously.
* A catalyst for change with the ability to make and drive change in challenging circumstances.
* Knowledge of finishing technologies and the application of these.
* Knowledge and application of Lean principles
* Experience of driving and implementing lean projects and has good sound knowledge and experience of the application of continuous improvement techniques.
* Able to manipulate and analyse data to organise and drive performance.
Applicant must have the right to work in the UK.