Are you ready to lead a dynamic team in a cutting-edge manufacturing environment? As the APTIV Manufacturing Leader, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of the film production unit while ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency are at the forefront of our operations. What You'll Do: Lead with Purpose: Oversee the safe and effective operation of our powder production unit, driving production targets in line with company objectives. Collaborate for Success: Work closely with maintenance, quality, and HSE teams to develop and execute a comprehensive production plan that meets our ambitious goals. Drive Continuous Improvement: Champion a culture of continuous improvement, identifying and implementing strategies to enhance operations and optimize plant resources. Manage Risk and Safety: Take charge as the Local Responsible Person (LRP) for your area, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and effectively managing risks on our COMAH facility. Inspire Your Team: Lead, coach, and develop your team to foster a collaborative environment focused on performance and innovation. Why This Role is Unique: Strategic Impact: Be part of a critical initiative aligning APTIV film production with Victrex's vision to become a key market player, with unprecedented opportunities for new film applications. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage with commercial teams, quality, R&D, and product management to drive initiatives that meet customer needs and enhance operational excellence. Career Growth: Play a pivotal role in shaping your team and processes while advancing your career in a company dedicated to innovation and continuous improvement. Who You Are: You have proven experience leading production teams in complex, chemical manufacturing environments. Hold a degree in a relevant discipline You’re skilled in applying safety best practices and continuous improvement methodologies. You excel in problem-solving and thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous situations. Your strong communication and organisational skills enable you to build effective relationships across all levels of the organisation. What We Offer: A vibrant work environment where your contributions truly matter. Opportunities for personal and professional growth. The chance to be part of an innovative team at the forefront of technology and manufacturing NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE. At present, we are not accepting any candidates via a recruitment agency or third party. About Victrex Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics and medical. Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices. With over 40 years‘ experience, we are developing world leading solutions with PEEK and PAEK-based polymers and selected semi-finished and finished parts which enable environmental and societal benefit for our customers and our markets and drive value for our shareholders Vision and culture At Victrex we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions which address world material challenges every day. This underpins our core values; passion, innovation and performance which are at the heart of our business. Our culture is shaped by how we work together, driving for results with a focus on customers, continuous improvement and doing the right thing. Our values, passion, innovation, and performance are at the heart of our business and we value and recognise how every employee plays an important role in enabling us to deliver our growth strategy. Sustainability is core to our strategy. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint while supporting society through our sustainable products and making a positive impact on our local communities. We have recently become winners of the prestigious Ecovadis Silver Award, which is a universal acknowledgement of our sustainability rating as being in the top 5% of over 75,000 companies. We are also proud to be recognised as a ‘Disability Confident’ employer. Our aim is to provide the support of accessibility and community within Victrex for everyone. So, if you need any help, advice or just want a confidential chat regarding any Diversity, Equity or Inclusion matters even before you apply to Victrex, then here is what you need to know: The enabling support that Victrex prides itself on giving, starts from when anyone applies or wants to apply to join our team. We are always here to help provide any ‘reasonable adjustments’ you may need during your application process. So please contact us to discuss your specific requirements in more depth. We even have a dedicated email that anyone can use to reach out for help, advice, and a confidential chatwhatever you need to know, and to help ensure an equitable solution, that’s right for you, right from the start That email is: enablerecruitmentvictrex.com Victrex values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. Please talk to us about flexible working.