Manufacturing Team Manager

Job title: Manufacturing Team Manager

Industry: FMCG

Product: Food

Location: West Yorkshire

Salary: 40k - 42k + Bonus

What will this role achieve?

As the Manufacturing Team Manager, you will be expected to make a positive impact and deliver results to others, by overseeing their development and leading by example. The purpose of your role is to manage people, plant, product, and process delivery. You will be responsible for site critical metrics, team performance, and operational efficiency.

The role is available on a 7-day rotational pattern covering days and nights. You will work 12-hour shifts and have every other weekend off.

What will be your key deliverables?

• Direct and challenge team members to align with all requirements and behaviours of their role profile.
  
• Responsible for motivating, leading & coaching of all Team Members.
  
• Conduct regular monitoring and feedback of Team Members, identifying, evaluating, and developing initiatives to ensure skill and competency levels are maintained.
  
• Ensure production and conformance to plan targets are met and deploy the labour plan.
  
• Responsible for Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and potential efficiency; accuracy & waste recording; downtime; packet weights; labour numbers and efficiency.
  
• Utilise, comply, and maintain all the relevant systems to gather and produce robust management information. i.e., Autostore, Workday, SAP, SFOL, Absence Manager etc.
  
• To ensure effective communication between the operations team, management & support teams, and engineering between shifts & individual Team Members by utilising the tiered accountability process & appropriate escalation points.
  
• To ensure staff understand & demonstrate the importance of high levels of customer service (both internal and external), identify ways to improve customer satisfaction.
  
• Continuously identify ways to reduce costs, improve standards and efficiency in all areas
  
• Ensure Quality Management Systems and procedures are followed in all areas of responsibility.
  
• Achieve and maintain hygiene audit standards always.
  
• Take accountability for ensuring all relevant documentation is completed to the required standard.
  
• Responsible for identifying & resolving problems in all areas of their remit (staff, production & equipment)
  

What do you need for this role?

• Proven leadership skills, leading by example, demonstrating high standards of behaviour, honesty, and integrity.
  
• Be a confident, effective, and challenging communicator, and be able to demonstrate a track record in leading teams to drive up standards and improve efficiency in all areas
  
• Management experience gained within a manufacturing environment.
  
• Experience working within a Lean Environment.
  
• A consistent track record of delegating, empowering, influencing, and motivating people to achieve goals.
  
• Develop and support people through coaching and feedback to achieve excellence.
  
• Positive approach to self-development and achieving the skills required to fulfil the role.
  
• Ability to positively adapt and respond to change for self and others.
  
• An accountable mentality is essential.