Location: Belfast United Kingdom
Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land sea and air. From early warning to threat neutralisation our platforms cover all levels from very shortrange systems to extended protection across the entire battlespace including Airspace Mobility Solutions Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence Optronics and Radar.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK we research develop and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace Defence Security and Space. Your health and wellbeing matters to us and thats why we offer you the flexibility to do whats important to you; whether thats part time hours job sharing home working or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Our Opportunity
As Production Activity Manager you will report into the APRU Manager and ensure industrial activities to achieve schedule adherence within cost parameters established in the operating plan/budget whilst achieving a quality standard that will meet or exceed the customers specifications in a safe and secure environment.
Main activities :
- Guarantees the performance of its team in terms of Costs Quality Deadlines in compliance with the proper application of business standards and Safety and HSE standards
- Ensures the functional management of the entire ecosystem within its scope.
- Animates its teams develops their skills to increase their autonomy
- Animates on its perimeter the support functions allocated in the APRU at the pace of production (Supply Chain Process Engineering Lean & Performances)
- Ensures the maintenance of standard costs proposes areas for improvement participates in the improvements provided to the support functions
- Guarantee the maintenance of the production plan / daily expectations of the customer anticipating industrial risks respecting the Quality of the delivered products
- Guarantee the maintenance of Production / Repair costs
- Optimize Production / Repair and Investigation work in progress by implementing actions aimed at improving productivity and reducing rework
- Manage the load/capacity adequacy and the human resources of its scope with a view to overall efficiency employee wellbeing through daily management and appropriate communication
- Develop the skills of their team in the face of their challenges characterize and manage the rise in competence of their team (critical skills and versatility)
- Promote and implement the LEAN transformation approach (Gemba FCTL Andon KAIZEN and InCIght)
- Ensure the rigorous application of standards and be proactive for continuous improvement
- Manage performance through a standardized management process (IObeya) integrated into the site management process
- Set priorities and take the necessary decisions allowing the correction of deviations of what
- Animate the DOJOs
- Manage the development of the autonomy of their team with the support of the support functions
- Guarantee the safety of employees in their team
Transversal activities:
- Participate in transversal improvement actions led by the support functions
- Participate in the validation of the standards established by the Support functions
- Coach and promote the identification and deployment of good practices with the aim of improving or creating new standards.
Soft Skills:
- Line management nonline management and management by influence
- Know how to listen and mobilise resources in a context of mutual respect.
- Share information out of a desire for transparency.
- Foster growth in others and themselves.
- Enlist and empower others promote diversity and show empathy.
- Ability to gain the support of the support functions
- Building trust.
Technical Skills
- Practice of analytical and problemsolving techniques (FMECA PDCA etc.
- Technical knowledge of products and their manufacturing or repair processes
- Knowledge of supply chain principles and principal flows
- Knowledge of industrial management control and the MYB process
- Implementation of continuous improvement tools (Gemba Walks 5S justintime PDCA etc.
- Use of digital tools/dashboards to manage their activity (analyses decision support etc.
Other Skills
- Share the vision and generate longterm commitment
- Ability to prioritize and decide on relevant actions to ensure the performance of the APRU
- Focus on customer needs
- Ability to get their team to perform to defined standards
- Understand operational events to propose relevant areas for improvement and plan for the medium term
- Act with agility adjust behaviour in real time and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
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Required Experience:
Manager