Product Line Manager

Job Summary by the careerbalance.co.uk Team:

67Job Description:Exciting opertunity to be apart of a world’s leading manufacturer!

 Main Responsibilities and Challenges 

• Ensure production demands are met and to meet business KPI’s
• Understanding customer requirements and liaising where required with internal customer services and attend meetings
• Facilitate daily production meetings.
• Support the procurement of direct and in-direct materials for in-house manufactured components.
• Develop skills within the team through training that allows for staff rotation
• Managing resources in-line with sales
• Responsible for scheduling and planning of work orders and working to short leadtimes
• Applies lean manufacturing skills 5S, TPM, SMED and driving continuous improvement
• Lead quality actions and improvements ensuring production outputs are met right first time delivery is on time and in full

 
Leadership Duties

• Understand, proactively embrace and positively act in accordance with our core values and beliefs; empowerment, innovation and integrity and consistently demonstrate the associated behaviours. Also ensure adherence within team.

• Understand, proactively embrace and positively act in accordance with our code of conduct and ensure so within team.

• Ensure completion of all relevant compliance training and procedures for self and team members.

• Assist the Manager with recruitment and selection of new team members and take responsibility for local inductions with new staff.

• Act as an escalation to difficult customer concerns.

• Proactively assist in providing solutions to changes required within the team, with regards to business process and technology.

• Lead in specific projects and improvement activities as required and directed by Management.

• To be responsible for the health, safety and welfare for all relevant employees and stakeholders. To continuously drive improvements in all aspects of health, safety and the environment.

Experience

• Good knowledge of all aspects of operations from order in-take through to despatch
• Have good IT skills and knowledge of ERP system preferred.
• Possess a wide general knowledge of manufacturing.
• Possess strong communication skills
• Have excellent planning, organisational and problem solving skills
• Be able to work under pressure, prioritising to meet deadlines
• Have experience in Lean Manufacturing
• Good analytical skills

For more details, please contact Hattie at Pertemps Gloucester on or email Location: South West, Cheltenham