- Collaborate with planning, configuration, customer service, procurement, and engineering teams to ensure exceptional service levels for both internal and external clients
- Manage all manufacturing operations on site- materials preparation, extrusion, toolmaking, compounding, moulding, finishing and inspection processes
- Improve Health and Safety performance of the business
- Set, measure and report KPI's focusing on cost, delivery, quality and service
- Develop a strong, customer-oriented culture that emphasizes the importance of getting things right the first time, fostering a 'can do' attitude across the manufacturing teams.
- Offer robust and captivating leadership, acknowledge achievements, oversee the number of staff, enhance the abilities of managers and supervisors, ensure that every worker gets suitable training and manage performance
- Reduce costs, streamline operations, implement automation and best practices, and adopt a culture of continuous improvement in manufacturing.
- Excellent communication, numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong knowledge and application of material processing/manufacturing techniques
- Implement and measure KPI's
- Understanding and knowledge of Lean/Continuous improvements
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Setting and management of revenue and capital budgets and expenditure
- Working knowledge of materials compounding, extrusion processes, compression and injection moulding techniques
- Degree in Engineering/Sciences/Manufacturing
- Recognised Lean/Continuous improvement qualification
- Health and Safety qualification