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Provide daily leadership and management for a small production team, warehouse team, and maintenance engineer, ensuring adherence to Quality, Health & Safety, and Customer requirements in FMCG liquid manufacturing. Champion operational excellence and CI at the site leadership level, ensuring the achievement of goals.
Client Details
My client is a well established and small (LEAN) FMCG liquid manufacturer serving multiple industries. With a strong emphasis on Quality (GMP, BRC, and ISO), safety, and continuous improvement, this role will be crucial in driving strategic, hands-on change management projects over the next few years.
Description
- Lead by example in GMP and related positive behaviours.
- Provide leadership in quality and compliance by promptly investigating deviations and implementing effective CAPAs to prevent recurrence.
- Participate in regulatory and customer audits.
- Enhance workplace organization and housekeeping using 5S tools to ensure audit readiness.
- Manage EHS in manufacturing and warehouse areas daily by:
- Correcting behaviours or ensuring EHS compliance.
- Conducting appropriate General, COSHH, and Manual Handling risk assessments.
- Investigating accidents and near misses promptly.
- Foster a culture of engaged employees through continuous improvement.
- Set and monitor appraisal objectives for the Production Team Leader, Warehouse Lead, and Site Engineer. Oversee operators' objectives and general performance.
- Develop a robust and multi-skilled production team.
- Mentor, train, and develop operational team members.
- Set and achieve monthly budgets for manufacturing and warehouse staff and overhead expenses.
- Propose capital investments to enhance manufacturing efficiency and compliance.
- Continuously improve manufacturing processes to increase 'right first time' compliance and reduce waste costs.
- Meet agreed plans and deliver quality products to customers within agreed timelines (On Time Delivery).
- Organize and manage manufacturing and engineering teams to provide efficient service to both internal and external customers.
- Achieve Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) targets.
- Collaborate with BD and R&D teams to support new product development.
- Responsible for Manufacturing, Safety, Quality, Cost control, and Customer Delivery.
- Ensure all manufacturing and related areas comply with GMP, BRC, and 5S standards.
- Manage breaches in H&S and GMP according to company procedures.
- Adhere to the manufacturing plan, investigate any deviations, and implement necessary improvements to prevent recurrence.
Profile
- Experience in a manufacturing and operational environment within Food, Beverage or pharmaceutical industry (GMP)
- Experience in batch manufacturing highly prefered
- Ideally holds a degree in a scientific, engineering, or operational management field.
- Demonstrated success in leading manufacturing teams, change managment/ CI programs and/or CAPEX projects.
- Familiarity with an Operational Excellence culture, including daily accountability, visual management, and 5S practices.
- Leads by example in quality, insisting on correct practices, processes, and behaviours; proven track record of working hand-in-hand with quality.
- Strives to meet customer requirements and emphasizes their importance to the wider site staff.
Job Offer
- £60,000-£70,000 base salary
- Health, pension match, 25 days holiday, etc.
- Career growth and autonomy!
