Direct reports:
Will provide Leadership for cell employees on a day to day basis, but will not formally have direct reports.
Scope of Role:
Working closely with the Cell Leader and Planner, take ownership for scheduling work through their area of responsibility and provide leadership for the people in that area. Be responsible for monitoring manufacturing performance against agreed QCD metrics using best practice. Take responsibility for organising and providing where necessary all required training within their area and take the active lead in monitoring and guiding their team on business performance and information.
Main Duties/Responsibilities
1. Provide leadership to team members to realise the cell objectives and production targets.
2. Record, monitor and advise on production performance as a part of the QCD metrics.
3. Communicate any manufacturing performance issues to the Cell Leader as soon as they are known.
4. Attend regular team meetings to share information with the team members, and when required provide oral feedback on the performance of the Cell to the management team.
5. Monitor actual performance against the standard cycle times.
6. Maintain a quality culture within the Cell, not only with the products but with the required paperwork.
7. Be responsible for liaising with the Cell Leader in the training of staff and maintaining skills matrices, giving regular feedback on progress to the management team.
8. Continuously review processes and recommend or implement improvement activities.
9. Highlight any manufacturing engineering changes to the Cell Leader e.g. updates to batch travellers/routings, drawings or test procedures.
10. Ensure all Health & Safety procedures are complied with and in consultation with the management team, ensuring all equipment is safe to use, calibrated and regularly maintained.
11. In consultation with management team, establish monitoring of and seek reduction in material rework.
12. Implementation and reporting of product quality through “First-Off” Monitoring.
13. Ensure time attendance system is kept up to date and accurate for the Cell with all the relevant paperwork in place.
14. Working with the Cell Lead to approve holiday and unpaid absence.
15. Deputise for the Cell Lead including attendance at production meetings.
Other Responsibilities/Non-essential Functions
16. Undertake training that is identified as a requirement of the role as identified by the role Manager.
17. Undertake all other reasonable requests that are made by the role manager/acting manager or Directors.
18. At times of reduced department staff attendance there will be a need to be flexible and provide support outside of the normal tasks of the job to ensure customer satisfaction.
19. On occasion you may be required to take on ad hoc duties which includes, but is not limited to training, department associated tasks and brief secondment to other departments.
Limits of Fiscal/Management Authority
20. Not permitted to:
21. Sign off purchase orders outside of the financial guidelines.
22. Sign off external training courses.
23. Change Business Management processes, procedures and guidelines without formal approval but expected to make recommendations.
24. Change terms and conditions of employees such as changes to working hours both formally and informally, agree or sign off salary/job changes.
Standard Company Responsibilities
25. Take responsibility for understanding the Business Management System and how it is applied to the role.
26. Adhere to Health and Safety requirements at all times.
27. There is a responsibility on all employees to bring to the attention of their manager any issues that could potentially affect the business, regardless of how small they may seem at the time.
28. All duties within this job description should be carried out in line with any Company policies and procedures in place at the time and in line with any requirements set out in the Business Management System.