Job Description: Production Manager - Systems
We are recruiting for a Production Manager - Systems at Mettler-Toledo Safeline Ltd to lead all Systems Manufacturing, encompassing capital and process development projects and providing technical knowledge. The Production Manager will be responsible for providing leadership and management to a team responsible for the production of Systems and improvement of manufacturing processes, and ensuring that health, safety and environmental requirements are adhered to.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Strategy and Development:
- Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice manufacturing; planning vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve operational performance.
- Implement and management of modern manufacturing techniques, e.g. Automation, Digitalisation, Lean Logistics.
- Maintain production systems/processes to deliver products on time, to quality requirements, and to cost.
- Drive functional excellence of the Systems team.
- Drive continuous improvement activities in quality, cycle times, process improvement, machine availability through lean techniques, and value engineering to enhance the capability of existing processes and remove waste.
- Identify and justify capital equipment investment, with a view on the introduction of modern manufacturing techniques.
- Analyze downtime, identify trends, and develop/implement solutions.
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.
- Manage and lead the “in-house” apprentice program working closely with human resources and external training providers.
- Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels, and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources as required.
- Develop, implement, and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) for the area of responsibility ensuring driving company business goals and target.
2. People:
- Manage and lead the team, ensuring adequate staffing levels, managing holiday allowances, recruitment, training, development, appraisal (GPM), attendance, disciplinary issues and daily supervision to maximize efficient productivity.
- Motivate and coach the team to operational success.
- Monitor the completion of tasks and ensure good performance.
- Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviors expected of them.
- Review, implement, and update company records e.g. training matrices, performance reviews, risk assessments, GPM.
- Lead the team in new product and process introduction.
- Set department objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports.
- Communicate KPIs from the strategic annual plan so that each employee is aware.
- Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and well-being of staff and visitors.
- Provide technical expertise to the team.
3. General:
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance.
- Work collaboratively, negotiate and engage with key stakeholders to facilitate delivery and compliance with the manufacturing strategy.
- Contribute to new business initiatives and projects and review and communicate the impact on manufacturing activities. This includes NPDI and PLM for manufacturing readiness.
- Liaise and communicate with other departments, customers, suppliers, and other service providers.
- Work as part of the Management team to share ideas and improve operation, recommending, supporting, and implementing continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements to optimize results and improve the quality of delivery, in line with quality standards requirements delivery in line with Company and Customer requirements.
- Ensure an effective interface with other departmental staff is maintained.
- Support, comply and ensure complicity with Health & Safety regulations, the Company Handbook, Quality, and Environmental standards, and all other Company policies and procedures.
- Comply with the Health, Safety, and Environmental Policies.
- Hold responsibility for departmental budget.
- Meeting and supporting the annual Focus business objectives and targets.
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