Working within the management team you will be responsible for producing departmental strategies, budgets and resource plans to ensure the commercial success of the operation.
Main responsibilities:
•Monitoring departmental KPI’s and individuals performance
•To continually monitor and identify opportunities for cost reduction both individually and through Company continuous improvement initiative
•To ensure schedules are met in accordance with the Company requirements and effective expediting is carried out to meet such requirements
•To investigate stock discrepancies and take corrective action as appropriate ensuring stock accuracy targets are maintained within the financial forecasts
•To control stock values in accordance with Company requirements
•To ensure that the Suppliers are selected, appraised and work in line with the requirements of the business
•To ensure all production processes are maintained and developed using the Company continuous improvement, actively encouraging team participation
•To be responsible for the control of allocated cost centre budgets, ensuring no overspend occurs
•To manage Production Supervisors, Team Leaders and non production support personnel by setting objectives and targets to monitor performance
•To continually monitor and identify opportunities for cost reduction both individually and through Company Continuous Improvement initiative.
•To develop and ensure LEAN principles and practices are established in all Assembly activities.
•To work with Quality to ensure all quality issues are resolved in timely fashion. Ensuring appropriate paper work is in place and signed by relevant staff, customer or supplier
•To be responsible for maintaining and storing all relevant production records
•To monitor the performance of all aspects of the assembly areas and providing performance reports and information as requested
Applicants must have previous experience as Head of Assembly or senior assembly manager ideally in an Automotive environment, heave project management experience and ideally be educated to degree level.