Job Title: Production Director
Location: Sheffield
Salary: DOE
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
We are looking to strengthen our team and appoint a dynamic Production Director, based at our Sheffield site, to manage and drive performance within the production function to ensure products are manufactured in a safe, efficient and profitable manner. The role is essential in ensuring that processes are implemented and operated efficiently, including fulfilling orders and meeting deadlines.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for the manufacture of products, ensuring production, performance, and quality standards are consistently met.
- To lead and develop an efficient manufacturing operation in line with the site plan and KPIs.
- To ensure all operations in the factory are conducted to comply with current health & safety legislation by maintaining a system of internal auditing and reviews taking action to correct deficiencies.
- Ensure production is achieved to meet targets established within budget.
- To maintain the departmental organisation structures to ensure they can meet the requirements of the business ensuring suitably qualified staff are employed in all operational departments.
- To contribute to the business objectives, identifying key developments during the next twelve months and setting targets and action plans to achieve these.
- To regularly review the performance of staff performance appraisals against agreed objectives, identifying any training and development needs.
- Review production reports to ensure safety, quality, financial, and delivery goals and standards are met.
Skills and Experience required:
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience within an engineering / manufacturing discipline.
- Demonstrable experience of leading a manufacturing function with a proven track record in similar role.
- Significant manufacturing experience in an operational management role at a senior level
- Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements.
- Proven project management and build quality experience.
- Proven leadership and management skills with the ability to optimise team performance and development.
- Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Results orientated with ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines.
- Resilient, self-motivated and able to work well under pressure.
An excellent package is on offer.
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