Total 2 Manager level Manufacturing / Production job vacancies in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4XR

Production Team Lader

Salary £36k

Afternoon Shift 1.30 to 9.30 Monday to Friday

Location Magna Park, Lutterworth


This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a bright, forward-thinking company who is a multinational logistics, supply chain and manufacturing organisation in their busy and fast paced environment as a Production Team Leader.

The role is to lead, manage, coach, motivate and engage a team of people to coordinate activities to achieve a number of technical and business goals through effective process compliance management, continuous improvement, quality and a focus on self and team development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Accountable for providing weekly daily and monthly performance reports, develop and maintain visual management boards for the team

• Ensure health, safety, environment and housekeeping standards are delivered on an ongoing basis and actively promote individual responsibility for health and safety.
• Create daily / weekly production schedules including hourly resource planning in conjunction with Planning and resource Manager.
• Continually evaluate Tact times for production line cells and identify opportunities to improve Quality and throughput.
• Drive and Monitor value added activities to maximise recoverable product value.
• Ensure all direct activities have a relevant standard operating procedure which are compliant to current client provided work instructions (GSX and Agile)
• Actively pursue the elimination of waste through the application of continuous improvement tools and techniques
• Proactively use problem solving techniques to explore and promote any initiatives that support driving costs down, without affecting quality
• Promote flexibility through skills training and personal development to meet future and current team capability targets.
• Provide accurate and concise End of Day production line analysis / reporting directly to senior
• Monitor team absence and performance, taking action where necessary, ensuring weekly reviews and accurate reporting
• Create and maintain a positive team culture and spirit, encouraging involvement from all team members when sharing group, divisional and team information

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• GCSE or equivalent level of education (including Maths and English)
• Previous experience of managing and leading a team in a fast paced or production environment. 3 years +
• Excellent Communication skills including effective listening
• Good IT skills, inc Microsoft Office, Google suite
• Proven logical thinker with skills in understanding, interpreting and proactively acting upon data
• Proven commitment to self-development and team development
• Proven experience of adapting to and leading programmes of change
• Understanding and implementing H&S standards
• Proven experience of delivering excellent customer service
• People management through HR processes and procedures

Challenge-trg Recruitment (part of the Challenge-trg Group) is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) in all our employment practices to all employees, temporary workers, and applicants for employment without regard to age, gender reassignment, married or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

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What we’re looking for:
 

Education:

• Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or closely related field from an accredited college or university; Graduate degree preferred, but not required

Experience:

• 8+ years experience in finance or accounting related fields
   

Certification(s):

• Six Sigma or Lean training helpful, but not required
   

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Leadership experience a plus

Who are you:

• Demonstrated leadership abilities, and the ability to work in team environment
• Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical skills
• Ability to work with other executives, managers and owners in developing operating plans and maintaining regular financial reports; ability to modify or create reporting processes to ensure efficient operations and timely reporting
• Independent, self-starter, highly motivated
• Comfortable engaging with Avantor customers on contractual negotiations and other matters
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, and Access)
   

How you will thrive and create an impact 

• Collaborates and develops strong relationships with global business leaders to set action plans to achieve annual operating plan; actively engages daily as co-leader of the business team; drives results in conjunction with LPS leadership team
• Develops and implements annual operating plan and monthly forecasts to accurately reflect current expectations of the business.
• Prepares monthly forecast update by collaborating with LPS leadership team.
• Prepares and reviews monthly results and ad hoc analysis to determine methods of increasing operating productivity through revenue generation, margin expansion and/or cost control.
• Develops financial presentation packages for review with Senior Leadership and various business partners on a periodic basis.
• Prepares and reviews on an ongoing basis the profitability by customer.  .  Provides recommendations to increase profitability.
• Reviews and develops the financial justification for various capital or operating investments.
• Ensures business activities and processes comply with applicable laws and/or US GAAP.
• Actively participates and co-leads team on customer proposal/RFQ process/pricing strategy.
• Facilitates, expedites and resolves a variety of financial/reporting issues/questions raised by the business area or operating team.
• Assists in the development and implementation of financial policies and procedures.  Recommends best practices based upon analytical review of factual data.
• Perform other duties as assigned

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Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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