Production Shift Supervisor - East Midlands - Circa £25k plus Shift Allowance and OT

Salary: Circa £25k plus Shift Allowance and OT

Overview

We are looking for a key individual to support the achievement of our client's business goals by managing the Laser Department through effective team leadership in organising the efficient and quality production of work to meet the planned schedules and customer specifications and to maximise productivity, profitability and on time delivery.

Responsibilities

• Plan and control the production of work by fully utilising the equipment and producing work by the most economic method, ensuring maximum profitability is achieved and customer requirements are met.
• Ensure that a machine maintenance programme is in place to maximise machine uptime and that a machine log is maintained for all breakdowns and is reported upon weekly.
• Liase with internal / external customers acting as the centre of excellence for printing, mailing, finishing, consolidation, scanning and dispatch, also produce and run daily production meetings, outlining risks and solutions for mitigation.
• Control all waste and minimise overtime to ensure maximum departmental profitability versus set budgets.
• Coach, train and counsel team members to achieve high standards and assist individual career development.
• Motivate the team members to ensure high standards of customer relations and to maintain our client's Quality Standards.
• Ensure that we exceed targeted missed dispatches as set by the business.
• Use OEE, 5S and Lean Methodologies to drive performance and continual improvements throughout operations.
• Have a good understanding of all equipment and ensure it is being operated in an efficient and effective manner in conjunction with the training department.
• Maintain an accurate skills matrix ensuring staff are properly qualified.
• Ensure all relevant paperwork including weekly reports are accurately completed in a timely manner.
• Communicate and act on special requests from other customers (collections/deliveries).
• React in a proactive manner to any occurring incidents and liaise with Client Services and Compliance ensuring internal SLA's are met or exceeded, and all corrective actions are implemented and monitored.
• Ensure constant communication between print/finishing and other teams.
• Perform any other duties as directed by your line manager.
• Communicate effectively; good verbal and written communication, methodical with attention to detail; effective listening skills and able to analyse information to make quality decisions.
• Follow written and verbal instructions, understand and communicate complex instructions.
• Motivate and supervise team, influence and gain commitment from others.
• Generate solutions to meet the customer requirements.

The Person Education / Qualifications

Good education to GCSE level.

Experience

Supervisory experience, 3+ years working within a manufacturing environment.

Application

To apply for this vacancy fill in the form below. Please ensure you are resident in the UK and have recently worked in the print, packaging or paper sectors.