Production Stream Manager

Purpose

Use the principles of OPEX to develop a team who can deliver safety, quality, service, and the goals of the business while meeting customer expectations.

Key Accountabilities:

Safety is a condition

•        Build a culture of behaviour-based safety with team members.

•        Reduce hazards, risks, and incidents by observing the behaviour of the team and determining what follows when this behaviour occurs.

•        Ensure that all processes and tasks have formal risk assessment and corrective actions have been completed as a priority.

•        Embrace “Go for Zero” by promoting positive behaviours, root causing near misses and coaching Group Leaders to manage safety in their areas.

•        Ensure that all team members have the appropriate training to do their required task in a safe manner.

•        Track, report and improve safety performance metrics.

Production Stream Strategy

•        Create a strategic plan using the master schedule tool to align with the business goals.

•        Communicate the progress against targets regularly up and down the organisation ensuring that KPI’s are being maintained at the required rate.

•        Ensure that each team member understands their role in delivering our business goals.

Build a high performing team

•        Organise recruitment and induction processes.

•        Communicate regularly and ensure goals and targets are cascaded through MySucess and team forums.

•        Ensure the skill levels in the production stream are maintained as per the site training standard.

•        Adopt appropriate OPEX tools and upskill the team creating a culture of learning.

•        Encourage team members to work to their strengths and ensure that relationships are developed cross functionally.

•        Remove any obstacles which may prevent team members from completing their roles effectively.

•        Reward both successes and ideal behaviours when demonstrated and address any performance issues promptly and discretely.

OPEX Improvement

•        Use visual management to communicate key metrics and problem-solving information.

•        Set standards, raise standards, and confirm standard work across safety, quality, environmental, manufacture and asset management.

•        Create and maintain master performance data sets for all skus and all processes.

•        Identify key problems areas and set targets to improve process reliability.

•        Use data analysis to make problems visible, quantifiable and to guide decisions.

•        Setup 5s standards and ensure work zone ergonomics are optimised.

Deliver value for the business and for the customer

•        Maintain ATP in the production stream. Address escalations promptly.

•        Manage projects in accordance with the site goals and gap up activity timelines.

•        Identify and remove bottlenecks or sku complexity constraints in manufacturing or service areas.

•        Optimise labour and waste and everything that impacts OEE.

•        Promote RFT manufacture and do not pass on poor quality. Focus on and improve key priority metrics using Problem Follow up tools and 8 step methodology where appropriate. Use business risk and value to prioritise.

Skills & Knowledge

Desirable

•        Experience in a FMCG Industry

•        Understanding of safety, quality, environmental and asset management systems.

Essential

•        Experience in Manufacture / Continuous Improvement / OPEX.

•        Strong communication skills and the ability to influence

•        Strong analytical & problem-solving skills. The ability to influence culture standards.

•        Natural coaching ability.

Qualifications [Accredited]

Essential

•        Intermediate Food Safety, Level 3 HACCP and IOSH managing Safety or equivalent experience level.

Desirable

•        Degree in Manufacture / Engineering / Science or another appropriate discipline.