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Head Of Manufacturing

  • Location: Hitchin, Hertfordshire
  • Sector: Management, Production
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Job reference: KMB1050
  • Salary: Up to £67k plus exciting benefits
  • Closing Soon:
    days hours

Job description

An exciting job opportunity has arisen for a Head of Manufacturing, with my client, who are a global manufacturer, based in Hertfordshire.

The Head of Manufacturing, based in Hertfordshire, will report into the Operations Director and will be part of the senior operations leadership team, responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient running of all manufacturing within the business. The Head of Manufacturing will be responsible for creating the long term manufacturing strategy to meet the changing needs of the business product portfolio as well as the day to day execution of the orderbook. This will include but not be limited to maintaining safety, quality compliance across production, ensuring that meaningful operational metrics are used to drive daily improvements with measurable profitability impacts, ensuring new projects are implemented on time and to budget, and co-ordinating facility management for the facility. Other responsibilities include:
> Leading the Production Engineering & Production teams.
> Building processes and ways of working to deliver departmental objectives.
> Working cross functionally to assess current processes and identifying projects to improve productivity and product quality.
> Assess compliance and adherence to safety and quality standards working with relevant stakeholders to resolve any issues.
> Lead C.I projects, ensuring to maintain a positive approach and that all team members feel valued during the process.

The Head of Manufacturing, based in Hertfordshire, will have experience within a similar role and will ideally have:
> Experience leading a manufacturing team (assembly operations is preferable).
> Experience managing change.
> Experience leading structured problem-solving activities.
> Knowledge of CI tools (Lean, six sigma or similar).


APPLY NOW for the Head of Manufacturing, based in Hertfordshire by sending your cv to kburrell@redlinegroup.Com or call 01582 878 829 for more information.


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