Head of Manufacturing

Head of Manufacturing
Manufacturing; Production; Complex Engineering; Operations; Technology
Defence; Aerospace; Space; Automotive; Medical Science; Security
Chelmsford, Essex
65,000 – 75,000 + excellent benefits

Across the globe we deliver innovative developments in technology for high performance systems and equipment across Civil Aerospace, Defence & Security, Space, Industrial, Medical & Science applications.
Our products are everywhere: hospitals, planes, ships and even outer space. They do many incredible things – including saving and protecting people's lives by finding and treating cancer, helping map our planet and the universe, and freezing the atom down to 0 Kelvin.
With a long and enviable history of technical and scientific innovation, we are always working at the forefront of technology.

Position Summary and Responsibilities

• To drive a safe and healthy working environment for employees
• Responsibility for approximately 250 employees within manufacturing and support all areas of the business: Maintenance, Continuous Improvement
• Effectively plan and allocate manufacturing resource within a complex manufacturing environment to meet current and predicted customer requirements, ensuring that the quality of products continuously exceeds customer requirements and associated standards;
• Drive a continuous improvement culture through manufacturing teams, to improve manufacturing processes and reduce costs, whilst increasing efficiency through use of manufacturing principles
• Drive evidence–driven problem solving within the team to ensure the effective and proactive resolution of issues;
• Contribute to the creation of an appropriate operational strategy for the success, in partnership with the other Manufacturing Managers & VP of Operations
• Develop, maintain and monitor appropriate Key Performance Indicators for the team and drive year–on–year improvements to meet targets for quality, volume and cost;
• Contribute to the annual budgeting process in collaboration with the other Manufacturing Mangers & VP of Operations.
• Be an active and key member of the Operations Leadership team
• Mentor, manage and develop a team of Manufacturing managers and departments heads.

Qualifications

• Education to degree level / professional qualification;
• Successful track record of applying continuous improvement techniques, quality approaches and change management techniques to deliver business efficiencies;
• Previous experience of managing people across multiple business functions including S&OP Planning;
• Successful track record of strong cost management;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

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