Location: 10 miles out of Cardiff
More than 1,000 years of experience have made this company the leader in the art of coin making, with its high quality work recognised and valued worldwide. They are the world's leading export mint, making coins and medals for over 40 countries every year.
Up to 45k plus excellent benefits
The Role:
They are looking for an experienced Toolroom Manager to join their team. You will be a strong, commercially focussed leader who will use standard systems and processes to actively manage and coach production teams within the Tooling department in order to deliver the production. You will also use appropriate CI tools & techniques to drive improvements to efficiency, delivery, and quality in a planned and structured way.
Main responsibilities:
- To lead, develop and coach Teamleaders for high performance and achieve production SLA’s and KPI’s. Set action plans for improvement where necessary.
- Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Audit systems and standard work to ensure adherence to process.
- Continually drive the Toolroom teams to demonstrate world class behaviours in order to achieve the annual objectives and company vision.
- Review, development and implement robust processes and procedures to ensure on-going and accurate reporting of departmental performance metrics.
- Manage and control agreed budgets.
- Ensure that working practices are reviewed and continuously improved to ensure they optimise flexibility and maximise both productivity and cost effectiveness.
- Implement and maintain systems to ensure employees in your team fully understand and can readily access SHE policies and procedures, including all relevant emergency plans.
- Get involved in SHE activities and look for opportunities to make improvements.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- HNC or equivalent engineering qualification with experience of supervisory management in a Toolroom or manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and best practices
- Demonstrable experience of implementing and driving through improvement and change
- Extensive experience in production/engineering management and systems
- Experience of leading large teams within a production environment
- Extensive experience in coaching large teams to deliver business objectives
- Budget management
- Experience in dealing with front-end sales & marketing teams would be an advantage
To apply, please incorporate your covering letter with your cv, detailing relevant experience and qualifications. Please ensure you include your contact details.
The closing date is Friday 9th June 2017 at midday. Invitations to interview will be communicated by email. Should you not hear from them four weeks after the closing date, unfortunately you have not been short listed. Regrettably, they are unable to provide feedback to applicants on an individual basis prior to the interview stage.