Vacancy Details

Operations Manager
Job Reference: OPS0924004
Application deadline: 04/11/2024

Job Description

Role Purpose

 

The Operations Manager (Tannery) will be responsible for ensuring the efficient management of daily operations, driving performance improvements, and fostering a culture of excellence within the team. This role requires strong leadership abilities and a strategic mindset to align operational goals with the overall company’s objectives and values.

 

Key Accountabilities

 

  • Embed H&S culture of zero tolerance ensuring the policy is fully understood, owned and implemented by every individual – ensuring machine operators have set up machines correctly and all pre-shift safety checks have been carried out and recorded.
  • Promote the use of TCards for near miss and hazard reporting– ensuring appropriate feedback and recognition to operators.
  • Ensure all prescribed quality checks are carried out by machine operators, to ensure product quality is not compromised.
  • Live and breathe workplace organisation ensuring the factory is always customer ready.
  • Supervise to execute the production plan, communicating and highlighting any risktoOTIF to Group Tannery Operations & Hide Procurement Director at earliest opportunity while reviewing department targets daily.
  • Takes ownership of daily production information recording monitoring and improving KPIs.
  • Create an open and honest culture of communications between management and factory employees, always aligned to our core values.
  • Deliver optimum results by creating a can-do attitude through motivating and encouraging employees.
  • Liaising with Maintenance Department to ensure plant and machinery is kept in full working order, ensuring job requests are logged on maintain.

 

Experience Desired

 

  • Excellent team player – demonstrating practical leadership in people, product process and plant.
  • Experience in a similar role – preferably in a manufacturing/industrial setting with a good understanding of operational metrics and drivers and the use of KPIs to manage an operation.
  • Experience of meeting and exceeding health and safety/environmental/ workplace organisation requirements.
  • Results driven with the ability to balance and manage competing demands.
  • Demonstrable supervisory and line management skills with a coaching style that gets the best out of people, focused on collaboration and continual improvement.
  • Competent IT Skills – experience of using Microsoft Dynamics is advantageous.
  • Excellent organisational skills

Key Competencies Required

 

Teamwork

  • Actively develop and maintain beneficial relationships and contribute towards common goal

 

Initiative

  • Doing it before being asked

 

Communication

  • Clear, concise, consistent, and relevant for individual situations and understands, manages, and clarifies expectations

 

Attention to Detail

  • Your work is complete and accurate

 

Customer Service

  • Concern for internal and external customers

 

Being Organised

  • Achieve results by prioritising workload, effective time management and showing efficiency with resources available and monitoring progress

 

 

Key Relationships

 

  • Group Tanning Operations & Hide Procurement Director
  • Shift Leads
  • Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager
  • Lead Production Supervisor
  • Responsible sourcing officers
  • Team Leaders
  • Engineering department
  • HR

 

 

Benefits

 

· Scottish Leather Group Pension Plan

· Holiday entitlement package (additional days granted for long service)

· Healthcare: Private Medical Insurance

· Employee Assistance Programs (EAP): Work-related support & counselling

· Cycle to work scheme

· Electrical Vehicle initiative

· Access to a network of fully trained internal coaches & mentors to support career development.

· Additional training and development opportunities including SCQF qualifications, secondments, and external training.

· Access to SLG & Me Benefits & Wellbeing Portal: A range of discounts across various retailers and health & wellbeing support.

· Dedicated network of Mental Health first Aiders.

· Employee voice: opinion surveys to enhance our workplace culture.

· Employee recognition platform.

· Group Life Assurance plan

 

We are now an SCQF inclusive recruiter to support and develop diversity, equality and inclusion in our organisation to create a talent diverse workplace that embraces individuality. For further information visit  https://scqf.org.uk/about-the-framework/

 

If you require further assistance to attend and/or participate in an interview, please contact the HR Recruitment Team – careers@scottishleathergroup.com