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