Plant Manager - Hereford UK

Summary

This key position is responsible for managing, planning, directing, organizing, and developing UK manufacturing capabilities in line with the group requirements and executing its strategic plan for manufacturing excellence.

Essential Functions

·       Drives continuous improvement in environmental compliance, health, and safety through adherence to established safe operating procedures, elimination of PCC Prohibited Practices, and implementation of 6S concepts.

·       Drives quality improvements through traditional Quality Assurance/Quality Control activities, audits, and root cause analysis utilising Zero Defect Program tools.  Holds team members accountable for the output of their respective roles.

·       Ensures compliance to all established company and corporate policies, procedures, and statutory instruments that are applicable to the sites including SOX.

·       Oversees all manufacturing operations, gives direction, resolves problems, and sets deadlines to assure that all company manufacturing objectives are met.

·       Maintains a Productivity pipeline of projects to close gap between current state and fiscal targets.

·       Reviews financial and budgetary reports, cost data, to assure plant operations meet company profitability and financial objectives. Responsible for plant achieving agreed metrics.

·       Monitors production requirements and production processes to ensure customer delivery dates are met.

·       Identifies, analyses, and plans for plant capital needs and completes capital requests in accordance with corporate requirements.  Maintains a 3-year capital plan.

·       Assists in developing and implementing manufacturing labour policies.

·       Assists in determining manufacturing manning and employment levels.

·       Organises the workforce to meet company labour objectives.

·       Keeps abreast with metals industry state of the art and technological advancements to assist the company in maintain its manufacturing efficiency and competitive ability.

·       Supervises, directs, and evaluates the job performance of all direct reports within the manufacturing organisation.

·       Makes presentations, conducts meetings, and communicates with all levels of the corporation pertaining to manufacturing-related activities.

·       Shares best practices within the organisation.

·       Leads by example, instilling skillsets and mind-sets, in order to drive continuous improvement; coaches and develops employees; leads cross-functional teams.

·       Assists all teams as needed to ensure improvements are made and sustained.

·       Performs all aspects of the position according to the PCC Code of conduct and in accordance with SOX requirements.

Additional Responsibilities

The Company retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

·       Bachelor’s degree in a related field of study (Engineering, Material Science, and Manufacturing Management) or equivalent management, technical experience in a like industry such as powdered or revert metals, steel or investment casting. 

·       Five years’ experience in progressively responsible manufacturing positions is required; previous experience managing and mentoring direct reports required.

Competencies

·       Leadership skills to positively model and champion results-oriented culture; motivate, coach, drive performance; and maximise manufacturing excellence to achieve strategic deliverables and bottom-line results.

·       PCC tool box & metrics acumen to drive quarter-over-quarter continuous productivity improvement.

·       Communication skills: effectively utilises all methods of communication, oral and written to assure manufacturing strategy is clearly communicated, understood and cross-communicated within the organisation.

·       Talent management skills and abilities to identify and develop key talent and a strategically focused workforce within the manufacturing organisation.

·       Technical expertise – continuously seeks to advance and share professional technical knowledge, develop new ideas and seek best industry practices to maintain constant manufacturing state of the art capability.

·       Financial skills – the ability to analyse and interpret financial data, budgets, and other financial reports and translate that information into manufacturing action items, goals and deliverables.

·       Personal integrity and able to conduct themselves and their job responsibilities in an ethical and non-discriminatory manner.

·       Ability to retain confidential information.

·       Ability to maintain positive and productive working relationship across the organisation.

·       Problem solving and reasoning ability, can mentally process and comprehend complex issues involving multi variables.

·       Decision making skills, can evaluate and take action with limited or conflicting data.

·       Determination, drive and assertiveness to accomplish goals and objectives.

·       Time Management skills, can organise, prioritise, and balance priorities against the conflicting time demands required of a senior management position.

Special Skills

Additional Notes

This position will be based in UK but will require regular travel to other Revert facilities worldwide.

Physical Dimensions

Physical Demands – The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands- Must be able to travel regularly by air or car; must be able to frequently remain in a stationary position with repetitive hand motions.  Frequently operates a computer and other office productivity machinery including a copy machine, and computer printer. Employee will be required to make frequent visits to the manufacturing environment and must be able to occasionally walk and stand, sometimes in extreme heat or cold. Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment, including but not limited to, safety glasses, hearing protection, safety footwear, and gloves.

Work Environment – The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Works predominately in an office environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.  Frequently required to perform job duties outside of the office setting with exposure to climate changes, traffic, uneven surfaces, heights, and noise.