Manager, Operations - Night shift
Role Overview
This role is responsible for managing the overall assigned shift operations to optimize production and quality while reducing costs.
The manufacturing shift manager oversees multiple manufacturing process through hands-on leadership.
Ensures departments are meeting expectations through building credibility, mastering products and manufacturing processes, evaluating Supervisors and Leads capabilities and building and solidifying relationships with key managers.
Supervises all associates, directly or indirectly, and takes responsibility of the assigned shifts day to day operations.
The Manufacturing Shift Manager drives performance, productivity improvements and develops both machine and staff utilization lowering the company’s CPU.
Key Skills for This Role
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Experience:
- At least 5 years’ experience as a Manufacturing/Production Shift Manager or similar position
- At least 5 years’ experience working with a Warehouse / Production / Distribution Management System
- At least 5 years’ warehouse experience in a fast paced, high volume environment
- Education:
- Preferred: Relevant manufacturing/engineering degree
- Preferred: Six sigma or Lean certification
- Essential: GCSE Maths, English, science
- Qualifications (Typical Experience, Typical Education, Knowledge/Skills/Abilities):
- Experience:
- Skills:
- Good interpersonal, leadership and motivation skills
- Intermediate level excel
- Experience working in a FMCG environment or any exposure of fast-paced manufacturing operation
- Good knowledge of Continuous improvement & the Lean Principles
- Good awareness of supply chain
- Ability to delegate
- Possess safety qualification preferable IOSH or NEBOSH
- Be computer literate
- Excellent communicational skills are required at all levels; both verbally and written, with specific emphasis on:
- An ability to carry out team briefings, participate in detailed shift handovers and write concise reports
- Experience with co-ordinating and supervising work activities including shift personnel
- Must be able to demonstrate good organisational skills
- Have a willingness to operate flexibly over a wide range of work areas
- Ability to think logically and solve problems effectively and efficiently
- Strong leadership presence
- Resilient
- Excellent communicator
- Positive team player
- Self-starter
- Essential Physical Demands:
- Ability to walk and stand as needed
- Ability to grip/grasp as needed
- Ability to lift/carry in full range of motion up to 60lbs as needed
- Ability to push/pull in a warehouse environment up to 70lbs force to push as needed
- Ability to bend, squat/kneel, twist/turn, climb, crawl, reach above shoulder, and type/keyboard frequently
- Ability to work a flexible schedule which could include nights and weekends & ability to travel as needed
- Ability to be trained and operate power industrial equipment
- Exposure to wide range of temperatures
Skills:
- Good interpersonal, leadership and motivation skills
- Intermediate level excel
- Experience working in a FMCG environment or any exposure of fast-paced manufacturing operation
- Good knowledge of Continuous improvement & the Lean Principles
- Good awareness of supply chain
- Ability to delegate
- Possess safety qualification preferable IOSH or NEBOSH
- Be computer literate
- Excellent communicational skills are required at all levels; both verbally and written, with specific emphasis on:
- An ability to carry out team briefings, participate in detailed shift handovers and write concise reports
- Experience with co-ordinating and supervising work activities including shift personnel
- Must be able to demonstrate good organisational skills
- Have a willingness to operate flexibly over a wide range of work areas
- Ability to think logically and solve problems effectively and efficiently
- Strong leadership presence
- Resilient
- Excellent communicator
- Positive team player
- Self-starter
- Essential Physical Demands:
- Ability to walk and stand as needed
- Ability to grip/grasp as needed
- Ability to lift/carry in full range of motion up to 60lbs as needed
- Ability to push/pull in a warehouse environment up to 70lbs force to push as needed
- Ability to bend, squat/kneel, twist/turn, climb, crawl, reach above shoulder, and type/keyboard frequently
- Ability to work a flexible schedule which could include nights and weekends & ability to travel as needed
- Ability to be trained and operate power industrial equipment
- Exposure to wide range of temperatures
- Perks/Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Life Assurance
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Single healthcare cover
- Continuous Professional Development and Training Opportunities
- Free Hot drinks
- Long Service Awards
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Want to join a key team that helps the world read?
- Ingram Content Group UK Ltd, is a leader in providing a comprehensive suite of inventory-free on-demand print and distribution services for books to the publishing industry. Lightning Source gives the publishing community options to print books in any quantity, one to 10,000, and provides its customers access to the most comprehensive worldwide bookselling channel in the industry.
- The world is reading, and it is our goal to connect as many people as possible to the content they want in the simplest ways. If you want to be part of a customer-centric team that strives for excellence, collaboration, innovation, we can’t wait to meet you!
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