Manufacturing Manager

Position: Manufacturing Manager

Proactive are currently recruiting for a Manufacturing Manager to join an established and growing engineering and manufacturing business.

As a Manufacturing Manager, you'll be responsible for leading manufacturing operations, developing people and processes, improving efficiency and ensuring production activities consistently meet customer, quality and commercial requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strong leadership and strategic direction across multiple manufacturing and production functions
• Take overall responsibility for manufacturing performance, productivity and operational efficiency
• Lead, develop and support departmental management teams to achieve business and production objectives
• Effectively manage labour, equipment and other resources to maximise production output
• Oversee production planning and ensure products are manufactured and delivered in line with customer requirements and agreed deadlines
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, productivity, quality and cost
• Monitor key production metrics and use operational data to identify and implement improvements
• Ensure manufacturing processes comply with relevant quality, environmental, health and safety and regulatory requirements
• Support the introduction of new products, processes, equipment and tooling into production
• Work closely with engineering and commercial teams to ensure new and existing products can be manufactured effectively
• Lead and support operational improvement and capital investment projects where required
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and high performance across the manufacturing function
• Maintain strong relationships with customers and key internal stakeholders to ensure manufacturing requirements are understood and delivered
• Work collaboratively with quality, engineering, production planning, sales and other business functions to support operational objectives
• Ensure departmental targets and KPIs are understood, monitored and achieved

Skills:

• Minimum 10 years' experience within Engineering or Manufacturing Management
• Proven experience managing multiple manufacturing functions within a fast-paced production environment
• Strong leadership and people management experience
• Demonstrable experience of driving continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production planning and resource management
• Experience managing production performance against KPIs and business objectivesGood understanding of quality, health and safety and regulatory requirements within a manufacturing environment
• Experience with MS Office and ERP/business management systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with colleagues at all levels
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise workload and work effectively to deadlines
• Commercially aware with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and operational performance

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

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