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Instron is a global organization that designs, manufactures, sells and services materials testing applications and its leadership in the marketplace is continually expanding. You will find that our established strength, commitment to our core values and team focus provides an engaging work environment and offers exceptional opportunities for personal and career development.

This position is based within Instron’s European Operations Department and will be located at our European headquarters in High Wycombe, UK.

Job purpose

This role has responsibility for the execution of all Manufacturing operations-related activities for Low Force (LF) Dynamic Systems products. You will be responsible for a multi-disciplinary team ensuring growth and profitability goals of the business are met.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Support the Dynamic Systems Business to set and review the wide performance objectives, budgets, and operating procedures to efficiently deliver the Manufacturing operations Long-range plans and Strategy of the DS business.
• Act as advisor to the Dynamic Systems business on timelines, internal resource and outsourcing allocation and changes required, risks and feasibility of future opportunities.
• Oversees the day-to-day Manufacturing operations, including LF operation, LF custom, Customer experience engineering, Inventory, Warehouse & packing.
• Supports monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue goals with appropriate scheduling practices and shipment analysis.
• Coordinates production resources to meet customer delivery dates.
• Ownership of operational reporting ensuring alignment to operations strategy
• Engage in identifying and strategizing projects while actively participating in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supports continuous improvement engineering to drive improvements for current product in efficiency, cost reduction or business continuity
• Drives operational, engineering and project management activities across the low force business to continue to drive efficiency improvements.
• Oversees inventory management for business ensuring compliance with ITW regulations and targets
• Serves as voice of quality in manufacturing and support quality efforts.
• Ensures that systems and procedures are up-to-date, well-documented, and reflective of current practices in support of ISO 9001.
• Enforces safety regulations, and in general, promotes safe conduct to ensure the safety of personnel and equipment. Re-enforces the need for a safe workplace daily.
• Develop and maintain an appropriate departmental organizational structure that supports the needs of the business.
• Develop and operate budgets and capital expenditure plans.
• Mentor and support development of team members.
• Lead continuous improvement to process, procedure, documentation, and implementation.

Key Competencies (includes skills)

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The ability to engage and drive a diverse team of employees.
• Exceptionally self-motivated and directed. Result orientated. Sets high goals for personal and team accomplishment.
• Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities with a data driven approach.
• Exceptional service orientation.
• Strong coach and mentor with the ability to recruit, develop and retain a diverse pipeline of talent.
• Ability to think strategically across engineering and operational functions.
• Ability to facilitate and drive change within the department and organization.
• Experience communicating and presenting upwards to senior leadership team and beyond.

• Must have obtained a professional Degree level qualification (Engineering discipline preferred, desirable).

Key Experiences

• Possesses proven expertise in successfully leading and implementing lean manufacturing practices, with the ability to drive widespread adoption throughout the organization to optimize operational effectiveness and efficiency. Aims to deliver tangible enhancements to site processes through measurable improvements.
• Management or involvement in engineering projects
• Has an engaging management and leadership style
• Passionate and clear communicator able to engage at all levels in a business.
• Strong coach and mentor with the ability to recruit, develop and retain a diverse pipeline of talent.
• Possesses strong analytical skills and the ability to generate clear businesses cases for change programs
• Strong financial and business acumen
• Setting challenging departmental objectives which support the principal responsibilities.
• Organise and motivate the operations and engineering teams towards achieving the objectives. This will include the selection, justification, and implementation of improvement projects.
• Management of multiple departments/functions

Key KPIs/other performance measurements

• Customer on time
• Monthly, Quarterly, Annual revenue targets in line with DS Business Strategy
• Managing budgets ensuring cost effectiveness
• Other Operational metrics (CPS, Labour Recovery, Cycle Count, Inventory Grading)

This is an opportunity to join a successful team where you can make a significant impact. Enjoy a competitive compensation and benefits package which includes 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, holiday purchase, medical insurance, generous pension scheme, cycle to work and electric vehicle scheme.

Instron is an equal opportunities employer.

All candidates must have Right To Work in the UK.