Operations Manager Rotherham, England
Job description
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is a leading global supplier of sealing solutions. Our range of products includes O-Rings, hydraulic seals, rotary shaft seals, oil seals, static seals, pneumatic seals, mechanical face seals and many more.
A career at Trelleborg enables you to develop skills and release potential – giving you the upward momentum and freedom of movement to explore opportunities within a dynamic, diverse global engineering company dedicated to accelerating performance for customers.
We have a vacancy for an Operations Manager at our bearings and wear rings manufacturing center in Rotherham, South Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Here we are proud to manufacture Orkot® bearings and wear rings. Orkot® is the world's leading brand in composite bearing material for wear resistant bearings under high load. With over 60 years’ experience in composite bearings, our Rotherham facility provides a full service, from engineering concept to delivery of a bearing solution for specialist markets such as marine, hydro & tidal power.
What be you’ll doing?
Reporting to the site General Manager, and a member of the Senior Management team, the Operations Manager is responsible for directing and managing the production activities at the facility.
The purpose of the Operations Manager is to plan, deliver and control production performance activities to achieve current and future planned performance levels. It is also to inspire and engage production employees, and ensure targets for Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery are strictly adhered to.
The Operations Manager will foster and promote a culture of continuous improvement, in line with the overall business objectives. This is achieved through the utilisation of leading-edge manufacturing tools and techniques that will deliver best practice across labour, equipment and systems while meeting customer requirements.
The Operations Manager will also define and implement strategic objectives to deliver profitable growth and increased efficiencies.
Specific tasks and responsibilities of the Operations Manager are;
- Manage manufacturing of products.
- Promote employee engagement strategies and enhance team collaboration
- Planning, scheduling and reviewing workload to ensure production output, quality and on time delivery targets are achieved cost effectively
- Overall plant improvement relating to key metrics – safety, quality, OTD, OEE and profitability.
- Monitor product quality and take immediate corrective action, when necessary.
- Implementation and adherence to Health and Safety procedures encouraging "safety first" culture. Trelleborg target LWC and LWD = 0
- Lead employee development initiatives within department.
- Monitor the marketplace for availability of new technologies to improve production safety, quality and efficiency.
- Drive initiatives across the organization that delivers Manufacturing Excellence and a continuous improvement culture while improving operational systems, policies, procedures and standards.
- Develop and implement an Operations strategy to deliver long term productivity and capacity improvements.
- Develop systems and processes that track and optimise productivity and standards, quality and performance targets to ensure effective return on investment.
- In partnership with Purchasing, work with outside suppliers to increase quality/value of raw materials.
- Work with Finance to ensure department stays within budgetary requirements.
- Maintain a positive and constructive relationship with the sales team.
- Hire, train and supervise Production staff.
- Develop the competency of the manufacturing team to provide the necessary capability to meet current and future needs.
- Effectively manage labour requirements/manpower planning, production planning, stock management, plant modifications and develop innovative systems and processes utilising all available technology
- Conduct performance appraisals and provide input on annual salary reviews.
- Externally, the Operations Manager will develop effective working relationships with senior colleagues at other sites across the group and will liaise with relevant machinery and raw material suppliers and customers as required.
- Work closely with the General Manager and other members of the senior team to continually develop strategies to meet and further develop the overall operational, financial and commercial objectives of the business.
What we need from you:
- Experience of managing a Team of between 10 – 13 reports and indirectly up to 100 people
- Experience of working within manufacturing at Production Manager level or above (minimum of 5 years' experience)
- Educated to bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent discipline.
- A strong preference for and good understanding of, machine shop experience, CNC Milling, Turning, Routing.
- Knowledge of Preventative Maintenance /TPM.
- Knowledge of engineering and technology principles and practices, tools and machines.
- Knowledge of practical application of quality systems accreditation and standards.
- Familiarity with gathering and analysing production, quality and maintenance data.
- LEAN / Six Sigma trained - certification is desired but not essential.
Our employees are vital to our success. As a prominent leader in production, you will possess;
- The ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve individual and organisational objectives through highly visible and effective personal intervention.
- The ability to coach and mentor people who manage people.
- Effective problem solving and root cause analysis skills.
- Strong knowledge of Preventative Maintenance /TPM.
- Strong organizational and management skills.
- A detail-oriented approach with the ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks to strict deadlines.
- Effective personal time-management skills.
What we offer in return:
- An attractive and competitive salary.
- Private Medical Insurance.
- Company car allowance.
- Pension scheme with Life Assurance.
- 25 days holidays, plus bank holidays.
- Free fruit and well-being at work support.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we take pride in the diversity of our employees, valuing the special experience and expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. The ability to develop ground-breaking technologies is one of our key assets and our people make it happen.
Our people are shaping industry from the inside. Why don´t you join us?
