Production Supply Manager Aberdeen, Scotland
Job description
Job reference number 293030
Production Supply Manager - Aberdeen Mail Centre - Aberdeen
Salary starting at £ 37,678, 10% bonus potential, 25 days annual leave and pension
Full time
Permanent
Aberdeen Mail Centre Altens Aberdeen AB12 3TT
Reporting to the Production Control Manager, the Production Supply Manager is responsible for resource planning and fulfilment to support the efficient operation of the Plant.
What does the role involve?
In this role you’ll manage a team of administration staff helping to facilitate the daily, weekly & monthly resourcing of the Plant in a cost-effective way using innovative staffing solutions. You’ll also work with the plant delivery manager and shift managers to ensure robust plans are in place for seasonal events and to ensure clearances are maintained.
There are always ways to improve our operations, so you’ll analyse hours trends to identify efficiency improvements and ensure opportunities for cost reduction are supported by the resourcing plan. You’ll work closely with HR and HR services to ensure effective management of pay issues, Plant training and recruitment.
What skill and experience are we looking for?
As this is an extremely interesting and varied role, we are looking for candidates who are flexible, can work under pressure and possess excellent leadership and communication skills. As a leader within the business, you must demonstrate evidence on your CV of the following:
Leadership Focus: Ensures the basics are right, takes a 'one company' approach, creates positive energy, implements strategy, takes account of relevant issues. Uses platforms to recognise superstars, appeals to both the heart and the brain when communicating.
People Focus: Understands the value of diversity & inclusion, uses delegation, coaching, empowerment and feedback, identifies and developing talent, collaborates, takes time to know and understand others needs and perspectives, ensures a supportive environment where achievements are recognised.
Resilience Focus: Is approachable, provides re-assurance to others, agile in adapting to new challenges, communicates regularly and informally, deals with ambiguity, is positive and realistic even under pressure.
Achievement Focus: Ensures 'best day every day' by implementing standards of excellence, asks questions of others, shares learning, provides guidance. Builds confident teams using a coaching style and ensures others are held accountable. Uses resources to ensure delivery. Keeps promises. Is trusted by teams and colleagues.
Improvement Focus: Implements transformation, reduces costs and ensures value for money, embraces innovative work practices, makes rational and informed decisions, identifies improvements to ways of working across areas of the business, implements new processes and services to meet changing customer needs.
Customer centric Focus: Implements a customer-first culture, introduces ways to improve the customer experience, puts the customer at the heart of decision making, monitors goals for customer service, promotes investment and change which improves the end to end customer experience.
Shift patterns: The shift will be Monday to Friday around the hours of 08:00-16:12 a strong element of flexibility.
Application process
If you are interested in applying, please complete your application online and submit your current CV.
Please note: If you are currently employed by Royal Mail, you must apply via the internal careers site or your application will not be processed accordingly.
Assessment process
Your face to face assessment is designed to enable you to showcase your suitability for management positions within Royal Mail. You will take part in a capability-based interview and a short management scenario exercise more details of which will be provided on the day.
About Us
At Royal Mail we connect companies, customers and communities across the country, delivering a ‘one-price-goes-anywhere’, universal postal service to more than 30 million addresses. As one of the UK’s leading companies, we are focused on being recognised as the best delivery company in the UK and across Europe.
We are an inclusive employer with equality, diversity and fairness at the heart of our values. We welcome applications from individuals from all different backgrounds and are committed to promoting fair participation and equality of opportunity for all of our job applicants.
Closing Date: 27thFebruary Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
Interviews expected: March
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