Manufacturing Manager

Manufacturing Manager Location: Wembley Salary: GBP70,000 - GBP80,000 per year Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm. Job type: 12-month, Fix-term Contract Bridge Recruitment is helping one of our well-established clients recruit for an experienced Manufacturing Manager to join their current team. Responsibilities of the Manufacturing Manager: · Ensure that a high level of Health and Safety is adhered to all times across the manufacturing and adjacent areas. · Abide by our client's Core Values and Code of Ethics. · Drive a performance culture within the manufacturing department, with ongoing performance analysis and regular feedback to the employees. Develop the supervisors and senior members of the team to drive that culture too. · Lead and promote a culture of continuous improvement. · Manage and monitor time and attendance for all production workers and apply a fair and consistent application of recommended codes of practice, with regular communication. · Lead and oversee the relocation to a Northern Manufacturing Site, ensuring a smooth and minimally disruptive transition. Collaborate closely with the team and coordinate all necessary actions. · Ensure that orders are produced on-time, to the desired quality level and within budgeted cost. · Meet (and ideally beat) all manufacturing KPIs. · Work closely with production planning to deliver the manufacturing plan attainment. · Implement the best practice recommendations, particularly around work areas and associated equipment. · Lead and coach a team of production supervisors to ensure the wider production team is being guided, motivated and managed appropriately · Take the lead on disciplinary and grievance issues, ensuring that their procedures are implemented fairly and consistently · Monitor and report any concerns and issues affecting site security. · Work alongside and support all departments associated with the launch of new products or processes. · Complete other ad hoc duties as and when required. Requirements of the Manufacturing Manager: · Have previously successfully managed a manufacturing operations facility or multi-skilled manufacturing teams and ideally in an electronic manufacturing environment. · Possess well developed communication and interpersonal skills and be able to deal with people at all levels, both inside and outside of the business. · Have sound practical knowledge of health and safety and employment legislation and their application. · Have the confidence to communicate operational and safety issues upwards irrespective of the severity of the message. · Be naturally well organized, structured, and able to handle the challenges of competing priorities. · A self-starter who leads by example in terms of pace. · Ideally a recognized manufacturing or engineering educational background and preferably to degree level. If you feel like you meet the above criteria for the Manufacturing Manager role, then please apply now