Operational Excellence Manager - Princes Group : Job Details

Princes Group is recruiting for a Operational Excellence Manager to join our leading manufacturing site based in Cardiff. Princes has recently invested over £60m into the Cardiff site transforming it into one of Europe's leading Centre's of Juice Excellence. As a Operational Excellence Manager you will ensure optimal operational efficiency at lowest cost through the delivery of targets against the strategic objectives of the function: Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and People.Job PurposeWork with the Head of Operational Performance Transformation and Head of Operations to support the delivery of an agreed manufacturing vision and strategy through continuous improvement, ensuring optimum efficiencies, effectiveness and profitability, initiating and implementing change as appropriate to meet the needs of the business through the identification and sharing of best practice through driving out waste and variability and the creation of a proactive improvement culture.Support the Cardiff site vision, to be the home of operational excellence and the customer’s first choice soft drinks manufacturer.Benefits

• £7652 Cash Car Allowance
• 26 days Annual Leave including a day for your Birthday + Bank Holidays
• Flexible holidays - the option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• 14.5% Pension consisting of a 9.5% Employer contribution (Opt-In)
• 15% Corporate Incentive Scheme (75% Princes Performance, 25% Individual Performance)
• Private Medical Insurance (Single, Partner and Family cover)
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policy (Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave)

Working HoursThis is a Monday - Friday 08.45 - 17.00 site based position Principal Accountabilities

• Support and lead lean manufacturing work practices including 5s, AM, problem solving (including root cause analysis) to drive continuous improvement activity at site.
• Roll out the consolidated medium to long term implementation timetable for operational excellence.
• Support the Senior Leadership Team in performing a detailed gap analysis across site processes, performance and Operational Plans affecting any aspect of the Cardiff Business.
• Support the Senior Leadership Team in the development of the appropriate technical and behavioural skills to enable a culture of continuous sustained improvement in achieving low cost, high quality operations.
• Support, prioritise, co-ordinate and lead/facilitate teams to implement sustained improvements to reduce factory costs, and ensure effective employment of people resources and facilities through successful project delivery in conjunction with the CI Plan for the Cardiff site, driving a culture of performance improvement with the Factory General Manager.
• Maximise people involvement and engagement in change projects to develop a change accepting culture across the Cardiff Site.
• Coach and train all site-based colleagues so that they have the prerequisite knowledge and skills to apply operational excellence concepts and tools on an ongoing basis.
• Contribute to the health & safety of self and others by applying health and safety principles to the required standards whilst undertaking designated activities and tasks.

General Responsibilities

• Understanding and implementation of lean manufacturing work practices including 5S, AM and problem solving (including root cause analysis), to drive continuous improvement activity throughout the site.
• Have a detailed understanding of the Princes Manufacturing System (PMS) and the Site Must Win Battle Plan.
• The incumbent should demonstrate behaviours which are in line with the Company values & help to improve the Quality, Safety & Environmental culture.
• Support the business in working towards delivering our ethical trading and human rights vision.
• When engaging with internal and external stakeholders (such as employees, consumers, customers or suppliers) maximise any potential opportunities to communicate Princes’ ethical trade and human rights approach.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• In depth practical experience of delivering projects using Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Standardised Work, Problem Solving, VSM, TPM, SMED, Kaizen and OEE with evidence of how improvement projects have delivered real sustainable results financially and behaviourally.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, articulate and engaging and the ability to quickly establish good relationships with internal customers including frontline staff and the leadership team, external customers and suppliers.
• The ability to motivate, mentor and engage teams to enable them to take on new skills and translate into operations.
• Strong leadership, team building, coaching and development skills.

For the chance to work for one of the UK's leading FMCG organisations with a great company culture, competitive salary package and benefits to match please apply now!