Production Warehouse Shift Manager

Production Warehouse Shift Manager – Job Description

Definition: Responsible for the daily warehouse operations. May include some people management and reporting requirements. This may include some setting up of machinery and basic programming.

Overall Purpose of the Role:

Responsible for the operation in terms of production, quality, cost, delivery, technical, and safety, while respecting the defined goals. Manage all aspects of the shift through collaborative working with the employees for delivering, and where possible, exceeding, the key performance indicators within the operation. Strive to continually improve costs, improve production and quality. Act independently at the organizational level. Outcomes reviewed by organizational head. Decisions and results have an impact on the function and their success.

Key Responsibilities:

General and Task Management

· Lead by example, ensuring a safe and efficient workplace is maintained at all times

· Achieve the required company quality standards ensuring customer satisfaction

· Coordinate with support functions to progress issues concerning production planning and resource/skill allocation to ensure delivery of products to schedule within all relevant quality specifications

· Ensure safe working practices are maintained and ‘Standard Operations’ adhered to

· Lead and motivate the team to create a high-performance culture where improvement suggestions are embraced

· Strive to exceed the Company targets in productivity, efficiency and quality on a continuous basis

· Manage the implementation of product changes, production trials, model change and pilot build

· Report and act upon plant or machinery breakdowns

· Contribute to the improvement of working procedures by constantly looking for solutions to ensure the best productivity results and ensuring compliance with procedures, operating instructions and work instructions

· Ensure that internal delivery processes are adhered to support dispatch time windows

· Lead follow up to customer concerns. Identify and eliminate root cause using robust countermeasures. Sustain the corrective actions to eliminate repeat issues

· Maintain and order inventory levels

· Planning, Building and Processing International Orders

People Management

· Manage Manpower resource effectively to support customer delivery requirements

· Responsible for training of operators for products and processes

· Monitor the completion of tasks

· Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviors expected of them

· Provide product expertise within team, and respond to operator queries

Relationship Management

· Work positively with support functions to fully define the processes/procedures/controls relevant to team activities. Provide support and input to continuous improvement activities within the team

· Interface with Production Scheduling to determine schedules for shift production

· Feedback to the Management team to share ideas and improve operation, recommending, supporting and implementing continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements to optimize results and improve quality of delivery, in line with quality standards requirements delivery in line with Company and Customer requirements

Self-Management

· Support, comply and ensure complicity with Health & Safety regulations, the Company Handbook, Quality and Environmental standards, and all other Company policies and procedures

· Embraces personal challenge

· Confident, rounded thinking

· Is self-aware

· Is resilient, assertive, optimistic and open to change

· Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together

· Actively Committed to team development

· High levels of motivation and action orientated

Skills and Attributes:

· Ability to sustain and develop team working and team-based problem solving

· High level of numerical and analytical ability

· Ability to build effective relationships with work colleagues

· Able to achieve results by setting high standards and committing to clear objectives

· Adaptable to change and varying situations

· Ability to show resilience and a flexible approach

· Excellent communication skills

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and able to establish logical practical solutions

· Strong people and performance management skills

· Computer literate

· Full understanding of customer expectations and deliverables with an awareness of the impact of failure/cost of poor quality

Qualifications and Experience Levels:

· Proven track record within management

· Ability to design processes and layouts

· Full understanding of design and production costs to include waste, downtime, scrap and re-work.

Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person