Senior Operations Manager
REPORTING TO: Director of Operations.
DIRECT REPORTS: Production Lead/ Production Team Leaders/Production Operators.
Objectives;
- Responsible for manufacturing company products at optimum cost, quality, delivery and customer satisfaction in accordance with defined schedule.
- Responsible for identifying & driving improvements in Quality, output and cost across all processes in the Fermoy Plant.
Responsibilities:
- Quality: Assure ongoing compliance with quality and industry regulatory requirements.
- Health & Safety: Ensure compliance with Health & Safety Legislation and Regulations.
- Leading a group of Production Leads, Team Leaders and Production Operators (140) according to established procedures and current world class Medical manufacturing practices.
- Responsible for manufacturing products at optimum cost, quality, customer satisfaction and delivery in accordance with defined schedule.
- Establish standards of performance for a hi-vol 24 x 7 medical manufacturing operation and monitor same against pre-determined standards.
- Responsible for Production planning, Product Line layout and staffing levels for proper operation.
- Provide positive leadership to a large multi-shift team, by interpreting company policy and management directives for Production personnel.
- Responsible for identifying & driving improvements in Quality, output and cost across all processes in the Fermoy Plant.
- Provide accurate and timely information to management as directed by ongoing business needs.
- Establish and maintain high level of employee morale.
- Ensure continuous reduction in absenteeism and attrition levels.
- Maintain sound disciplinary procedures in line with Company requirements.
- Supervise compliance with Health and Safety, Environmental and Security procedures.
- Continuous improvement in best practice manufacturing.
- Ensure all manufacturing team members are trained to optimum standards.
- Perform regular appraisals of all Production employees in compliance with company procedure and manage under performers.
- Quality: Assure ongoing compliance with quality and industry regulatory requirements
- Health & Safety: Ensure compliance with Health & Safety Legislation and Regulations.
Requirements:
Essential:
- 8+ years experience in the management of large number of personnel in a multi-shift structure, preferably in a world class medical manufacturing environment.
- Third Level Qualification is desired (Business / Technical).
- 3- 5 years experience in an Automated Manufacturing Process.
- 5+ years in identifying & delivering Process Improvements utilising LSS methodologies.
- Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills.
- Excellent Leadership skills.
· 5 + years experience in MRP / Production Planning (IPICS).
· 5+ years experience in MES / Data Analysis.
· Proficient in Office Tools.