Job Description

Job Title:  Production Leader

Location: Melksham, UK

Business Unit:  Avon Protection

About Avon Technologies:

We are a world leader in protective equipment, with a reputation for innovative design, high-performance quality and specialist materials expertise. Our two brands, Avon Protection and Team Wendy, supply our respiratory and head protection portfolio to customers across the globe from our manufacturing sites in the UK and North America.  With over 900 talented people our shared purpose and core beliefs are to be #FIERCE about Protecting Lives. It's why we come to work - and it's what motivates us, every day, to do the best work we can.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Medical and health cash-back scheme
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• Share incentive scheme.

Purpose of Position:

The purpose of this job is to be the link between the ongoing production and the site management team. The person will manage the production within all cells, forward planning labour requirements based on value stream requirements. They will manage the shop floor disciplinary process, completing investigations and disciplinaries as required. They will be responsible for cascading information to Line Leaders, Product Technicians and Process Operators. They must foster an environment to drive engagement and ensure line leaders are developing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure production figures are met and report to Site Management what the ongoing issues in production are.
• Forward plan labour for future production requirements, arrange and pay agency fees.
• Investigate and complete stage 1 and stage 2 disciplinaries.
• Approve / decline overtime requests from line Leaders.
• Communicate planned tool changes to engineering team.
• Investigate employee absences.
• Manage and support all Line Leaders to complete their role and responsibilities as required, guide about production priorities communicated via value streams.
• Ensure appropriate PPE is available.
• Complete 1:1’s, identify high potential people and support with their development plans.
• Create a culture of Continuous Improvement and a team that adopts change.
• Build a team of Line Leaders and Team Leaders who work together to meet site and SBU goals.
• Coach and develop Line Leaders to run their area with minimal supervision, set expectations and manage performance.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications include:

• Experience in a manufacturing leadership role.
• Leadership and management training.

Desirable Skills:

• HSE qualification, IOSH or similar.
• A foundation degree, HND or degree
• Planning and organisation skills
• Leadership skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Complex problem solving
• Decision making
• Data analytics
• IT literate
• The ability to work under pressure and multitask.

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserve the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

Do not apply via the links below.  Interested applicants should apply by sending their CV to:  recruitmenthpw@avon-protection.com