Operations Manager | County Cavan, Ireland
Company: | Kepak |
Location: | Ireland |
Salary: | Competitive |
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Description
Reporting to: Site Manager
Job Purpose: Responsible for driving operational excellence of the operations function as measured by core metrics of safety, quality, performance & people management.
Key Responsibilities
· Responsible for the production of high quality products that meet specifications and expectations of the customer and satisfy ROI/ UK / China regulations.
· Maintain a consistent effort to operate the site to the most efficient way possible to decrease expenses and increase revenues.
· Read and analyse charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records/reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.
· Confer with BU Managers to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
· Ensures that reporting BU managers manage their Yield performance, maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, and training employees;
· Maintains a safe, secure, and legal work environment; by adhering to Company policies and procedures
· Develops and drives personal growth opportunities.
· Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
· Manages teams absence and holidays
· Establishes strategic goals by gathering pertinent business, financial, service, and operations information; identifying and evaluating trends and options; choosing a course of action; defining objectives; evaluating outcomes.
· Accomplishes financial objectives by supporting the production manager in forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating corrective actions.
· Maintains quality service by enforcing quality and customer service standards; analysing and resolving quality and customer service problems; identifying trends; recommending system improvements. Problem solving and team building.
· Implement and maintain 5S to company standards
· Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices;
· Accountable for meeting customer specifications
· Accountable for audit compliance within the factory not just your section.
· Accountable for teams performance.
· Managing waste disposal costs for their section
· Ultimately, possesses authority over all slaughter/boning operations and bases decisions on what is most beneficial for the company.
· Work Shoulder to shoulder with HR management to resolve employee problems, complaints or grievances
· Ensuring that the developing and managing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all processes/tasks undertaken by employees
Core KPIs
· Optimise boning hall and offal margin
· Continuous Improvement Initiatives (Prize delivered to target)
· People Metrics (Absence, Training Plans, Succession Plans)
· Adherence to Lean Operations deliverables.
· Quality – As per quality metrics
· Efficiency – As per efficiency metrics
· Safety – As H&S metrics
· Cost – Budget & Labour
Requirements
Skills/ Experience
- Product and industry knowledge
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Computer and excel skills
- A passion for driving operational business change.
- Ability to demonstrate effective leadership and people management techniques
- Excellent project management skills and the ability to lead projects from idea stage to implementation.
- A Lean Six Sigma qualification would be advantageous.
Competencies
- People Management
- Building High Performance Teams
- Creating Positive Relationships
- Service Driven
- Strategic Thinking
- Fostering Innovation
- Influencing
Benefits
- Extensive Training & Development Programme
- Employee Benefit Platform
- Company Pension
- Discount on Health Insurance
- Discount at McCarrens Direct
- Free parking