Manufacturing Development Manager

Job Title Manufacturing Development Manager
Reports to (job title) Equipment Availability Manager

£43-53,000

Job Purpose:

To identify, develop and integrate manufacturing opportunities and solutions across Finished Product sites which deliver measurable and sustainable improvements in Safety, Productivity, Cost, Quality, Service and Reputation.
Support a step change in capability, capacity & behaviour across Product Availability in order to provide a World Class Food Manufacturing base.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

" Develop & implement Equipment Availability Strategy at site (Asset utilisation & strategy, maintenance regime):
" Maintain and execute Asset Roadmap to deliver Corporate Strategy & Goals
" Maintain and execute rolling 5year equipment and asset care strategy (repair vs replace)
" Maintain and execute rolling 5year maintenance programme
" Ensure alignment and cohesion across Site, Supply Chain & Corporate Objectives and in line with CAPEX & OPEX targets
" Drive continuous improvement across Finished Products to ensure:
" Consistent performance metrics and targets are implemented and achieved for Assets - reliability, productivity & availability
" Effective business case design and evaluation for Finished Products CAPEX & OPEX Equipment Availability Projects (objectives, scope, approach, deliverables, tender design, supplier evaluation, resource requirements & timelines)
" Effective delivery of Product Availability Engineering Projects at site - time, cost, quality
" Advocate & Champion World Class Manufacturing Base across Finished Product Sites:
" Collaborate with suppliers & other sectors to understand latest technologies & best practices and their application
" Analyse current operating practices and processes and use industry best practices and innovation to drive improvement across all aspects of the operations.
" Provide expert knowledge, support and coaching to Product Availability team on Manufacturing and Engineering Excellence
" Support Corporate Goals and Commercial Development
" Influence and encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, best practice across the Finished Products and Site Engineering

Measures of Success
Performance: Performance is maintained at target (or better) consistently each period for:

" Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
" Product Availability (to meet orders)
" Safety, Quality and Food Safety
" Customer Complaints

Cost: Spend remains in-line (or better) than budget (or re-forecast).
Staff: Turnover/retention of staff remains within business target ranges.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

" Extensive & demonstrable experience of conveying & packaging equipment within FMCG/Food sector manufacturing
" Broad experience in initiating and leading equipment reliability improvements in a high-volume, FMCG/Food manufacturing environment
" Experience of working in a lean operating environment, and as part of a high-performance team
" Experience of identifying, developing and implementing process and operational change within a FMCG environment.
" Proven experience of developing and delivering strategic investment plans and capital projects.
" Outstanding communication ability across all levels of the business and between all functions
" Ability to work proactively with minimal direct guidance
" Ability to think strategically, develop the vision and secure acceptance for it
" Ability to grow cross functional relationships and to influence outside of immediate sphere of control
" Highly developed analytical skills that translate to delivery
" Effective Project Planning & Project Management Skills
" Expert Root Cause Problem Solving
" Expert practical knowledge of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
" Educated to Degree Level
" Engineering qualification
" NEBOSH certified "
" Professional approach at all times
" Works collaboratively with other Product Availability & Business experts to achieve best outcome
" Delivery focussed mindset whilst demonstrating flexibility to adapt and solve problems
" Loyalty

DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

" Experience of developing maintenance strategies and TPM
" Working in a unionised environment
" Understanding of sugar processing technologies (e.g. milling, screening)
" Understanding of capital project installation processes
" Lean Tools and Techniques
" Deep technical knowledge and understanding
" Further qualification (business or technical)