I'm currently working an excellent Operations Shift Manager role with a highly sought after beverage manufacturing company based in Mayo. This is a permanent role with strong salary and benefits package. This is also a shift role, so flexibility to work day and night shifts Monday to Friday is key.
Responsibilities:
- Manage, lead and motivate a multi-skilled Operations group in an empowered team-based environment, ensuring full engagement of team members.
- Oversee day-to-day manufacturing operation, ensuring adherence to production schedules, safety, quality and environmental standards.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, company policies, and quality and safety standards.
- Execute daily and weekly production plans to meet all Business Plan commitments.
- Ensure timely completion of all corrective and preventive actions to avoid repeats of Service and Quality defects, and all audit non-conformances.
- Ensure a consistently high level of communication with the Operations team members through daily, weekly, and monthly routines.
- Participate actively in audits and maintain documentation up to date for regulatory compliance.
- Participate and lead safety, environmental and quality initiatives.
- Implement improvements to increase efficiency, reduce losses, optimize costs, and enhance productivity.
- Develop the team to achieve performance targets and professional growth.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, EHS, Planning, OE, Supply Chain, etc.) to troubleshooting issues, in improve initiatives, projects, new product introductions, etc.
- Actively manage budget control for all areas of responsibility.
- Drive, manage and embed operational excellence and a continuous improvement culture within the team to deliver improvements through lean principles and systems.
Qualification & Requirements
- Third level qualification, diploma or degree in a business or technical discipline required.
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated experience in people management in a people focused, team-based environment.
- Experience in TPM or Lean Manufacturing tools. Implementation experience preferred.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Comfortable working in a team based, matrixed, ambiguous environment.
- Ability to manage multiple conflicting demands and to prioritize accordingly.
- High level of PC literacy.
- This is a shift position therefore flexibility is a key requirement of this role.
