Assembly Manager

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For over 140 years our products have helped ensure the safe, reliable operations of key industries. With a passion for precision and partnership, Celeros Flow Technology continues this heritage of high performance and dependability, providing mission critical, sustainable flow control solutions for our customers around the globe.

Celeros Flow Technology is looking for individuals with a voice and a vision. We embrace change, diversity and promote new ways of looking at old ideas. We seek talented professionals to join our world-class team of innovators in a global, collaborative & multi-cultural environment, where you will be challenged, supported, and inspired to be extraordinary.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Working as part of the Operations Management team the primary role of the Assembly Manager is to lead the Assembly teams including the assembly fitters, painters and stores teams. Reporting to the Head of Operations, the Assembly Manager is responsible for leading implementing our Vision, Tactical and Strategic Objectives. The Assembly Manager is required to help drive the team to excel in its delivery, quality, and profitability targets by ensuring that all jobs are manufactured to the appropriate quality standards, customer build specification and that the end-to-end manufacturing process is efficient, cost effective and on time.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implementing the Vision, Tactical and Strategic Objectives for all Assembly areas in line with corporate vision and strategies.
• Providing leadership across the Assembly teams to ensure they meet and exceed our operational KPIs, goals and objectives including reliability, operability, quality, customer care, OTD and cost effectiveness to meet the demands of our customers and target markets.
• Delivering both OE and AM Revenue Targets
• Providing and achieving our forecast - right first time, on time to our customers.
• Establishing and setting departmental/individual goals and objectives in alignment with site goals and priorities. Identify and implement performance improvement targets, metrics and plans in place to exceed expectations.
• Motivating, retaining and developing key employees through building sustainable employee engagement, creating a culture of execution and an environment within which individuals and teams can excel and continuously improve.
• Develop a robust succession plan for all levels in the site assembly team through a systematic approach to capability development and performance management.
• Creating and maintaining a positive high performing team environment.
• Customer & Supplier Management (when required) regarding quality, performance issues or Post Order activities
• Providing a customer focused approach throughout the Company; building and maintaining relationships future business development/growth, proactively promoting the Company.
• Overarching responsibility for all People Management activities including recruitment, performance management, discipline, developing, training, motivating and supporting all team members with the support of first line management and HR.
• Leading, driving and fostering a workforce and environment which complies with Quality, Health, Safety and Environment policies, procedures and legislation.
• To work in accordance with the Departmental Interface Procedures in an efficient manner appropriate to the above statement.
• Effectively managing resource requirements ensuring any capacity constraints are actioned in a timely manner to ensure we meet our demands.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Proven track record of working as an Assembly or Operations / Manager / Business Leader, ideally within an OEM Manufacturer, with solid experience of supply chain management, manufacturing, and distribution.
• An experienced People Leader with proven leadership of large teams. Capable of making an engaging impact both on the shop floor and with Senior Management.
• Demonstrated experience of succession planning and growing internal talent is required.
• Financially astute with the ability to interpret and analyses site financial statements to identify and drive focused plans to improve cost and efficiency.
• Strong leadership background, with exceptional communications skills including ability to motivate and foster productive team environment.
• Leadership, a natural ability to lead people and always leading by example, the manager will be required to quickly command respect and loyalty even when making difficult decisions.
• Firm interpersonal skills, the Assembly Manager must be able to speak with employees, other department managers and senior management comfortably.
• Readiness to evaluate alternatives and solutions and make concise decisions even when all information required is not available.
• Capacity to manage change - identify problems, their causes and practical solutions
• Critical thinking and intellectual capabilities to analyse difficult business problems, getting to the root cause of the problems and generating workable solutions in line with objectives.
• Initiative and drive, candidate must have a willingness to initiate and drive until results are achieved.
• Ability to effectively manage their time and that of others. The Assembly Manager will face production deadlines, shipping dates and more therefore must prioritise accordingly.
• Strong awareness and experience in implementation of visual management.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Proven track record of working as an Assembly/Operations Supervisor / Manager / Business Leader, ideally within an OEM Manufacturer, with solid experience of supply chain management, manufacturing, and distribution.
• Qualified with a degree in Engineering or Business Management or another related discipline as a minimum or suitably equivalent or time served with previous experience in a similar role.

YOU MUST HAVE VALID RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AND BE ABLE TO OBTAIN SECURITY CLEARANCE TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE.

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary
• Opportunities to develop
• Bonus
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Holiday buy and sell
• Pension
• Life Cover
• Employee Assistance Program
• Digital Benefits; Health, Wealth & Lifestyle

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required daily to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, and see (specific close vision abilities are required to perform computer work)
• Required occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl
• Required daily to use hands and fingers and arms to reach (to operate a computer and telephone)
• Required occasionally to lift and/or move objects that are light to moderate
• Required occasionally to travel (usually by air or road so may be required to sit for extended periods)

WORKING CONDITIONS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to work with moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, etc.)
• Ability to work in an open planned office / individual office
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for extended periods
• Ability to sit in a car or on a plane for extended periods

DISCLAIMER

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

CELEROS FLOW TECHNOLOGY VALUES

All Celeros divisions are committed to the effective use of the Celeros Values. It is important that all employees understand and utilize these values when performing the duties of his/her position.

INTEGRITY: We work safely and respect our employees, business partners & environment. We always lead by example.

SPEED: In our mission to bring mission-critical flow control equipment to the world, energy in our actions & urgency.

ACCOUNTABILITY: We stand behind our actions and deliver on our promises.

PARTNERSHIP: We collaborate across our teams & our customers to win together. We rely on each other to deliver the best outcome & celebrate successes.

EXCELLENCE: We are passionate about being the best at engineering, manufacturing & maintaining mission-critical equipment. We seek quality & community improvement in every interaction.

QUALITY

Quality encompasses all aspects of Celeros' business, and every employee shares the responsibility to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process and the quality system. All employees have an obligation to identify and record any such nonconformity, and through designed channels, initiate and recommend solutions.

CELEROS Flow Technology is an equal opportunity employer.