Head of Production - Coolfreeze UK (A Rygor Group Company)

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Head of Production - Coolfreeze UK (A Rygor Group Company)

UK - Manchester with travel to Wiltshire
£75,000 pa DOE with
£10k Annual Bonus linked to Productivity & Health & Safety KPI's.
Un-capped, annual P&L performance bonus

Monday to Friday
Company vehicle allowance, company laptop and phone, day off for your birthday, Perkbox

Role Purpose

This role is all about leading our commercial vehicle refrigeration conversion business to success, through inspirational management and industry knowledge. Ensuring your teams are clear on direction and expectations and working to the highest quality standards. Lead factory is based in Manchester, Trafford Park, and a secondary production site in Atworth, Wiltshire.

Adding Value

Of course, there are specific tasks that your role involves, but we think it's even more important that you consider how you as an individual and the role you do, adds value to you, the business, our customers and your colleagues.

In this role, you will oversee all manufacturing and assembly stages, driving efficiencies and LEAN principles to maintain profit margins, whilst maintaining the highest standards for product quality and health & safety.

Help us triple the production capacity within 18 months.

Technical Duties

• Provide technical leadership and drive process improvements using LEAN methodologies.
• Standardise systems and processes, and look to de-skill the process where possible.
• Lead the adoption and integration of modern technologies and design solutions to improve efficiencies.
• Ensure overall compliance with technical design.
• Maintain high levels of product quality as expected from our brand position in the UK market.

Commercial Responsibilities

• Full P&L responsibility for both factories.
• Drive profitability by maximising each sites production capacity, efficiently.
• Prioritise and manage build schedules as needed to meet customer expectations.
• Liaise with accounts re invoicing, purchasing, general cashflow.
• Manage overtime and corrective works as efficiently as possible.

Leadership

• Liaise with management and supervisors on site to ensure effective day to day running of the factories
• Manage employee relations and lead the team in an inspirational way.
• Be a key communicator - keeping the team in the know and creating a team environment.
• Maintain and nurture relationships with all stakeholders.
• Oversee general factory maintenance.
• Ensure all health and safety measures are compliant and upheld.
• Mange robust recruitment processes to ensure low rates of staff turnover.

Skills and behaviours required for role success

• You have exceptional communication skills and understand that these need to be tailor for different interactions.
• You would describe yourself as a resilient person; someone who has strong coping skills and can draw on these when life presents challenges.
• You share our company values.
• Motivation - you are personally motivated, and this inspires those around you to also achieve.
• You put health and safety and employee wellbeing first.
• You have body builder experience at a senior management level and have successfully managed a similar production process.
• You have a sound understanding of the manufacturing & assembly process for commercial vehicles.

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they meet 100% of the criterion. If you are professionally qualified for the role, we encourage you to apply even if you don't feel like you meet all our requirements. We want to know about your passions, achievements, learning and growth. If this role excites you, start a conversation with us!

Benefits for you

• Access to 100s of employee perks on Perkbox
• Auto-enrolment pension
• A day off for your Birthday
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity policies
• Access to Employee Assistance Programmes
• Annual appraisals programme and progression opportunities
• Training and access to our in-house training hub
• Death in service benefit (four times basic salary)
• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays

About Coolfreeze
Coolfreeze is an industry renowned bodybuilding (coachbuilders) company, with one site in Manchester and a second in Wiltshire. Our team are experts in their field and work to deliver exceptional customer service. So, whether our customers are needing a panel van or a 26-ton truck body, they can rely on our experience and knowledge to help them design the perfect vehicle.

Our enduring success is built on a sound customer base who continue to use our services year after year, safe in the knowledge that we will meet their expectation. We have an incredible team of experts at Coolfreeze, with many achieving significant lengths of service with us, which is something we are really proud of. The longevity of our staff is a major contribution to our success and their input into our ISO 9001:2008 quality control system is an integral part of our high standards. Coolfreeze is a well-known and respected name in the industry and also has the resilience and high standing of owners, Rygor Group, behind it.

✅ Hiring Process

1. We shortlist CVs online, so make sure to include information about yourself that makes you stand out
2. You may receive a short screening call via phone or Teams Video, with our hiring manager or a member of our people team
3. Come to site and meet the team, have a tour, and let's have a chat so we can get to know each other better
4. If your application is successful, we'll be excited to make you an offer

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

We're committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are an award-winning community of professionals from all walks of life, and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated. It's essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day, no matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise.

Support - If you need to make reasonable adjustments to our process, please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make the adjustments that may be needed.