Production Assembly Manager

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Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Operational

• To lead and organise the Assembly Team to deliver business targets whilst driving best in class performance
• Develop a strategy to support ongoing business growth
• MLI & Spares OTD >95%
• Increase efficiency by 5% per annum
• Increase skills improving cross training

Operational Excellence

• To drive continuous improvement activities within the department. Continue to develop a culture within the Assembly Cells of continuous improvement.
• Deliver >£50K per annum of direct cost savings
• Implement systematic quality first mentality and culture
• Maintain and build upon a fit for purpose Assembly area and champion best practice
• Implement process standardisation throughout Assembly cells

Quality

• Improve quality in all areas of assembly through driving a quality culture
• Ensure corrective reports are raised for all assembly issues
• Review assembly causes for warranty and implement corrective actions
• Champion quality-based Kaizen events within teams

New Product Introductions

• Fully support NPI programmes and develop skills required to meet future business needs
• Drive the productionisation of new products to ensure ownership and capability after new product sign off
• Ensure all products meet Manufacturing Engineering targets for fit for production

Team Development

• Drive team culture to set the standard of operational excellence and capability within the business
• Increase skill matrix average flexibility scores by >15% pa
• Introduce development plans for increasing flexibility and career progression
• Provide skills to support NPI and service training plans

Essential and Desirable Skills:

Required Essential Skills:

• Experience in a Production Management
• Engineering/Technical background - Understand technical drawings, materials and manufacturing processes
• Have strong communication, interpersonal & influencing skills
• Positive attitude and enthusiastic
• Be analytical, numerically astute with strong proven problem-solving abilities
• Excellent problem-solving techniques
• Proven Cell development success
• Organised - able to document, handle, prioritise and deal with a high volume of projects and tasks • Strong IT Skills • Proven track record of developing talent

Desirable Skills:

• IT - MS Navision MRP System
• Project Management skills
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Smartsheet Use and integration

Required Personal Attributes:

• Efficiency - Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort
• Honesty/Integrity - Does not cut corners ethically. Earns trust and maintains confidence. Does what is right. Speaks plainly and truthfully.
• Follow through on commitments - Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal costs.
• Attention to detail - Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project
• Flexibility/adaptability - adjusts quickly to change priority and conditions. Copes effectively with complexity and change.
• Enthusiasm - Exhibits passion and excitement over work. Has a can-do attitude
• Worth Ethic - possess a strong willingness to work hard and sometimes long hours to get the job done. Has a track record of working hard
• High standards - Expects personal performance to be nothing short of the best
• Listening skills - Lets others speak and seeks to understand their viewpoints
• Communication - speaks and writes clearly and articulately without being over verbose or talkative.
• Teamwork - reaches out to peers and cooperates with managers to establish overall collaborative working relationship.

Qualifications or Relevant Work Experience:

• Certificated Management qualification
• 2 years in a similar role

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers' most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.