Job Requirements Summary: As Production Supervisor/ Officer, the jobholder reports to the Production Manager. This position is key for the Site to achieve its safety, quality, OTIF, and financial objectives. The Production supervisor/ Officer has responsibility for the steady and reliable manufacturing process to produce products within the Quality specifications and at the lowest cost. They will also have responsibility for continuously improving and leading cost savings initiatives within the production team and working towards Best in Class Group Targets for efficiencies, labor, manning, quality and cost. Providing recommendations to drive the output and efficiencies of the site while maximizing manning efficiencies but training and development and optimization of processes while giving consideration to cost, availability and quality always working with a proactive safety focus. Responsibilities: Unifrax Values – the incumbent is expected to perform the duties Living the Unifrax Values of Safety, Ethics, People, Commitment, Customer Improvement, Teamwork, and Speed and Agility.The position will: + Overseeing the production process and putting in effective controls and improvements to demonstrate Continuous Improvement (CI). + Daily Management of Production officer and staff, empower and engage this group with effective and inspiring leadership. + Resolution of personnel issues and disciplinary issues under your control. + Optimized and Maximize performance and production output. + Implementing effective training plans including documented training and validation for all staff. + Agreeing the production schedules and optimize these in order to maintain and maximize production at reduced cost. Target 100% OTIF internally and externally. + Ensuring that the production is cost effective and demonstrate continuous improvement in costs. + Making sure that all products are produced on time and are of requisite quality. + Put in place systems which maintain and improve quality and show effective control of products and deliver on improvements as part of must win battles. + Monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control programs across the production team. + Monitoring process performance against standards and taking necessary corrective actions to protect customers at all times. + Monitoring the production processes and adjusting schedules as needed; + Formulation of annual budgets for production + Identifying & implementing improvement initiatives and projects in quality, cost, delivery and health and safety and deliver against these. + Calculation of labor and material resources needed and report on efficiencies; + Estimating costs and setting the quality standards; + Responsibility for the selection, use and maintenance of equipment; + Liaising among different departments, e.g. suppliers, managers; + Working with managers to implement the company's policies and goals; + Ensuring that all legislative health and safety and internal guidelines are followed; + Ensuring housekeeping standards are set and maintained in line with an ethos of 5S, showing real progress by control methods and recording these visually along the journey. + Put in place an effective WCM system which can demonstrate improvements in Quality, Cost Delivery and Health and Safety but also show improvements in all production areas in the spirit of WCM encompassing (5S, SMED, Lean and CI) + Reviewing worker performance and identifying training needs / Coaching and development. Where necessary taking other formal actions when necessary. + Provide Monthly report on main Site KPI’s and requirements. + Conduct monthly coaching sessions with direct reports. + Effective Management of report. Develop Shift Managers to have ability to deal with 1st level discipline and complaints. + The scheduling of all site production departments timely and efficiently to meet customer demand. + Develop and monitor schedules daily and liaison with the Production planner to optimize and prioritize production plans as per Customer Requirement. + Monitor and evaluate capacity requirements with timely communication of potential issues. + Ensure adherence to Effective Maintenance Planning, preventive (SEF’s & WP) + Co-ordinate maintenance engineers efforts to make sure machinery / equipment is kept up to reliability and condition standards + Identify areas for improvement and assign resources /time to address + The incumbent is expected to + perform the + duties Living the Unifrax Values of Safety, Ethics, People, Commitment, Customer Focus, Innovation, Continuous Improvement, + Teamwork, and Speed and Agility. Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Needed) + The jobholder will have a strong Operations background (around 7- 10 years), minimum 2 years managing people + The minimum educational qualification will be a engineering + Industrial experience gained in a process manufacturing environment + SPC / 6 Sigma / Lean manufacturing / FMEA + Computer and IT skills + High level of English-language proficiency (speaking, reading, writing) + Interpersonal skills will be required; to influence decision-making and to work closely and effectively with manufacturing and engineering personnel at all levels and managing at technical team. + Must be willing to work hands-on and to spend significant part of time on the shop floor + Excellent attention to detail + Must be a team player, self-motivated and flexible + Must possess drive and challenge themselves and the team to continuous improvement + Have passion to make their plant as reference site