Optimised Production Leader

4 weeks ago


Carlisle, United Kingdom Royal Mail Group Full time

**Job reference number **297673**

Optimised Production Leader - Carlisle Mail Centre - Carlisle

Salary starting at £43,520, 10% bonus potential, 25 days annual leave and pension

Full time

Permanent

Carlisle Mail Centre, Carlisle, CA1 1AA

**Job purpose**

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Production Control Manager is responsible for leading the production control team to provide a robust production
plan that supports the efficient running of the plant. Whilst achieving internal and external workplan on a daily basis. Accountable for the production plan, which includes the accuracy & integrity of the workload & hours reporting. Responsible for the Plant Workplan design.

**Key responsabilities**
- Support the Plant Manager in the achievement of all Plant People, Customer and Financial/Productivity targets across the Balanced Scorecard
- Provides Plant ownership & leadership of the production control processes (including forecasting, resourcing, workplan etc.)
- Supports the Plant Manager in the deployment of continuous improvement activity
- Identification of, and engagement/contact with, KEY customers within Plant catchment area to enable effective Planning and operation of Plant
- Production of the weekly Production Plan and communication to all key stakeholders
- Identify & monitor high impact work areas for efficiency improvements through the loss opportunity model
- Ensure all seasonal plans are designed to meet our customer and efficiency targets
- Ensure deployment of, and effective use of, all Business standard production control systems and tools
- Overall Plant responsibility for the integrity of all traffic and hours systems, databases and tools
- Compliance with all relevant legislation and Business policies regarding resourcing
- Developing and leading on the business plan to achieve Plant year on year cost reduction plan or workload absorption
- Provide timely traffic & hours data to support the daily, weekly & monthly review of performance in the Plant.
- Ensure hours & headcount system alignment
- Ensure the resourcing to workload approach is robust. It must have the correct supply mix to clear the model week workload & deliver on the customer / efficiency targets

Key knowledge, skills, experience and qualifications required

**Knowledge/understanding**
- Expert knowledge of Plant operations
- Extensive knowledge of Royal Mail Operations production control processes
- Good understanding of MIST and Master Duty Set (MDS)
- Good understanding of the Production Control Toolset
- Good knowledge of Plant Automation
- Good knowledge of HR processes and procedures
- Working knowledge and understanding of Continuous Improvement

**Skills**:

- Strong leadership skills with ability to coach, develop and support others
- Strong people skills, with ability to build effective relationships, communicate, influence and persuade at all levels
- Excellent analytical skills, highly numerate, with ability to evaluate performance, identify trends and implement improvements
- Able to develop plans, assess risks & issues and deploy to cost, quality and timescale parameters

**Experience**:

- Previous experience of Plant operations and production control processes
- The ability to convey specific knowledge, with a clear objective, maintaining the focus of the team.
- Successful deployment of change being able to challenge traditional ways of working

**Shift Paterns**

The role is a day shift operation however flexibility is required in order to see all shifts as and when required

Monday - Friday, 41 hours, 08.30am -17.30pm

**About Us**

At Royal Mail we connect companies, customers and communities across the country, delivering a ‘one-price-goes-anywhere’, universal postal service to more than 30 million addresses. As one of the UK’s leading companies, we are focused on being recognised as the best delivery company in the UK and across Europe.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

Interviews expected: August

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