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This is a hands-on leadership role with a direct line to the Managing\nDirector. You’ll spend around 70% of your time on planning, systems and people,\nand 30% on the production floor.\nYou\nwill lead production planning and delivery across all lines, building practical\nsystems that help the team understand capacity, plan work realistically and\ndeliver agreed quantities on time and to specification. You’ll work closely\nwith the Production Supervisor, Quality and Procurement teams to coordinate\npeople, materials, maintenance and production priorities.\nMain Outcomes\nProduction plans are achievable,communicated clearly and delivered against.\n\nProduction capacity, utilisation,waste, yield and downtime are measured and used to guide improvements.\n\nLabour, overtime and materialusage are managed within the agreed production budget.\n\nPlanned maintenance is built intoproduction schedules and unplanned downtime is reduced.\n\nThe production team is well led,with trained backups for critical tasks.Production is safe, documented and\naligned with quality requirements and ISO 9001 processes.\n\nR&Dtrials are prioritised and new products move smoothly into full production.\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nProduction Planning and Delivery\nTurnrequirements from Sales and Procurement into monthly, weekly and daily\nproduction schedules across all lines.\n\nPlanfor labour, materials, maintenance and R&D trial requirements.\n\nGivethe Production Supervisor a clear plan, track planned against actual output\ndaily, and act when production falls behind.\n\nAgreeweekly priorities with Procurement and Quality, and record and communicate any\nchanges to the plan.\n\nUsecapacity, cost and minimum order quantity information to assess and challenge\nproduction requirements.\n\nOpen,close and reverse jobs on the ERP system, ensuring system records match Excel\njob cards and batch records are complete.\n\nCapacity, Cost and Continuous Improvement\nSetand report capacity figures for each line, including output rates and\nchangeover times.\n\nIdentifybottlenecks, investigate causes and work with the team to implement\nimprovements.\n\nEstablishbaselines for plan attainment, waste, yield, downtime and right-first-time\nquality.\n\nMonitorlabour, overtime and material usage against the agreed production budget, and\nexplain variances.\n\nMaintenance and Equipment\nAgreethe planned maintenance schedule with the on-site maintenance technicians and\nincorporate it into the production plan.\n\nReviewdowntime trends, address repeat failures and maintain a troubleshooting\nregister.\n\nAssessrepair or replacement requirements, seeking the Managing Director’s\npre-approval where there are significant financial or process implications.\n\nStepin when a breakdown is serious or remains unresolved after one working day.\n\nPeople Leadership\nLeadand develop the Production Supervisor, who manages the production floor and\nday-to-day maintenance.\n\nHoldone-to-ones and performance reviews, manage leave and discipline, and arrange\ntemporary staff when needed.\n\nEnsureevery critical production role has at least one trained and competent backup.\n\nKeepproduction job descriptions current and set and review KPIs for production\nstaff.\n\nSafety, Quality and ISO\nTakeoverall health and safety accountability for production, including the formal\nappointment for the area.\n\nReviewand sign 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