Production Supervisor

About the Job

The Company

Our client, Yamazaki Mazak is a leading global manufacturing company based in Worcester.

This is an excellent opportunity to work for a market leading Machine Tool manufacturer who have been at the forefront of the industry for many years.

Due to increased demand within the department, our client now has a requirement for a Production Supervisor.

365 Resourcing are the preferred supplier working on behalf of Mazak.

Job Description:

• Maintain 0 accidents & HSE standards whilst fostering a culture of safety first.
• Maintain 5S standards and housekeeping.
• Ensures achievement of standard times with appropriate productivity factor of 1.2 in their area of responsibility. Target to reduce productivity to 1.0 incrementally.
• Take ownership & plan the machines to be powered of for each month to deliver customer required ship dates.
• Ensure adequate planning of labour & parts to deliver weekly output plans.
• Ensure machines are produced correctly against planned specifications.
• Maintain A-line plan position inline with Production control & ICS.
• Target of 0 Amendments per machine, make plans to effectively reduce amendments according to flagged issues.
• Target of 0 CSIR’s raised against produced machines.
• Maintain budget performance against the planned values.
• Complete ownership of team training and development plans to ensure skillset readiness to deliver production plans.
• Promote & foster cross training and flexibility across teams collaboratively with other team supervisors.
• Identify opportunities to reduce cost and implement accordingly through kaizen tools.
• Conduct annual appraisals for all members of team, supporting professional development and engagement.
• Motivate the team to deliver and work together to achieve monthly and annual targets.

Essential Criteria:

• Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost & People focused, confident, flexible and highly motivated.
• Good communication skills are essential.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• A team player with a positive can do attitude
• Boost morale and promote a happy, proactive and inclusive team.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience in leading teams at a similar level.
• Proof points for past achievement of SQDCP objectives.
• I.T literate (Power point, Excel).
• ERP knowledge.
• Good presentation skills.
• Mazak product knowledge.
• Technical experience with Mazak Machine Tools.
• Engineering qualifications.

The Reward:

The successful candidate can also expect the following:

• Join a successful, Worcester based, Multi-National Manufacturing company,
• Excellent career potential,
• 25 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays,
• 8% Company Contribution Pension,
• Private Health Care, Sick Pay,
• 4x Death in Service,
• Free uniform,
• Free parking,
• Subsidised Restaurant on site,
• Working Days and the hours are 08:15am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday.
• Overtime is paid at Time 1/3 first 2 hours in the week then Time 1/2 thereafter. Saturday is Time 1/2 and Sunday Double Time.

If this Production Supervisor role sounds like the right opportunity for you then please call to discuss further or email me at the address provided.