Plant Manager Date: 19 Nov 2024
Location: Gatwick, GB, RH10 9AA
Company: Royal Mail Group
Job reference: 320943
Plant Manager Competitive salary plus £5,500 car allowance or £5,000 cash equivalent, full family healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with time served, and a pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates.
About the role Lead the Mail Centres operational management team and up to 400 total staff, embed operating standards to raise performance in all areas, and be responsible for the achievement of KPIs, including safety, quality cost efficiency, and people. Achieve a fully engaged and aligned workforce, provide leadership that creates enthusiasm, and inspire others to embrace positive change. Transform the site into a continuously improving organisation, build a culture of high performance, and create a climate for success, collective ownership, and a shared sense of achievement. Ensure health, safety, and legal compliance for the Plant, promote a positive safety culture through re-enforcement of safe behaviour and visible leadership, and ensure safety responsibilities and accountability for safety is clearly identified, documented, and understood within the management structure. Be a key member of the regional management team by assisting with creating and developing regional business plans, leading and delivering regional initiatives, and owning Plant relationship with union colleagues. About You Expert operational knowledge related to product, process, and overall plan performance with a skilled commercial outlook, highly developed communication, people management, and development skills, and a history of being recognised as an excellent coach with experience of managing complex conduct cases, resolving complex people issues, and experience of taking action to improve engagement indicators. Operational planning and forecasting capabilities for a wider plant, a history of analysing and improving performance across a full range of scorecard KPIs, including people, customer, performance, and finance, and of taking action to improve results for the business, customer, and employee. Track record of being a process management and improvement expert, with detailed understanding of continuous improvement methodologies, and the ability to demonstrate tangible performance improvements through generating plans, introducing and managing process improvement initiatives, influencing across all levels of the business, and changing behaviours. Proven problem analysis and solving capabilities by using advanced problem solving tools and root cause analysis, strong understanding of automation performance KPIs, including OEE, and experience of working with and leading an engineering team to improve performance. Strong drive, enthusiasm and resilience, history of constantly striving for continuous improvement for both processes and people, the ability to build strong working relationships and energise colleagues, and prior experience dealing with trade union relations and influencing positive business change. Six Sigma black belt or equivalent qualification and desirably PIC, IOSH and NEBOSH qualifications. Extra Benefits RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills. Supportive and generous company sick pay Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 247 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone. *Available only to perm employees*
Next Steps If you are interested in applying, please complete your application online and submit your current CV. The next stage of the selection process will be a face-to-face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.
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