Optimised Production Leader - Norwich, United Kingdom - Royal Mail Group

Royal Mail Group

Verified Company

Norwich, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job reference number
304570
Optimised Production Leader - Norwich Mail Centre
Starting Salary £45,043
Annual bonus potential
Company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Generous annual leave offering of 25 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years service
Full time
Permanent
Norwich Mail Centre, 13-17 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1AA

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.

You'll be accountable for the production plan, which includes the accuracy & integrity of the workload & hours reporting, alongside being responsible for the Plant Workplan design.

About the role

You'll be tasked with supporting the Plant Manager in the achievement of all Plant People, Customer and Financial/Productivity targets across the Balanced Scorecard, as well as supporting in the deployment of continuous improvement activity.

You'll be responsible for identifying and monitoring high impact work areas for efficiency improvements through the loss opportunity model, as well as taking control of the production plan and communication to all the key stakeholders.

You'll provide Plant ownership & leadership of the production control processes (including forecasting, resourcing, workplan etc.) as well as ensuring hours & headcount systems align.

You will use your skills to develop and lead on the business plan to achieve plant year on year cost reduction and workload absorption, along with Providing timely traffic & hours data to support the daily, weekly & monthly review of performance in the Plant.

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
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

About You

What skills and experience are we looking for?

Expert knowledge of Plant operations and Plant Automation
Good understanding of the Production Control Toolset
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

Extra Benefits

Generous
holiday entitlement of 5 weeks (plus bank holidays), increasing with years completed service
Company
pension scheme with competitive contribution rates

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RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer

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Family friendly support:

- enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave

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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:
Access to our
Feeling First Class service, providing both mental and physical wellbeing support

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Lifestyle benefits

You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax*.

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Financial support:

- information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*-
Your peace of mind with

Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner

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Free & discounted RMG products - free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts
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Free stamps at Christmas

Available only to perm employees

Your career in safe hands

At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.

We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don't, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year.

We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.

An operation of this size needs a stron