The Head of Operations and Supply Chain is a key member of the local Management Team and reports to the Managing Director. He/She is responsible for managing the day to day operations, leading and coaching his teams and monitoring the production and assembly processes. He/She ensures that our products are produced according customer specification, in a safe, efficient and timely manner and closely monitoring and managing costs and quality. Since the Process Control vertical is growing the head of operations and supply chain has to manage the growing production output and ensure that supply chain and logistics are developing in line with the future changes in vertical integration in order to coop with the future growth that is foreseen.

To be successful in this role you are a experienced people manager with a proven track record in delivering results by means of team development, employee engagement and cross functional interaction.

You will be a key driver in sustaining a culture of continuous improvement and high performance. Having extensive LEAN experience, in all its facets, is a must in order to grow and develop our organisation into a world class manufacturing facility.

Key duties & responsibilities

The job holder is responsible for the manufacturing and supply of products for the Buschjost site and carrying out the following:

• Responsible for all relevant manufacturing KPIs. Introduce Short, Medium, and Long term management processes to maintain focus on objectives and ensure satisfactory completion. 
• Lead, motivate, inspire and coach the production teams by managing performance, setting objectives, and holding daily Obeya reviews.
• Organize and implement employee training and development plans to ensure the effectiveness of personnel and develop the team into a multi-skilled agile workforce
• Execute the Operational Development Strategy. As you are working closely with the Managing Director and Management team, you are required to significantly contribute the Process Control growth strategy.
• Providie operational expertise and guidance for new projects, products, and processes, whilst maintaining and improving the core operations.
• Innovation plays a key role and you are expected to push the boundaries of Buschjost’s operation’s looking for  new and appropriate best practice techniques to maintain and advance strategic World Class operations.
• Managing and optimizing the Supply Chain and logistics in line with the future vertical integration developments.
• Analyse, structure and continuously improveall SCM processes in terms of time, cost and quality
• Ensuring anoptimal flow of the goods through CIP, Level Production and Material Control
• Securing and achieving all the supply chain goals
• Inventory monitoring and inventory controlling
• Continuous Improvement & Lean – Drive a culture of continuous improvement using best practice Lean processes to increase productivity and reduce operational costs, whilst maintaining the quality required by our customers.
• Be a IMI Way role model . Comply with and promote the IMI Way Code of Conduct and behaviours across the organisation.
• Project Control – Comply with all legal, customer specific and APQP requirements. Produce monthly department and project measures that improves product delivery, quality and efficiency performance.
• Operations Support – Provide operational support to other departments to help achieve outstanding customer service, identify value engineering savings and improve process efficiencies.
• Support the Quality Manager in developing and fostering a continuously improving Quality