Job Description

About GKN Automotive:

GKN Automotive is the market leader in conventional, all-wheel and electrified drive systems and solutions. With a comprehensive global footprint, we design, develop, manufacture and integrate an extensive range of driveline technologies for over 90% of the world’s car manufacturers.

Role purpose

Manages other team leaders or teams of employees/operators using machinery or equipment to assist with all manufacturing activities of a plant or production process, including production, materials, health & safety, quality control, and other steps along a value stream.

Key responsibilities

Operations Management

Supervise others working within established operational systems.

Production Planning

Develop daily and weekly production plans for value streams to include resource planning and monitoring and reporting on performance against the plan.

Leadership and Direction

Explain the local action plan to support team members in their understanding of what needs to be done, and how this relates to the broader business plan and the organization's strategy, mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.

Manufacturing Methods/Processes Development

Identify shortcomings in existing manufacturing processes, systems, and procedures; develop methods and processes to address them.

Health, Safety and Environment

Follow the organization's Health, Safety and Environment (HS&E) policies, procedures and mandatory instructions; to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the wellbeing of oneself and others in the workplace; instruct the team in safe working methods; identify instances of risky behaviors within the team and take appropriate action, escalating serious issues as appropriate.

Quality

Help management to implement quality assurance change initiatives and/or make continuous operational improvements.

Work Scheduling and Allocation

Develop short- or medium-term work schedules in order to achieve planned commitments. Approve overtime or use additional resources as needed.

Operational Compliance

Identify, within the team, instances of non-compliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these and escalating issues as appropriate.

Performance Management

Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions to build their capabilities. Provide training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

Internal Communications

Help others get the most out of internal communications systems by offering support and advice.

Improvement/Innovation

Identify shortcomings in existing processes, systems and procedures, and use established change management programs to address them.

Skills

Action Planning

Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.

Policy and procedures

Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing, monitoring, interpreting and understanding policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives.

Planning and Organizing

Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on planning, organizing, prioritizing and overseeing activities to efficiently meet business objectives.

Review and Reporting

Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on reviewing and creating relevant, lucid and effective reports.

Verbal Communication

Applies comprehensive knowledge to act independently while providing guidance and training to others on using clear and effective verbal communications skills to express ideas, request actions and formulate plans or policies.

Adaptive Mindset

Works with full competence to shift into and out of a mental mindsets associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

Health and Safety

Manages and applies safe systems of work without supervision and provides technical guidance when required.

Negotiation

Negotiates without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on how to help the organization by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent Manufacturing experience in high volume environment (3 in leadership role).

You should be proficient in:

• Leadership / People Management
• Bachelor's Degree
• Continuous Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing Principles
• Budgeting / Forecasting Experience

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• CNC Grinder
• CNC Wire Bending Machine