Colour Shift Manager

Clays Ltd; Bungay; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension

Company Sick Pay

26 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Flexible Working

Life Assurance

Cycle Scheme

Free Onsite Car Parking (Subject to Av

Free Onsite Car Parking (Subject to Av

Job summary

Clays Ltd is seeking an efficient Colour Shift Manager to oversee line management duties and foster a culture of respect and continuous improvement. You will prioritise tasks, balance capability and experience, and act as a role model for staff.

The role emphasizes productivity, safety, service, quality, and responsible waste and stock management at our UK site. The successful candidate will demonstrate self-motivation, an inner desire to succeed, and the ability to lead by example in a

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and people-management capabilities.
• Ability to prioritise and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and positive team culture.
• Ability to own and communicate strategic directions across the team.

Responsibilities

• Own productivity across all equipment in your area and drive improvements.
• Foster strong relationships with reports and other departments to maximise output.
• Lead safety-first culture and maintain high housekeeping standards.
• Ensure quality checks are performed and action plans delivered to improve processes.
• Manage waste, stock and procurement, optimizing space and compliance with EMP recommendations.
• Oversee HR-related activities including holidays, sickness monitoring and casual staff in line with policy.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Decision making

Continuous improvement

Communication

Job description

We are looking for an efficient Colour Shift Manager to be responsible for all tasks involved in being a Line Manager, a role that has a big impact on the culture of our business. The Colour Shift Manager has a range of duties that include demonstrating sound judgement in prioritisation and decision making, as well as being able to balance capability and experience in equal measure.

To be successful as a Colour Shift Manager, you will have a high level of self-motivation, an inner desire to succeed, and have a focus on continuous improvement that will continue to grow Clays from strength to strength. Ultimately, a Colour Shift Manager should act as a role model to all members of staff, treating people with respect and being approachable at all times.

Role Responsibilities:

Productivity

• Productivity ownership of all equipment in your particular areas of responsibility.
• Maintain, develop and grow excellent working relationships with your immediate reports, continually striving to get the best out of people.
• Ownership and accountability of everything that affects the productivity of the machines, actively working with other departments to resolve issues and make improvements.

Safety

• Lead a 'safety first' culture at all times ensuring the standards of the department reflect the levels the business expects.
• Influence a good housekeeping culture.
• Strive for continual improvement in the area of Health & Safety.
• Be actively involved and engaged in the departments Health & Safety departmental plans.

Service & Quality

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with Customer Service.
• Complete commitment to ensuring the best level of quality is achieved at all times.
• Responsible in ensuring all quality checks are undertaken by appropriate members of the team.
• Ensuring all continuous improvement plans in place are being worked on and are delivering improvements.

Waste, Stock, Procurement

• Monitor and understand how to reduce all raw materials used, including shortages.
• Have the correct tools to manage space and stock held on site.
• Work with your department to ensure the EMP recommendations and targets are being delivered.
• Understand the environmental impact of all actions undertaken.
• Ensure full compliance on the use of the correct waste streams.

People

• Development of all members of your team.
• Responsible for all HR related activity in terms of people management including control of holidays, sickness monitoring and recording, flexible workers and casuals, in line with company policy.

About you:

Capability & Experience

• Clear understanding of all specific job role responsibilities and how they relate to the goals and aims of the department and the overall business.
• Full ownership in communicating and delivering the agreed directions set by the company.
• Strikes the right balance between leading people and the day-to‑day operations of the business.
• Strong self‑awareness and being aware of external factors that may affect people.
• Self‑management; manages self in the appropriate way in line with the level of responsibility and profile within the business.
• Relationship management; possession of highly tuned influencing skills, adept at managing people and situations regardless of level, position and/or circumstance.
• Always leads by example.

Motivation & Mind Set

• High levels of self‑motivation with the inner desire to succeed with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Considers other views first, curious to understand others perspective, valuing and understanding the contribution of others.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding and belief that behaviour breeds behaviour.
• Always portrays a positive and realistic approach.

Support & Resources

• Takes ownership of personal development and knows when to as for support.
• Encourages the future development of the team by having strong succession plans in place to support the future growth of the business.
• Understands the need to develop cohesion in the teams you lead based on ownership, trust, and openness.

What we can offer you:

• Contributory Pension
• Company Sick Pay
• 26 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Flexible Working
• Life Assurance
• Cycle Scheme
• Free Onsite Car Parking (Subject to Availability)

About Us:

We have been operating for over 200 years, producing some of the most well-known and best-selling books in the UK, providing an invaluable service to a range of publishing clients and in turn, bringing you and your family the books you love to read. With over 800 employees based on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, we supply over 150 million books per year and have recently been acquired by Elcograf. Through this union, we have a strong and exciting future ahead of us and look forward to welcoming you to the company.

Please note, due to the location of our factory, it would be preferable if you have your own transport.