Factory Operations Leader — Lean, Safety & Excellence

UNILIN; Navan; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilin Insulation is seeking a dynamic Factory Manager to lead our Navan site and manage the manufacturing facility across all operational departments. You will drive Environmental Health & Safety,Quality Control, Production, Warehousing, Technical Processing and Maintenance with a strong emphasis on Lean, continuous improvement and KPI delivery.

The role reports to the Operations & Engineering Manager for IRL & UK, requiring collaboration across IRL/UK sites, management of a high-performance

Qualifications

• Engineering/Operational Management degree (Level 8) or Level 7+ with experience.
• 8+ years in a senior management level in manufacturing.
• Ability to collaborate with peer groups and improve business & site performance.
• Proven track record in delivering on Health & Safety and Operational KPI’s.
• Experience leading the sites Lean Management and Continuous Improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Reinforce company leadership values and goals to all employees on an ongoing basis.
• Overall management of operational KPIs on site to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Developing site business, department strategies and implementation of group initiatives.
• Coach a cross functional team of direct reports responsible for manufacturing our products.
• Maintain a proactive culture of continuous improvements & best practice throughout the plant.
• Identify KPI improvements and cost savings initiatives with the site management team.
• Ensuring all operational personnel are trained so that optimum operational performance is achieved.
• Site remains audit ready & in compliance with ISO standards, regulations, and statutory agencies.
• Collaborate with colleagues across IRL & UK sites plus the insulation division on group wide initiatives.
• Provide regular updates to Operations Manager, Group Managers & Leadership Team.
• Undertake flexible working hours & travel to our sites within Unilin as required.
• Further developing a high-performance organisation, steer an operational excellence approach.
• Achieve optimal results in a cost-efficient and high-quality manner. Monitor volumes, cost, quality and overall OEE.
• Embed the Zero Harm culture (health & safety culture and improve H&S performance – frequency/severity).
• Launch CAPEX investments to keep up with the technological innovations.
• Create a healthy work culture in line with the UNILIN values. Remain an employer of choice.
• Create an effective organisational structure. Coach and develop the employees to ensure their competences, skills and know-how are used and developed to the best advantage.
• Establish good collaboration with all internal (Insulation, UNILIN and Mohawk) and external stakeholders (clients, business partners, competitors, employer's associations). Further develop the image of the organisation.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Problem solving

Time management

Education

Engineering/Operational Management Degree

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Unilin Insulation is seeking a dynamic Factory Manager to lead our Navan site and manage the manufacturing facility across all operational departments. You will drive Environmental Health & Safety,Quality Control, Production, Warehousing, Technical Processing and Maintenance with a strong emphasis on Lean, continuous improvement and KPI delivery.

The role reports to the Operations & Engineering Manager for IRL & UK, requiring collaboration across IRL/UK sites, management of a high-performance