Operations Director
Smurfit Westrock March

The Role

Job Summary

As a member of Senior Leadership Team this role plays a crucial part in setting and delivering the site business strategy.

Responsible for ensuring the factory operates in a safe and efficient manner with key consideration towards the health & safety of all colleagues on site (including contractors), quality, reliability, continuous improvement, environmental, and cost controls

Acting as a role model and ensuring that colleagues are working towards achieving clearly defined objectives and targets whilst maintaining excellent factory relationships.

Responsibilities

People

• Ensure human capacity and capability meet plant demands
• Develop and implement multi-skilling / cross-learning and productivity improvement activities
• Develop and maintain positive co-operation with local trade union representatives
• Recruit and develop top talent, and instil effective team working with high levels of employee engagement
• Ensure effective performance assessments and personal development plans are in place

Production

• Effectively plan and deliver plant performance targets to meet current and future customer requirements in terms of quality, volumes and deadlines
• Plan and deliver maintenance and capital investment budgets for all plant, equipment, buildings, transport etc
• Plan and co-ordinate the use of external providers to support plant capability
• Direct and measure continuous improvement activities
• Implement OEE targets
• Control and evaluate operational ratios

Leadership

• Lead and develop functional managers to maximise performance and efficiency
• Prepare investment and budget proposals, including product and process innovations
• Contribute to the discussion and decision-making process for the growth and development of the business as a whole

Compliance

• Ensure the site's compliance to environmental and safety at work requirements, co-ordinating with appropriate outside bodies etc. where necessary

Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to make important business and budget decisions
• A practical working knowledge of legislation relating to people, health and safety, quality and environmental
• Able to think strategically and look at the bigger picture
• A compliance mindset
• Understand what good customer service and product quality is and appreciate why it’s necessary
• Financial & Commercial awareness
• Come from a Zero harm understanding and culture
• Absorb complex material quickly
• Self-Aware / emotionally intelligent

Experience

• Outstanding manufacturing and business knowledge gained within an FMCG environment
• Managed complex / multi-disciplinary teams
• Must be a strong Leader and a good administrator

Qualifications

• Ideally Six Sigma Black Belt and degree educated or equivalent

Note: Your defined role should not limit your duties, and from time to time the Company may require you to undertake any other duties within your capability which may include appropriate secondments.