Head of Production

A Window Manufacturers Head of Production oversees the daily operations of a window manufacturing facility, ensuring efficient production, quality control, and timely delivery of products. They manage resources, implement operational strategies, and lead teams to achieve production targets while adhering to safety regulations and quality standards.
Key Responsibilities:
Production Management:
Overseeing the entire manufacturing process, from material usage and flow to finished product, optimizing production lines, machinery performance and tolerances and ensuring adherence to schedules and quality standards.
Resource Management:
Managing raw materials, workforce, and equipment/machinery including building relations with key machinery suppliers, optimizing resource allocation, and controlling costs to maintain profitability. Ensuring machine operation and maintenance adherence.
Quality Control:
Implementing and enforcing quality control procedures throughout the production process, ensuring products meet established standards and specifications.
Inventory Management:
Managing inventory levels, coordinating and building relationships with key suppliers, and implementing efficient inventory control systems to minimize waste and ensure timely availability of materials.
Team Leadership:
Leading and motivating a team of staff (Warehouse, Yard, Production, Pre Production) providing guidance, training, and performance management to ensure a productive and engaged workforce.
Health & Safety Compliance:
Ensuring adherence to all safety regulations and promoting a safe working environment for all employees and being the lead for H&S throughout the business
Process Improvement:
Identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance product quality through the implementation of best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
Technical understanding:
Overseeing technical, audit compliance including annual test windows as well as overview on machine/material and hardware tolerances to ensure standards and quality upheld and maintained. Investigate new machinery-automation to drive us forward
Budget Management:
Developing and managing operational budgets, monitoring expenses, and ensuring adherence to budgetary guidelines.
Reporting and Analysis:
Tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), analysing operational data, and generating reports to identify areas for improvement and support strategic decision-making.
Collaboration:
Working closely with other departments, Logistics and Procurement, to ensure smooth coordination and alignment of operational activities with overall business objectives. Including holding multi department Operational meetings.
It is essential that you have Fenestration experience
Direct Management of;
Production Managers x 4 (Welded, Mechanical, Night shift, Incarnation)
Yard/Stores/Warehouse
Pre-Production (scheduling)