Finishing Manager (Expired Vacancy)

Company	Paragon Print and Packaging	Share \|
Salary	£ Competitive
Location	Wisbech (Cambridgeshire)
Job Type / Hours	Permanent / Full Time
Start Date	ASAP
Date Posted	14/05/2012
Job Reference	ozzle/

Company Summary

The Paragon Print and Packaging Group is a UK leader in manufacturing responsible packaging products for Food, Beverage, Personal care, Household and Healthcare retail market sectors.

A vertically integrated approach to packaging delivery provides Design, Photography, Artwork creation, Reprographics and Print.

Established in 1994 the Paragon Print and Packaging Group is comprised of 3 divisions providing Labels, Sleeves/Cartons and Film packaging products.

8 UK manufacturing facilities totalling in excess of 500,000 sq ft house Europe’s largest Flexographic press installation.

The Group employs more than a 1000 staff with a turnover exceeding &£170 million.

Customer commitment and innovation led strategies continue to deliver a model of excellence service approach to more than 2000 customers daily.

Job Description

We are currently looking to recruit a Finishing Manager at the Wisbech site. As a member of the Management team, reporting into the Operations Manager, this role will be to manage the functions of the production shopfloor in relation to Finishing (Cut & Crease / Folder & Glue), the sleeve, carton and skillets business at Wisbech – ensuring that the manning plans are efficient and fit in with the business requirements.

Main Duties Include but are not restricted to

? Performance of the Finishing (Cut & Crease / Folder & Glue) Department is your primary concern. You must ensure the very best production is achieved through the close management of the schedule produced by you and the Planner. In particular you must manage and motivate the operators to achieve and better the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) set for
o Health & Safety
o Make Ready Times
o Run Speeds
o Downtime
o Waste
o Quality
• Monitoring the timekeeping of your team, ensuring that all forms of absences are recorded.
• Controlling annual leave for the department.
• To manage and maintain the Training and Development of the Finishing department needs.
Requirements

? Experience of managing a team of people is essential.
? Experience of carton manufacturing would be preferable.
? To be able to provide regular reports to the Production Management team.
? At all times to be able to communicate with the factory in an appropriate manner that reflects the position of a Manager within the business.
This is a challenging role and good communication skills, problem solving, drive and enthusiasm with the ability to achieve set key performance indicators is essential. You will need to be capable of working either on your own initiative or as part of a team.

Selection
If you feel you meet the criteria then we would like to hear from you. Please note you may be subject to various assessments as part of the recruitment process.

Due to the volume of applications it is not always possible to respond to every candidate. If you have not had a response from us within 2 weeks from applying then please assume that your application was unsuccessful.

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