Production Line Shift Leader, Kohler Mira Ltd Factory

Overview

Onsite – Cheltenham. Day Shift. Salary up to £31,500, subject to skills & experience, plus a fantastic benefits package including pension, life assurance, cycle to work, EV leasing, and staff discounts.

Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands – Mira Showers, Rada and Kohler UK - is our lifeblood. We focus on investment, investing in the best technology and resources available and investing in each and every individual. Put simply, it’s who we are. Whether you arrive at our factories in Cheltenham or Hull, have a visit from a Service Engineer or pick up the phone to our Customer Service team, you’ll instantly see that, no matter our department or location, we all share the same values at Kohler Mira.

A production leadership role, reporting into the Production Supervisor, with shared accountability for building a high performing, continuous improvement culture. You will be focused on ensuring an efficient operation in achieving business targets, provide leadership to the team, coordinating their workload and giving support to ensure they deliver their goals. You will focus on achieving excellent quality products through effective coaching and training of all associates within your Production line.

You will also monitor issues and ensure production targets are met in line with business KPIs, working together as a team to comply with quality standards and deliver production plans to meet customer needs, whilst maintaining a safe working environment.

• Ensure people and resources are utilised in an efficient manner to meet delivery requirements.
• Adhere to company safety rules and procedures.
• Responsible for Safety, Quality, Delivery and HPPP (hours produced per person) performance.
• Ensure the line is ready for shift start up.
• Manage Line Stop & Andon decision points.
• Champion root cause fixes for all problems for areas of responsibility.
• Immediate escalation of issues or plan failure.
• Accountable for ‘First Off’ & ‘Last Off’ checks for the line.
• Manage and rectify non-conforming products.
• Coach and support the team.
• Maintain line 5S standard.
• Create and implement Standard Work Instructions (SWI) and support the team in working to the standard.

• Displays role model behaviour.
• Drive and support production activity.
• Experienced in leading and mentoring teams to deliver results.
• Able to clearly and concisely communicate with team and supporting functions.
• Shares knowledge to support and train others.
• embraces change and new ways of working, promotes and drives change with the team.
• Computer literate - Excel, Word.
• Able to identify problems and provide root cause fixes.

We empower each associate to #Become More At Kohler  with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.

Kohler’s policy is to recruit, hire, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. If you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact  Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.