Plant Manager - Plastics Recycling
AO
- Telford, Shropshire
- £70,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Reporting to the Director of Commercial, lead a robust and proven operational structure (running 24/5) and production laboratory, motivating and developing our people.
- Deliver our strategic objective to use the plastics in new appliances for sale on ao.com.
- Support commercial and business development/sales teams with key accounts, customers, and prospects across all operational facets, including quality and material specification.
- Promote a positive Health & Safety culture across the site.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement, utilising techniques such as VSM, SMED, and Kaizen events, empowering colleagues to generate incremental changes, whilst supporting larger scale initiatives, which you will lead or be the business owner for.
- Be our subject matter expert on plastics separation, extrusion, moulding and consistency of output. Be able to understand how plant parameters and input variability impact plant KPI's and be able to assess and explain complex issues simply to a broad range of colleagues and externally. Be able to then provide potential solutions for collaborative decision making.
- Plan and coordinate project work for the site, making sure we're on track against schedules and budgets.
- Be AO's plastics expert and face in UK and European forums on regulatory and legislative change
You're also an experienced plant manager with operational and Lean Six Sigma qualifications. You will have experience with working closely with engineering teams, have a demonstrable intellect for solving complex problems, collaboratively with your teams. We'll also need you to have:
- Experience working within a processing, manufacturing, or similar environment, ideally with a focus on plastics (separation, production, moulding or similar). Competence in evaluating process capability and output variability, supported by process controls and QA procedures.
- A desire to learn about the machinery and equipment we use here at the AO Plastics Recycling Plant, and really understand it's purpose, parameters, and outputs.
- Broad and deep experience delivering continuous change and improvements across all facets of a production facility, demonstrated by green or black belt Lean 6 Sigma
- Great communication and people skills - making sure everyone is working to their full potential, motivating others, and engaging people across the business.
- Proven track record of dealing effectively with operators, experts, senior leaders, and customers.
When it comes to appliances and electricals, we've got the lot. Washing machines? Yep. TVs? Check. Laptops? Absolutely. Everything except doorbells (just kidding, we've got those too). Over 20 years, we've grown to be a £1Billion turnover business, and recycling is a key part of our customer proposition, and our future strategy.
We're passionate, relentless, and full of beans, determined to make a difference and change the world for the better. From massive changes to tiny tweaks - making a difference is what keeps us driven. The plastics recycling plant is proof of that! Since 2019 we have grown from zero to over 10,000 tonnes processed annually.
We'll grow this by 50% in 2024, and we need someone ambitious to help us deliver this stratospheric growth. Is that person you?Our BenefitsOur benefits are designed to cover the moments that matter to AO'ers. From health and wellness to giving back - you'll be rewarded inside and outside of work.
- Car allowance
- 15% annual bonus
- Value Creation Plan - AO's unique and life changing bonus scheme for all employees which matures in 2027
- 25 days holiday, growing with length of service
- Staff discount at ao.com & discounted gym offers
- 9% AO contributing Pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programmes