Process Leader

About the job

REQ ID: 120208
JOB TITLE: Process Leader
SALARY: Competitive
POSTING END DATE: 15/01/2024
LOCATION: Hams Hall  

An ever-evolving heritage. A truly exciting future. Two of the world’s most iconic brands. JLR is revered across the globe. Continually pushing the boundaries of innovation and redefining the benchmark for excellence, we set the standards others want to follow. We want to keep it that way too. Which is where you join the journey.

The Opportunity
The Automotive industry has entered into a new and exciting era of electric vehicle engineering. As a result, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is broadening its focus to include electrification technology, which is the future of passenger vehicle propulsion.

The JLR Battery Assembly Centre will be the company’s first foray into what is the largest transformational change in the 120 year history of automobile manufacturing. As a BAC team member, you will be playing a fundamental part in this historic change, as we will supply for the first time, both electric and hybrid electric battery packs for JLR vehicle plants.

Key Performance Indicators
All Areas of our SQDCPE Metrics and improvement Plans

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
The Process Leader will act as a key leader within the Operations team, running a team of Team Leaders and Associates within the Battery Assembly Centre. The Process Leader will not only manage the team, but will also be responsible for fostering team work and continuous improvement, acting as a role model for the Powertrain values, and leading the SQDCPE agenda for the area. Collaborating with, and leading direction for the support Functions

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Responsible for and reporting shift performance to senior management on daily/ weekly/ monthly basis.
• Coach and Lead shift team Leaders in achieving all SQDCPE objectives.
• Coach and Lead team Leaders to ensure that they and the facility are production ready to meet all Launch Milestones and meet agreed targets.
• Supervision of skilled and semi-skilled associates, including Team Leaders, Production Operators to ensure achievement of quality and production objectives.
• Driving cost, budget control and quality improvements with a keen customer focus.
• Ensuring continuous improvement within the area of responsibility and supporting the associates in continuous improvement events and activities.
• Work with Maintenance Team to Prioritize Maintenance activities on a shift by shift basis.
• Drive Constraint management through the value stream and ensure bottlenecks are identified to remove inefficiencies in the process.
• Ensuring that the Area operates to the Integrated Production System (IPS) principles and standards, using the latest Quality Operating System (QOS) techniques.
• Be responsible and adhere to the Safety Operating Systems (SOS) during all stages of Launch /ROC/ steady state production.
• Support employee attendance initiatives and manage absence control activities such as counselling, capability and disciplinary procedures.
• Implement Company Policy on pay and benefits including administration tasks

Key Interactions
• Engineers
• Technology Managers for Assembly Lines
• Plant Quality Assurance team
• Quality
• Logistics
• Equipment suppliers
•    Product Development Engineers

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
• Understanding and good knowledge of safety processes and safe systems of work.
• A high level of motivation and initiative.
• Computer literacy is essential.
• Experience of Manpower planning is advantageous.
• Ability to interrogate and interpret data, required for problem solving.
• A flexible approach to cope with frequent change and to ensure efficient running of the operation.
• Ability to use planning and timing tools to deliver on-going projects.
• Good understanding of process flow
• Evidence of leadership ability and interpersonal skills.
• Proven Experience in leading and coordinating large groups of people in high volume or high complex processes
• Knowledge of Powertrain manufacture would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of production tools and metrics.
•    Understanding of IPS/ CI/ Quality Tools and Techniques/ CCAR process/ PDCA/ Finance and Budget control would be an advantage.  

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
•    English (fluency in reading, writing and speaking)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, oral, written, and team skills
• MS Office suite (Word, Excel and Power Point)
• Expertise in process management
•    People Focussed

Personal Profile
Essential:
• An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable
• An individual who is results driven, demonstrates, tenacity, drive and perseverance, with the ability to deliver in a complex, highly demanding environment.
• An individual with the ability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with longer term planning
• An individual who is resilient, energetic and enthusiastic, able to deliver results under pressure, whilst responding constructively to challenging new ideas and inputs
• An individual who is able to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style
• A good communicator who can communicate complex ideas
•    A effective team player, actively leads, develops and supports team members

Desirable:
• An individual who enables speed in decision making through establishing alignment, clarity, appropriate resources and sense of urgency whilst bringing others along
 

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.