Shift Manager

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Supply​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Our Production Shift Managers are responsible for the delivery of factory KPIs through the efficient execution of processes and team leadership. These KPIs will cover areas such as People, EHS, Quality, Service, and Performance. They will champion leadership and continuous improvement behaviours ensuring that site standards, team behaviours, and site EHS & Quality compliance are maintained and improved. 

Our Shift Managers work collaboratively and establish strong working relationships between the shifts and cross functional teams ensuring close ways of working enabling efficient delivery.

Location - Hull, HU8 7DS

Hiring Manager - Ashley Bowsley

Your responsibilities

• Develop shift capability ensuring maintained performance levels against set KPIs.
• Pro-actively deal with performance losses through a continuous improvement approach using the Reckitt Production System. 
• Responsible for adherence to factory budgets with a clear understanding of risks and opportunities.
• Instil Reckitt & site vision across the Factory, linking behaviours and objectives against the compass.
• Display and lead by example against the Reckitt Leadership Behaviours, Create, Deliver, Own, Care.
• Operate against the Site operating model of People, Safety, Quality, Service, Performance
• Ensure implementation and adherence to statutory and site EHS & Quality Compliance standards taking a zero-tolerance approach to non-conformance.
• Responsible for the shift performance monitoring performance levels through measured KPI’s, developing and executing improvement plans where KPI’s are off target.
• Develop the shift team capabilities to ensure delivery of current and future business demands.
• Effective resource planning, development of skill levels & training, succession planning.
• Effective machine running against SOP, scheduled and well executed interventions to maintain and drive machine performance.
• Adherence to & development of repeatable processes covering both line & Factory level, leading to improved production execution and factory standards.
• Responsible for delivery against the Factory budget associated with Production Execution, understanding the risks and opportunities and identifying actions where off track.
• Report monthly shift performance, providing clear communication on status, performance levels & improvement plans for the shift.
• Decision making taking into consideration the best interests of the company as a whole, not necessarily the best decision for the shift & factory only. 

The experience we're looking for

• 2-3 years experience in a FMCG operational leadership.
• Educated to Degree level or equivalent with 2-3 years experience in manufacturing roles (desireable).
• NEBOSH or IOSH certification and knowledge and application of UK statutory requirements.
• Knowledge & application of, environmental standards within a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge & application of, MHRA GMP regulatory requirements within a Healthcare manufacturing environment or equivalent.
• Knowledge & application of Continuous Improvement tools; Six Sigma Green/Black Belt, DMAIC, PDCA, & Gemba Walks.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.