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Assembly Production Manager
The Assembly Production Manager is responsible for overseeing all aspects of production operations, ensuring efficient assembly of orders while maintaining high-quality standards. This role involves developing and implementing strategies, managing production schedules, and leading a team of department leaders to achieve company objectives. The Assembly Production Manager will also play a key role in driving continuous improvement, enhancing health and safety practices, and fostering a collaborative work environment. Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills are essential for success in this role.
Strategy and Development:
- Contribute to the creation and implementation of the operational business plan, manufacturing vision, and strategy.
- Identify capacity requirements and additional resources needed to achieve company objectives.
- Propose capital expenditure for equipment, tools, and capabilities enhancement.
Production Schedule and Operations:
- Ensure adherence to the production schedule set by the production scheduler.
- Collaborate with the production scheduler to resolve issues hindering work completion.
- Address capacity issues and find suitable solutions.
- Liaise with subcontractors to obtain lead times and costs for required services
- Raise purchase orders for required subcontracted services and manage the order through to completion
- Ensure assembly of orders meets customer requirements, quality, and delivery expectations.
- Implement changes to reduce rework and improve on-time completion.
Set and monitor production KPIs and report on performance.
Production Management and Team Leadership:
- Manage, coach, and develop department team leaders.
- Prioritise departmental workloads and meet deadlines.
- Review annual leave requests and assess their impact on capacity.
- Coordinate overtime and ensure effective utilisation.
- Provide support for process and health and safety development.
- Identify personnel development needs and create training plans.
- Conduct regular team leader meetings for communication and alignment.
- Set and monitor objectives and developmental goals for team leaders.
- People Management and Development:
- Communicate company targets and objectives to team leaders and the production office team.
- Maintain a skills matrix for production staff, including process capability and product knowledge.
- Conduct one-to-one meetings and annual appraisals with production assembly team employees.
- Manage the recruitment process for department employees and ensure smooth onboarding.
- Coordinate new starter induction training in collaboration with managers.
Health, Safety, and Environmental Management:
- Collaborate with team leaders and external consultants to review and enhance health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures.
- Ensure production operates in accordance with health, safety, and environmental policies.
- Review and update risk assessments for processes and tasks.
- Propose improvements to health, safety, and environmental policies to mitigate risks.
Collaboration and Reporting:
- Liaise closely with other managers to ensure smooth processes and procedures.
- Effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders, building profitable relationships.
- Prepare for and participate in regular management meetings, presenting relevant items.
Purchasing Coordinator
- Obtain quotes from approved suppliers in order to obtain the best value for money while also satisfying the required lead time- Place and manage orders with approved suppliers for;
- Non-specialist components, materials and consumables required for the manufacturing of bespoke projects
- Standard product components, screws and fixings
- Colouring and plating solutions and chemicals
- Equipment servicing consumables and parts such as oil, coolant, filters, etc
- Required PPE such as gloves, safety glasses, masks
- Packing materials
- Subcontract services involved in various engineering and production processes
- Check the progress of orders as required updating the relevant departments with any changes to expected delivery dates
- Check the progress of orders for specialist components for bespoke projects as required updating the project manager of any updates
- Managing ‘Goods In’, receiving and recording deliveries, notifying the relevant person and putting the items in the relevant stock location or job kit
- Stock control and inventory management to meet minimum requirements
- Coordinating the Picking & kitting of projects in advance to meet lead time requirements
- Liaising with the production team to create in-house works orders for stock requirements & replenishment
- Maintain a list of approved suppliers, working with other department managers to source new suppliers
- Build and establish positive and productive relationships with suppliers
- Ensure the correct purchasing process is followed including raising the appropriate purchase order on the company accounting system (XERO)
- Consolidating orders to make savings, if possible, without compromising deadlines
- Submit purchase orders to suppliers and follow up for acknowledgements and updated expected delivery dates
- Obtain invoices for goods received and match to purchase orders, investigate, liaise, and resolve with the supplier with regard to any discrepancies, liaising with other departments as appropriate
- Liaise with Freight Forwarders, tracking the delivery and progression of overseas orders
- Request Certificates/Declarations from Suppliers and keep records up to date
- Request COSHH and datasheets for all chemicals and ensure they are passed on to the relevant department manager
- Assist in and focus on driving cost savings
- Regularly review and maintain stock levels, perform physical stock checks, re-order standard and repeat items
- Regularly review KANBAN levels with relevant department managers ensuring optimal inventory levels are maintained
- Carry out various daily administrative tasks and deal with various forms of communication, including letters, emails, answering phones, etc.
Production Scheduler
The Production Scheduler plays a pivotal role in ensuring efficient and effective production operations within the organisation. They contribute to the development and implementation of best practices for capacity planning, continuously seeking opportunities for improvement and cost-saving initiatives. The Production Scheduler manages job workflows, schedules, and priorities, ensuring on-time completion and adjusting as necessary. They also oversee the production of bespoke orders, coordinating with design and sales teams for seamless project execution. Additionally, the Production Scheduler is responsible for maintaining the production planning system, managing deviations, and collaborating with various stakeholders to optimise department capacities. This role requires strong analytical and organisational skills, along with the ability to communicate effectively across teams and drive continuous improvement. The Purchasing & Inventory Coordinator will also ensure that the correct purchasing process is followed and that the relevant purchase orders are created and updated on the appropriate systems.
Strategy and Development:
- Contribute to the creation and implementation of a best practice capacity planning vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to enhance operational performance.
Identify and support continuous improvement and cost-saving/efficiency initiatives throughout the production process.
- Proactively maintain and seek improvement in production systems and processes to optimise efficiency.
- Propose new systems and processes that facilitate effective capacity planning and performance monitoring across the organisation.
- Prepare and develop a comprehensive capacity planning/efficiency program, including the identification and analysis of bottlenecks and areas for improvement in time and budget efficiencies.
Job Management:
- Review sales orders to ensure all necessary details are provided, seeking clarification on specifications/requirements when required.
- Review client requirements and create schedules from the receipt of orders through production and inspection, ensuring on-time completion.
- Regularly review jobs and adjust priorities and schedules as needed to accommodate changes.
- Evaluate and adjust the schedule based on rework required from failed in-process and inspection quality checks.
- Initiate the invoicing process at the designated time.
Bespoke Order Project Management:
- Attend "handover" meetings with the design engineering team to receive the production pack, including process details, Bill of Materials (BOM), and assembly drawings for bespoke orders.
- Monitor the progress of bespoke order production and maintain communication with the design and sales teams as necessary.
- Coordinate and schedule bench handover meetings involving production engineering and the required team members to ensure efficient manufacturing of bespoke projects.
Capacity Planning and Scheduling:
- Manage the production planning system, including the creation of workflows, allocating standard times, and assigning additional time when necessary.
- Continuously update the production plan and promptly communicate any order issues or delays to the appropriate Sales Coordinator or Project Manager.
- Generate and oversee the completion of purchase orders for required subcontracted services.
- Manage deviations from the plan that have a financial impact and provide reports to the IT and Operations Manager.
- Collaborate with the Production Managers to review department capacities and proactively resolve any capacity-related issues.
- Collaboration and Reporting:
- Attend and lead meetings as necessary, providing relevant information and support.
- Respond to standard product inquiries by providing accurate lead time information.
- Identify inefficiencies or exceptions in processes and standard times and provide feedback to the Production Engineering team.
Collaborate with Production Engineering to effectively manage planned maintenance activities in relation to capacity, ensuring minimal disruption to production processes.
PLEASE NOTE: In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder is required to perform other tasks or duties commensurate with the role, as reasonably requested by their manager from time to time.
TO APPLY
If you have a passion for craft and design and would like to find out more about working with Collier Webb, we would love to hear from you.
Please get in touch by sending your CV and area of interest to hr@collierwebb.com.
Who we are
Collier Webb are British manufactures of luxury lighting, furniture and hardware. We specialise in combining traditional and cutting-edge techniques to create beautiful pieces, whether classic or contemporary in design.
Led by father-daughter duo, Geoff and Danielle Collier, our creative services are world-renowned, with our teams working to custom requirements for clients with the most exacting standards. For our team of craftspeople, no fine detail is too small, and no project too ambitious. Our heritage guarantees it.
Where we are
Our Head Office, Design Studio, Foundry and three Workshops are located across Eastbourne, East Sussex, which is home to the following departments:
- Design Studio
- Pattern Making
- Casting
- Finishing & Colouring
- Assembly & Workshop
- Wiring
- CNC & Fabrication
- Dispatch
- Head Office; Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations & HR
Our flagship showroom sits at the heart of London’s finest interior design district, Pimlico Road, where our Showroom Executives are on hand to guide clients in finding the ideal pieces for upcoming projects. Our second London showroom can be found nestled in Europe’s largest hub of design and craftsmanship, The Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. Here, clients have the opportunity to explore a wide range of our signature products and discuss their project vision.
The Collier Webb experience crosses the Atlantic, with our US Sales Team and showroom representation in Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago and Atlanta.
Designer
Design, development, and engineering
- Creation of client drawings using SolidWorks CAD software. This drawing is key to communicating the design and managing the client’s expectations.
- Understanding the client’s vision and developing the design to achieve client expectations whilst also working within the capabilities of the specified materials, finishes and Collier Webb production methods.
- Creation of production drawings using SolidWorks CAD software. Producing the technical drawing pack with BOM, part and assembly drawings for each production department to work from.
- To aid the design process the Designer has use of the 3D printer, this can be used to prototype designs and used as a tool for communicating the design to the client. It can also be used to create patterns for issuing to production to create moulds and cast from.
- During the design stage it will be your responsibility to liaise with the workshop and subcontractors to arrange material samples for the client’s approval. Control samples must be kept on file.
- Project research and development should be recorded to allow R&D reports to be created, it may be necessary for Designers to attend R&D meetings to discuss projects.
- Designers need to work closely with purchasing and the production team to ensure outsourced work is arranged and managed and that subcontractors are working within the production time frame, and budgets, and that all information necessary had been provided to them. Once specialist outsourced work is received, outsourced items will need to be inspected and quality approved by the Designer.
Compliance
- Ensure that items are designed to comply with regulations and provide Design Engineers and Wiring department with necessary information
- Ensure that bespoke projects are delivered with any necessary installation instructions and maintenance information. These instructions must adhere to electrical and health and safety regulations.
Project Management
- It will be necessary to occasionally meet with clients at the enquiry stage, and throughout the project to ensure smooth running of the project and maintain good client relationships
- Good communication between the design team and the production team to pass all information required to meet client’s expectations
- Attend daily engineering/hand over meetings when required
- To liaise with production team to give clients project schedule updates
- Monitoring project costs
- All bespoke projects need to be inspected by the Designer on completion and signed off on inspection system prior to dispatch.
- The Designer must work closely with the Dispatch Manager to schedule delivery/ shipping of bespoke projects, ensuring that install team have all necessary information for installation of bespoke projects
- Liaise with marketing team to arrange finished product photography if required by client or in house
- Site visits and surveys may be required to gather required information
- Involvement or attendance to project review meetings. Record of this meeting should be saved in the job file on the company server. Drawings should be reviewed and amended to ‘as drawn’ if necessary, under Designers guidance by a Junior Designer or Design Engineer
- Updating the Collier Webb custom in house job flow system to which all departments work to. The Designer is responsible for their projects currently in ‘pending production’ this involves keeping information up to date for each project and working closely with the Production Engineering Manager to ensure clear transfer of information at project hand over to production
- - Strong knowledge of Solid Works and other design packages (AutoCAD, Adobe Suite)
- - Knowledge of 3D Printing technologies
- - Multitasking
- - Analytical Thinking
- - Time Management
- - Communication skills
- - Management Skills
- - Attending meetings/industry events
- - Effectively communicate, both internally and to suppliers and clients ensuring interactions are ethical and build profitable long-term relationships
- - Pro-actively develop own skills, knowledge, experience and contribute to the development of colleagues wherever possible.
- - It may also be necessary for the Designer to accompany install teams to assist in ensuring that the client’s vision is realised
TO APPLY
If you have a passion for craft and design and would like to find out more about working with Collier Webb, we would love to hear from you.
Please get in touch by sending your CV and area of interest to hr@collierwebb.com.
Who we are
Collier Webb are British manufactures of luxury lighting, furniture and hardware. We specialise in combining traditional and cutting-edge techniques to create beautiful pieces, whether classic or contemporary in design.
Led by father-daughter duo, Geoff and Danielle Collier, our creative services are world-renowned, with our teams working to custom requirements for clients with the most exacting standards. For our team of craftspeople, no fine detail is too small, and no project too ambitious. Our heritage guarantees it.
Where we are
Our Head Office, Design Studio, Foundry and three Workshops are located across Eastbourne, East Sussex, which is home to the following departments:
- Design Studio
- Pattern Making
- Casting
- Finishing & Colouring
- Assembly & Workshop
- Wiring
- CNC & Fabrication
- Dispatch
- Head Office; Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations & HR
Our flagship showroom sits at the heart of London’s finest interior design district, Pimlico Road, where our Showroom Executives are on hand to guide clients in finding the ideal pieces for upcoming projects. Our second London showroom can be found nestled in Europe’s largest hub of design and craftsmanship, The Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. Here, clients have the opportunity to explore a wide range of our signature products and discuss their project vision.
The Collier Webb experience crosses the Atlantic, with our US Sales Team and showroom representation in Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago and Atlanta.
