Manufacturing Advisor

Job title:

Manufacturing Advisor

Company

The Growth Company

Job description

The Greater Manchester (GM) Business Growth Hub is a multi-disciplined community of specialists passionate about helping businesses across GM to realise their growth ambitions. Currently, they have an exciting new vacancy for a Manufacturing Advisor.If you’re passionate about manufacturing and would like to impart your knowledge and experiences to the manufacturing community of GM, then look no further than this great opportunity to join an enthusiastic team of fellow Manufacturing Advisors doing just that!As a Manufacturing Advisor, you will assess the growth potential of eligible businesses, diagnose any barriers to growth and agree suitable action plans to address these and release growth opportunities. This is achieved by delivering fully funded specialist advice to a portfolio of business owners and senior managers of manufacturing businesses that are aiming to achieve growth.GM Business Growth Hub is part of The Growth Company, which is an inclusive employer offering excellent benefits and development opportunities. GC wholeheartedly supports your well-being and working style.For a comprehensive outline our benefits and what you can expect working for us, seeKey Responsibilities:The Manufacturing Advisor’s primary responsibility is to ensure that the Business Growth Hub’s manufacturing services are delivered to produce the maximum impact in terms of assisting the client company to reach its full growth potential by increasing profit, improving employee engagement, culminating in more efficient manufacturing output – thus creating the opportunity for new jobs and new products.Other responsibilities include;

• Site diagnostic visits to client’s factories.
• Deliver on-site workshops tailored to the client’s needs.
• Cohort programmes on manufacturing principles.
• Ensure the collection of output and impact data.

About You:

• Extensive Manufacturing experience.
• Excellent communicator both written and oral.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Detailed knowledge of manufacturing principles such as continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, process improvement, standard work, TPM, waste elimination, problem solving etc.
• Excellent planning, organisational, networking, administrative and project management skills.
• Well-developed IT skills, including an understanding of computerised management information systems, spreadsheets, diary management, and CRM databases.
• A natural curiosity, and open mind – you will be visiting an amazing array of companies, and you’ll be required to adapt established principles to create the right mix of efficiencies for each individual client.

Requirements:

• Experience within a manufacturing / management / business discipline or equivalent experience.
• Proven track record in managing the wider range of business issues associated with periods of difficult business growth.
• Have technical knowledge in the key areas of manufacturing processes.
• Understanding and experience of using project management techniques is desirable.
• Knowledge and understanding of key national, sub-regional and local organisations and their role in supporting economic development and specifically business growth is preferable but not essential.

The role requires the candidate to frequently travel to factories around the GM region in person delivering one-to-one support, building a close working relationship with the client to understand their needs and deliver a detailed improvement growth plan.LocationGreater ManchesterBusiness Area Logobusinessgrowth.jpgCompany LogoBusiness Growth HubCompanyBusiness Support Business Finance (BSBF)Contract typePermanent/ Full- timeSalaryUp to £45,575 per annumAdvert Brandbusinessgrowth.jpgClosing Date20/09/2024Ref No4044Documents(Word, 62.99kb)We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at or call us on 0161 237 4447.

Expected salary

£45575 per year

Location

Greater Manchester

Job date

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 04:15:47 GMT

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