British American Tobacco BAT Jobs Global Graduate September 2018
British American Tobacco BAT Jobs Global Graduate September 2018: British American Tobacco (www.bat.com) is a market leading, global organisation with a long, established history and a bright and dynamic future. Thanks to our people we have continued to deliver growth and exceed expectations in an increasingly complex and challenging marketplace.
Our aim is to become the leading tobacco company in each of our markets by providing excellent products with confidence and responsibility expected of global consumer brands.
Principle Accountabilities
Business
- Schedule & control shift operations effectively to achieve daily and monthly production target. Ensure calculated planned downtime and smooth run ability of machines to achieve Master Production Schedule target and support IWS philosophy.
- Ensure manufacturing of high quality product by meeting/exceeding quality targets in terms of MQI, & FQI by following agreed quality processes. Improve processes to reduce/eliminate market complaints and to ensure product integrity.
- Coordinate and support all maintenance activities to ensure smooth running of machines and reduction in downtimes. Ensure presence of machine crew on the machine to facilitate maintenance related activities. Provide full support to maintenance team to ensure timely completion of maintenance activities.
- Effective deployment of workforce as per agreed crewing pattern on the machines to get the desired output.
- Drive breakthrough results in Process Reliability, Planned and Unplanned Downtime while delivering against the Master Production Schedule
- Lead issue resolution “to Root Cause” on the floor of chronic stops
Leadership
- Coach and develop Technician Team
- Support execution of personnel systems to grow capability of Technician Teams (skill blocks, IDP’s, team skill matrix and training plan, FPI/quarterly assessments, confidentiality of data, time sheets, and time administrator).
- Flow to the work as needed to meet the business need
- Work with other Module leaders to maintain cohesive, responsive, flexible organization
- Lead interface with contract organization for support / issue resolution for Shift Team
- Lead the Shift Transition Meeting, per the Site DDS DMS.
- Participant in monthly department leadership meetings
- Deliver Shift Team capability for Run to Target DMS execution.
- AM single point contact for the Shift Team. Includes RTT DMS, step progression, and maintenance of standards
- Lead Shift Team through the IWS Phase Journey
- Coach Shift Team and support resources to comply with established standards and document standards for improvements made
- Deliver Shift Team capability for Changeover execution per Standard Work Practice at target time
- Support development and lead portions of loss elimination plans using IWS tools
Relationship
- Maintain good relationship with CBA representatives to ensure smooth operations on the floor.
- Demonstrate above shift & Cell thinking, promote team work and effectively reduce communication gap among shifts & Cells by ensuring effective handing/ taking over process.
- Seek regular feedback from Quality assurance to ensure high quality product manufacturing
Management
- Monitor and ensure the compliance of Company EH&S policies on shop floor to provide safe and healthy work environment. Facilitate training of all shop floor employees on EH&S standards by coordinating with EH&S manager. Ensure that all guards and interlocks are in working condition.
- Ensure reduction in tobacco and WM wastages by close monitoring of machinery condition, WM quality and focusing on skill enhancement of machine crew to keep wastages within targets.
- Effectively plan and sanction leaves of shift employees to minimize absenteeism resulting in reduced over time hours and smooth shift operations.
- Maintain high standard of machinery and floor housekeeping and keep work force in high level of morale/motivation by providing clean and healthy work environment
- Understand, follow, and insure compliance with QA and HS&E Key Elements. Eliminate Root Cause of any outages
Innovation
- Encourage shop floor employees to come up with new and different ideas of doing work to ensure continuous improvement process.
- Continuously look for new and better ways for improving different processes already in place on the production floor.
- Lead and facilitate Line concept with above shift thinking to achieve manufacturing excellence
Additional Information
Context/Environment
The jobholder reports to the Cell Manager and is responsible for;
- PMD shift operations aiming to achieve the specified targets utilizing & embedding IWS philosophy. The factory operates in continuous running, i.e., 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 350 days a year except for festival holidays. With induction of highly sophisticated machinery, skill enhancement is the main challenge on shop floor which may affect delivery, Quality and Cost targets.
- Shifts are manned by both skilled and semi-skilled workforce represented by a CBA. The relatively low worker education base and the local unemployment scenario pose multiple challenges considering the influx of new technology which necessitates job rationalizations. The volatile unionized environment in the adjoining area coupled with the high unemployment factor make it all the more challenging to continuously improve productivity and job rationalizations which are an integral part of our on-going technology improvement footprint. Furthermore, in the absence of a ‘Performance’ based worker remuneration system, alternate motivational means are used. Continuous training and skill gap analysis is requiring to bridge the skill gap. (Technical training, On job training, softer aspects training etc)\
Other Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- University degree with 1-2 years’ experience of Operations Management
- Should be self-motivated and possess initiative, drive and leadership abilities to lead a team with Decision Making as well as Resource Management skills. Must possess effective interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Should exhibit leadership and conflict management skills. Working experience of SAP is desirable
- Must exhibit good and effective communication skills.
- Good knowledge of Quality systems, ISO 9001/14001 and SPC.
- Must be able to enforce discipline and set good work practices within the team.
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