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Job Title: Logistics Production Manager – Afternoons - 4 Days

Salary: £39,900 - £48,000 depending on experience + 20% shift allowance

Hours: Mon - Thu 16:30 – 02:00

Location: Desford, Leicestershire

The Opportunity

As a Logistics Production Manager, you will oversee logistics to maximise efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness while ensuring safety and motivating employees to meet targets.

What you will do

As a Logistics Production Manager, you are accountable for, but not limited to:

Safety and Improvement: Monitor and enhance safety conditions, eliminate unsafe behaviours, and ensure adherence to safety procedures. Implement value stream improvements, teach Lean methodology, and drive defect reduction through RCCA and PID.

Process and Performance Management: Organize and prioritize jobs, adjust staffing to meet requirements, and oversee section status reporting. Monitor and improve KPIs through continuous improvement.

Documentation and Reporting: Create and maintain reports on production processes, tool issues, performance, and inventory. Ensure all processes and products meet safety and quality standards.

Team Supervision and Development: Supervise daily activities of logistics operatives, assign tasks, and ensure team coordination. Train and develop staff, manage scheduling and conflicts, and promote a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.

What You May Have:

Leadership:

Guides and mentors’ others on concepts, techniques, and leadership behaviours, while promoting a culture of inclusion and driving the organization towards its vision.

Adapts to diverse styles to achieve results, evaluates team performance, and nurtures their growth to help them reach their full potential.

Planning and Organising:

Anticipates and addresses challenges by raising awareness of potential bottlenecks, breaking tasks into manageable steps, and escalating concerns over conflicting priorities.

Monitors and adapts progress by continuously adjusting tactics for each situation and creating actionable plans to ensure responsibilities are met.

Logistics Operations:

Ensures smooth operations by monitoring adherence to policies, facilitating cross-department communication, and evaluating risks and safety hazards in manufacturing.

Drives efficiency by recommending industry benchmarks, supervising daily operations to meet targets, and using tools to anticipate demand and ensure capacity.

Top Candidates will also have:

SAP experience highly desirable.

Logistics planning experience desirable.

NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined.

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.

What You Will Get
One Company, Limitless Opportunities

Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.

Careers at Caterpillar are limitless, we have opportunities in Engineering, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and so much more. You can create the career you want. It’s your time and talent, make it count.

Our Sustainability Commitment

Caterpillar has a long-standing commitment to sustainability, one of our five Values in Action. It is part of who we are and what we do. We actively lead sustainable green initiatives to preserve the environment, help reduce poverty with the Caterpillar Foundation and stay involved in the communities we help build.

Contract: Full time & permanent

Benefits: 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays - opportunity to buy and sell, up to 10% Bonus, Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution Up to 10%, Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution, optional flexible benefits including access to dental, health & vision care plans, EV car lease etc.

Travel: Not required

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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