SE & Prototype Samples Manager

At Johnson Matthey, your work will matter. As a SE & Prototype Samples Manager, you’ll join a world leader in platinum group metals with over 200 years of history and innovation. You’ll help tackle the world’s biggest challenges - cutting emissions, powering modern society and enhancing lives - as we continue to apply, refine and recycle metals that matter, for a healthier and more resilient future.

The role:

As a SE & Prototype Samples Manager, you will help drive our goals by:

• Safety - embeds a high standard safety culture throughout the plant.  Striving for the continuous improvement of safety standards and ensuring all employees are engaged and responsible for their own and each other’s safety
• Quality - ensures all functional areas within the plant achieve or exceed quality standards.  Ensures non-conformance is investigated and lessons learnt embedded to drive quality improvements
• Delivery - responsible for providing quality products to our customers on time through the efficient and safe use of resources
• Cost - establishes budgets and ensure delivery at or below cost targets.
• People- Ensures effective & efficient resource allocation to achieve the samples plan.  Ensures all teams have the right skills mix and that development/ training plans are in place for future requirements.   Provides on-going coaching to the manufacturing teams.  Develops a pipeline for, and is an exporter of talent to the business
•   Drives a culture of customer focus and personal accountability across the team by role-modelling behaviors, reinforcing the positive behaviors within the team and ensuring robust performance management in place for team members.
•   Disciplined execution of manufacturing processes related to man (standard work), material (planning, flow, inventory), machine (TPM and O.E.E)
•   Prototype Samples group function design, current state improvements in performance, future state design and capacity/investment planning, in conjunction with the commercial, technology and engineering teams.
• Ensuring that the customer is the key stakeholder driving all improvement activities.  Communicating directly with customers on prototype samples performance status where appropriate.
•   Proactive collaboration, communication and networking with all key stakeholders within technology, commercial, operations, quality and finance.
• Acts as role model and set high expectations for JM Values, Ethics and compliance.
• Ensures a positive external image is maintained of the plant in the community
• Ensures the site has a business impact analysis and a corresponding business continuity plan which addresses all site-based points of potential failure, be that mechanical, natural disaster, supply chain disruption etc.
• To take on any other duties which are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.
• Accountable for end-to-end governance of Prototype Samples operations, ensuring consistency, compliance, traceability, and efficient execution of all sample-related activities.
• Owns and maintains the PSB RASIC model, ensuring clear accountability and interfaces between Product Development, Application Engineering, Sustaining Engineering, Process Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations.
• Ensures all sample manufacturing, importing, exporting, and compliance activities are reviewed, coordinated, and executed through the PSB organization.
• Acts as the primary escalation point for sample movement, scale-up readiness, industrialization issues, and transition-to-production decisions.

Key skills that will help you succeed in this role:

Essential

• Degree in Engineering, Technical, or Business discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Significant experience in technical/manufacturing environments with a proven track record of leading transformation initiatives.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams in complex, fast-paced environments with a strong focus on people development.
• Strong customer and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) management within manufacturing.
• Demonstrated capability in building a strong culture of personal accountability.
• A strong working knowledge of manufacturing concepts and principles

Desirable

• Experience implementing Quality Management Systems (QMS).
• Strong financial acumen with P&L and cost management experience.

Even if you only match some of the skills, we’d love to hear from you to discuss further!

What we offer:

We make sure salaries are fair, competitive and aligned to individual roles, experience and responsibilities. We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical and other benefits that support our employees’ financial and physical wellbeing, such as:

• Competitive salary and annual performance-based rewards.
• Comprehensive medical, life and wellbeing benefits.
• Opportunities for learning, leadership development and career progression.
• A collaborative, inclusive and innovation-driven work environment.

Ready to make a meaningful impact on your career and the environment? Join us and help shape a sustainable future while advancing your career!

At JM, inclusivity is central to our values. We create an environment where everyone can thrive, embracing diverse perspectives to tackle challenges and ensure all colleagues feel valued and connected.

For any queries or accessibility requirements, please contact [email protected]. We will work with you to make suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are confidential, and your feedback is welcome to help us provide an accessible and positive recruitment experience.

Closing date for applications: This job advertisement will be posted for a minimum of 2 weeks; early application is advised.

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