Finishing Manager

Coats is a world leader in thread manufacturing and structural components for apparel and footwear, as well as an innovative pioneer in performance materials. These critical solutions are used to create a wide range of products, including ones that provide safety and protection for people, data and the environment.

Trusted by the world's leading companies to deliver crucial, innovative, and sustainable solutions, we provide value-adding products including apparel, footwear and specialty threads.

With a proud heritage dating back more than 250 years and a spirit of evolution to constantly stay ahead of changing market needs, we have operations across some 50 countries with a workforce of over 17,000, serving our customers worldwide.

Headquarter in the UK, Coats* connects talent, textiles, and technology, to make a better and more sustainable world.

For more info, visit our website: www.coats.com

*Coats is named one of the World's Best Workplaces. This prestigious recognition is awarded annually by Fortune and Great Place To Work to the top 25 companies that are committed to fostering exceptional workplace cultures.

https://coats.com/en/news/2023/11/worlds-best-workplaces

Role Purpose:

To manage the continuous improvement activities in finishing department to realize best practices and to provide high quality products and services.

To build up a high performing team to deliver the finishing objectives, including safety, service, sustainability, quality and cost control.

Key Responsibilities:

Safety & Housekeeping

Create a proactive Health & Safety culture to ensure our people come to work and return home safely by:

• Ensure the company Health & Safety policy is fully implemented within own area of responsibility.
• Foster a proactive Health & Safety culture by raising employee awareness and proactively searching and fixing potential hazards.
• Demonstrate a visible leadership by walking the floor, communicating Health & Safety best practices and leading by example.
• Be responsible for Health & Safety of the team and embrace journey to zero initiatives.

Quality

Increase customer satisfaction by delivering high quality products through:

• Ensure that all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs) are up to date and well trained to all relevant operators.
• Ensure all SOPs and WIs are followed properly through routine quality awareness enhancement and monitoring.
• Carry out root cause analysis along with actions to reduce both internal and external quality complaints.

Productivity and Service

Drive continuous improvement culture to deliver the productivity and service objectives by:

• Use IE standards for manning enough headcounts to meet monthly output plan while minimizing working hours.
• Ensure winding machine speeds are optimized to deliver as high output as possible with minimum breakdown.
• Through process optimization, WIP and FIFO management to reduce the Manufacturing Lead-times.
• Daily monitor and improve delivery performance in order to minimize delayed orders.

Sustainability

Pioneer a sustainable future by:

• Proactively generate new ideas to reduce total wastes, energy and water consumptions in order to deliver our sustainability goals.
• Minimize non thread wastes including lubricant, MUM, plastics and cleaning cloths by encouraging reusing, reducing and recycle.
• Deliver thread waste target by reducing over-make and coordinating with dyehouse to ensure good quality thread and with engineering to minimize broken spindles.

People management

Create a high performing team capable of contributing to continuous improvements and succession planning through:

• Set up and communicate SMART objectives to subordinates.
• Timely feedback, monitor and evaluate performance of subordinates to improve working morale.
• Carry out skill gap analysis for key subordinates and then create and implement appropriate individual development plans (IDP).
• Ensure internal labour regulations are understood by all subordinates and followed properly.

Qualifications and Experience:

Knowledge and Understanding of:

• Growth mindset
• Project Management

Experience:

• College graduate or above and/or minimum 3 years management/ supervisory experience in manufacturing
• Exposure to change management processes

Skills & Ability:

• Good people management
• Good planning and organizing
• Communication effectiveness
• Problem solving techniques
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office tools
• Communicate fluently in English

At Coats Group, we are committed to innovation, excellence, and fostering a diverse and collaborative environment where every team member can thrive. If you are passionate about making an impact in the footwear industry and eager to join a global leader with a rich heritage and a forward-thinking approach, we invite you to take the next step in your career with us.

Apply now to be part of our dynamic team and help shape the future of textiles.