Level 4 process leader apprenticeship

This apprenticeship ensures that the process leader is able to:

• Manage resources effectively to ensure the efficient running of their department in line with organisational procedures and budgets
• Manage health, safety and environment within their area of responsibility, ensuring staff are compliant with all requirements and driving improvements
• Use project management tools to plan, organise and manage resources, monitor progress, identify risks and mitigation
• Develop, build and motivate team members as manage performance and industrial relations to achieve production, quality and cost targets
• Provide clear direction and leadership to own team and others, giving open and honest feedback
• Build and maintain strong relationships across different disciplines, to ensure that the activities of functions such as HR, purchasing, planning, finance focus on core production KPIs
• Lead the communication of corporate vision and strategy to own team. Use data/information to create compelling presentations and drive management decision
• Use KPIs as the basis of the continuous improvement cycle for quality, cost and volume, using lean, operational excellence and production improvement techniques
• Undertake and manage quality resolutions as well as volume problem resolution

Level: 4 (CertHE)

Typical duration: 18 months

Max funding: £11,000