Type of Position: Finishing Room Operative
Country: UK
City: Northampton
Craft: Shoe Production
Company: JL & Co Ltd
Reporting: Bottom Floor Supervisor
Hours: 39 hours per week
7.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday, 7.30am to 12.30pm Friday
Holidays: 32 Set Factory holidays in-line with Product teams.

About John Lobb
For more than 150 years, John Lobb has maintained its founder's unique expertise in the design and manufacture of men's shoes.

Custom-made shoes are still made by hand by the craftsmen of the Parisian workshop located on rue de Mogador, while the ready-to-wear collections are produced in the Northampton factory in England.

In addition to its production activities, the brand has a distribution network of some twenty directly operated shops in eight countries, as well as a highly selective network of authorised dealers.

A subsidiary of the Hermès group since 1976, John Lobb has over two hundred employees worldwide.

General Mission:

Work as part of a team and on an individual basis working to obtain the daily/weekly targets ensuring quality is at the highest standard.

Ability to be trained on machines/production processes throughout the production area including when applicable cross departmental.

Able to prioritise the work to meet production needs.

Be prepared to flex daily workload if required to take account of exceptional events, such as urgent tickets, machine break-downs, lack of materials, etc. and communicate to relevant Team Leader / Supervisor.

Liaise with the Team Leader and/or Supervisor to address specific quality or production problems.

Ensure departmental machinery and equipment is in good working order and any problems are reported to the Team Leader and/or Supervisor.

Ability to train others once fully trained.

Qualities and Skills

Previous experience in the shoe industry (or similar) an advantage.
Exceptional attention to detail.
Self-motivation and able to work in a small team.
Good spoken and written communication skills
A responsible and conscientious attitude.
Calmness under pressure.
Decision-making skills.
Accuracy in recording data.
The ability to respect confidential company or personal information.A creator, artisan and seller of high-quality objects since 1837, Hermès is an independent, family-owned French house that employs nearly 20, 000 people worldwide. Driven by its permanent entrepreneurial spirit and consistently high standards, Hermès cultivates the freedom and autonomy of each individual through responsible management. The company perpetuates the transmission of exceptional know-how through strong territorial anchoring that respects people and resources. Sixteen artisanal métiers feed the creativity of the house, whose collections are presented in over 300 stores around the world.