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Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Programme

Available Options: On Campus
Commencing: Thursday 1st September 2022
Duration: 5 months
Fees: £4,995 (VAT is non-applicable)
Funding: Fully funded places are available for eligible NI residents through the Bright Minds campaign

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Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Programme

  • Bright Minds Build Bright Futures - Fully funded places available

    As part of SKILL UP, this programme is supported by the flexible skills fund supported by the Department for the Economy. The course has been designed to provide additional upskilling and reskilling opportunities, focused on supporting individuals to engage in learning and improve the skills profile of our manufacturing industry. Through the Queen’s University Bright Minds initiative there are a limited number of fully funded places available on the programme for the September 2022 intake.

    Who Can Apply?

    Applicants must meet the entry criteria for the course and be:

    • over 18 years of age
    • eligible to work in Northern Ireland
    • settled in Northern Ireland, and has been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least three years; or
    • is a person who has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK

    Please note the deadline for applications on this programme is the 28th July 2022.

The Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Programme is designed to develop the critical skills, practical management and leadership competencies of manufacturing sector supervisors working on the production front line.
This programme is developed in partnership with experts from the Centre for Competitiveness, CforC. As a Queen’s University not-for-profit body, CforC are committed to developing innovation, productivity and quality in NI organisations to support excellence, growth and boost competitiveness for a global market.
This unique programme synergises our exceptional Queen's Management School academic focus, Centre for Competiveness expertise and the William J. Clinton Leadership Institute mission to develop impactful future manufacturing leaders through our dynamic learning experience.
For manufacturers to maximise opportunities for sustainable business growth in the age of Industry 4.0, leadership must be enhanced throughout the organisation. The Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Programme builds leadership from the frontline upwards, feeding the future of the manufacturing industry through investment in its people asset base.

Key Takeaways and Benefits

This programme will help to develop your transition from frontline manager to business person, giving you the commercial understanding and technical skills to play a bigger role in your organisation. In the age of Industry 4.0, when the challenges and opportunities are too great for top-down direction alone, we will give you the know-how to help deliver digital transformation from the bottom up.

You shall gain the tools and techniques to coach people, to manage processes and to detect opportunities for continuous improvement. Discover a range of business skills to understand company strategy, the drivers of cost and value and how to have a bigger impact on customer and supplier relationships.

The Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Programme will be the first step in enhancing your current job quality. Increasing your potential to make a wider contribution to your company’s success, it offers talented, motivated individuals a pathway from supervisor to company management.

On the Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Programme you will;

  • Boost your personal management capabilities with cutting edge leadership practices and insights
  • Learn how to lead your team with confidence
  • Implement practical tools and techniques for effective manufacturing operations
  • Increase sustainability
  • Enhance labour productivity
  • Embrace digital transformation
  • Address competitive pressures of Industry 4.0
  • Apply frameworks to analyse industries, customers, and firms, using these tools to identify opportunities for value creation and innovation

Programme Overview

Participant Profile

This programme is for manufacturing sector supervisors and those aspiring to rise to mid-level management.

As a manufacturing supervisor you will have excellent knowledge of processes or operations, understand the recurring issues and are best placed to suggest improvements. Your next step is to acquire the range of skills to lead in a manufacturing environment.

Inspired by German leadership-development practices, the Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Programme boosts the capabilities of one of the most valuable assets in any manufacturing operation, its supervisors and team leaders.

Our Executive Edge

Pathway to your success
Build your skills, knowledge and confidence as a rising leader in the manufacturing industry

Drive Innovation and Transformation
Embrace digital transformation, driving innovation from the production line upwards

Shaping the future of manufacturing
Champion organizational excellence, growth and boost company competitiveness for a global market

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Coaching and Mentoring

We have a range of package options to support your Senior Executive experience with executive coaching and mentoring. Please contact us directly to discuss your requirements. Please email: Sue.Burns@qub.ac.uk

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Class Format and Dates

Class Format and Dates

This is an immersive five month programme delivered over 16 days on campus at The William J. Clinton Leadership Institute, Riddel Hall and at the Northern Ireland Technology Centre, Stranmillis. Our Clinton Leadership Institute Learning Management System will support your learning throughout with videos, podcasts and reading materials.

FEES
DATES
TIME
MODULE
DELIVERY
£4995*
*funding available
01/09/2022 12:30-13:30 Orientation Online
  05/09/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 1 - Day 1 
The Frontline Manager as a Leader
Riddel Hall
  06/09/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 1 - Day 2
The Frontline Manager as a Leader
Riddel Hall
  12/09/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 2
The Frontline Manager and their Team
Riddel Hall
  26/09/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 3 - Day 1
The Frontline Manager in the Digital Age
NITC 
  27/09/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 3 - Day 2
The Frontline Manager in the Digital Age
Riddel Hall
  03/10/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 4
The Frontline Managers Day: Planning
Riddel Hall
  17/10/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 5 - Day 1
The Frontline Managers Day: Executing
Riddel Hall
  24/10/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 5 - Day 2
The Frontline Managers Day: Executing
Riddel Hall
  07/11/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 6 - Day 1
Finance & The Frontline Manager
Riddel Hall
  08/11/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 6 - Day 2
Finance & The Frontline Manager
Riddel Hall
  21/11/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 7 - Day 1
The Frontline Managers Toolkit
NITC
  22/11/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 7 - Day 2
The Frontline Managers Toolkit
NITC
  28/11/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 7 - Day 3
The Frontline Managers Toolkit 
NITC
  05/12/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 7 - Day 4
The Frontline Managers Toolkit
Riddel Hall
  12/12/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 8 - Day 1
The Frontline Manager as a Business Person
Riddel Hall
  13/12/2022 09:00-16:30 Module 8 - Day 2 Graduation
The Frontline Manager as a Business Person
Riddel Hall
CforC
Centre For Competitiveness

Innovation Centre, Queens Road, Belfast BT3 9DT

CforC

Programme Faculty

Programme Director
Dr David Paulson

Dr David Paulson is a Professor of Practice at Queen’s Management School, teaching Resilience, Leadership and Contemporary Management on the Queen’s University MBA programme. David is committed to supporting the development of staff at all levels in all types of organisation. He features as a leadership expert on both Custom and executive development leadership programmes at the Clinton Leadership Institute.
David’s professional career has combined leadership practice with a lifelong commitment to education and learning. He has held management positions in public service, manufacturing and service organisations at home and internationally. Before coming to Queen’s, he spent thirteen years as Managing Director of SMEs in automotive-parts manufacturing and related businesses.
David is also a qualified executive coach, accredited with the Academy of Executive Coaching, and works with executives and entrepreneurs to help them realise their potential and address current challenges.


Senior Executive, CforC
William Ussher

William Ussher is a Senior Executive at the Centre for Competitiveness, Belfast, with core responsibility for supporting the development of Lean and Innovative cultures in the manufacturing sector.
He is a highly experienced leader with 20 years’ experience gained in the Automotive sector where he held senior Operations leadership roles. For the past 8 years William has supported many Manufacturing companies in implementing business and process improvement projects. He has also been involved in assessing and preparing improvement roadmaps on innovation and supply chain strategies.
He has developed several training and coaching Programmes based on the ‘learning by doing’ approach, where teams plan and implement on-site improvement projects using Lean tools in a methodical and structured way.
William is highly engaging and is focused on developing the next generation of world class manufacturing organizations through development of their people asset.


Dr Louise O'Meara
Dr Louise O'Meara

Programme Director

Enda Young
Enda Young

Programme Director

Michael Aldous
Michael Aldous

Senior Lecturer 

Julie McCandless
Julie McCandless

Professor of Practice

Danielle McConville
Danielle McConville

Senior Lecturer

Colm Higgins
Colm Higgins

Head of NITC

George Wilson
George Wilson

Senior Executive CforC

Dr Alan Blair
Dr Alan Blair

Senior Executive CforC

Paul Madden
Paul Madden

Director CforC

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Executive Courses
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  • Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Programme
  • Digital Transformation Toolbox
  • Data Analytics and Decision Making
  • Leading Digital Innovation
  • Innovation Strategy & Digital Disruption
  • Strategic Change Leadership for Digital Transformation
  • Emerging Leaders Programme
  • Senior Executive Programme
  • Negotiation and Influencing Skills
  • Mini MBA Programme
  • Legal Mini MBA Programme
  • Executive Coaching
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