## RANKED SHORTLIST | Ref | Score | Headline | |---|---|---| | CAND-03 | 8/10 | Kaizen programme delivering 11% throughput gain, 22 operators, three rotating shifts | | CAND-01 | 6/10 | Scrap cut from 6.2% to 3.4% over 18 months | | CAND-02 | 3/10 | Food safety level 3; packing line responsibility, no team size stated | ## CANDIDATE DETAIL ### CAND-03 - 8/10 **Strengths** - NEBOSH General Certificate held, satisfying the stated health and safety certification requirement - Ran three rotating shifts with 22 operators at Brantwood Metals, 2016-2025 - Led kaizen programme delivering an 11% throughput gain **Gap:** No ERP or SAP use evidenced, and no ISO 9001 stated. **Interview question:** Which ERP or quality management system did you work with at Brantwood Metals, over what period, and what were you accountable for producing in it? ### CAND-01 - 6/10 **Strengths** - IOSH Managing Safely 2020, satisfying the stated health and safety certification requirement - Managed a 14-person shift team across two extrusion lines, 2019-2024 - SAP PP daily user; scrap reduced from 6.2% to 3.4% in 18 months **Gap:** No lean methodology named; improvement work not tied to a stated method. **Interview question:** On the scrap reduction at Delta Plastics, which specific lean tools did you apply, over what timeframe, and across how many lines or people? ### CAND-02 - 3/10 **Strengths** - Food safety level 3 certification stated - Responsible for a packing line at Norvale Foods, 2021-2025 - NONE EVIDENCED **Gap:** No shift team size, no lean methodology, no production KPIs evidenced. **Interview question:** In your most recent role at Norvale Foods, how many operators reported to you on a shift, over what period, and which production metrics were you accountable for? ## SCREENING NOTES - **Weighting applied:** CERTIFICATIONS - **Not assessable:** None; all three applications were readable and assessed. - **Unevidenced across the batch:** Lean methodology not evidenced by CAND-01 or CAND-02; 5+ years manufacturing and shift teams of 10 or more not evidenced by CAND-02. - **Role profile ambiguities:** "Valid health and safety certification" is not specified by scheme or level; IOSH Managing Safely and NEBOSH General Certificate were treated as meeting it, food safety level 3 was not, as it names food safety rather than health and safety. "Reading production KPIs" was treated as met where a named production metric was reported and tracked. Currency of certification is not stated by any application; validity was not verified. CAND-01's 2019-2024 span was read as five years and no earlier manufacturing experience is stated.