Operations - Front Line Manager (Night Shift) in Salisbury

This is what you’ll actually do! As a Front Line Manager, you'll be responsible for the daily leadership and operational performance of your designated production area, ensuring your team consistently delivers against agreed safety, quality, service, and efficiency targets. You'll take ownership of production performance throughout your shift, monitoring key performance indicators including output, labour efficiency, waste, downtime, and adherence to production schedules. Through effective planning, problem-solving and the use of performance management processes, you'll identify opportunities for improvement and take proactive action to address challenges as they arise. People leadership will be central to your role. You'll lead, coach, and motivate your team, setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, and supporting individuals to achieve their full potential. You'll be responsible for managing attendance, performance, and conduct, while ensuring that team members are treated fairly and consistently. You'll also identify training needs, maintain skills matrices, and support the development of individuals to build a capable, flexible, and high-performing team. You'll champion a strong health and safety culture, ensuring that safe working practices, procedures and standards are consistently followed. You'll take responsibility for maintaining high standards of housekeeping, identifying, and addressing potential risks, and supporting investigations and corrective actions where required. Quality and food safety will be equally important. You'll ensure that all production activities comply with company procedures, customer specifications and food safety requirements, including HACCP and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Working closely with Technical and other operational colleagues, you'll proactively address quality concerns and support a right-first-time approach to manufacturing. Effective communication and collaboration will be essential to your success. You'll lead regular team briefings, provide clear direction on operational priorities, and ensure effective handovers between shifts. You'll work closely with colleagues across Operations, Engineering, Technical and other functions to resolve challenges, improve processes and deliver shared objectives. You'll also play an active role in driving continuous improvement across your area, encouraging your team to identify opportunities, challenge existing ways of working constructively and contribute to improvements in safety, quality, efficiency, and overall performance. Your success will be measured not only by the operational results you achieve, but also by your ability to build an engaged, capable, and accountable team that consistently delivers high standards. Ideally this is you! Previous experience leading and managing teams within a fast-paced manufacturing or FMCG environment. A sound understanding of manufacturing processes, operational performance, and production efficiency. Strong people leadership skills, with the ability to engage, motivate, coach, and develop individuals. Experience managing team performance, attendance and day-to-day people matters. A good understanding of health and safety, quality and GMP standards within a manufacturing environment. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues, make decisions and implement effective solutions. Commercial awareness, with an understanding of labour efficiency, waste reduction and cost control. Confident communication skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships across teams and departments. Good organisational and IT skills, including the ability to maintain accurate records, analyse information and report on performance. A proactive, flexible, and hands-on approach, with the confidence to take ownership and accountability for results. Previous experience within food manufacturing and a relevant leadership qualification, such as ILM Level 2 or equivalent, would be advantageous.