At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic production team, optimise processes, and ensure targets are met.
- Company: A large pan-European manufacturing business with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Join a culture of continuous improvement and safety in a thriving SME.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-paced production setting while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in manufacturing management and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 45000 £ per year.
We are working with a large pan-European manufacturing business which operates Monday to Friday, 24 hours a day that is actively seeking to add an experienced Production Manager to lead one of its site Production teams.
Your responsibilities will be:
- Responsible for operational management, managing daily production activities, optimising processes, and ensuring operational targets are achieved.
- Monitor production processes and workflow.
- Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures.
- Implement process improvements and identify bottlenecks.
- Monitor performance against KPI Boards.
- Encourage and maintain good standards of housekeeping of the factory.
- Cost and Performance Management against production costs, waste and resource utilisation.
- Oversee and drive continuous improvement initiatives and track output, efficiency, downtime, and spoilage rates.
- Analyse operational data to provide production reports for senior management.
- Site Quality and Compliance, ensuring products meet quality standards and customer requirements.
- Maintain compliance with HSE regulations.
- Team Leadership (30+ staff) across 24 hour production, overseeing production supervisors and operators.
- Lead, develop, coach team and share performance feedback.
- Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
To be successful, we would like you to have:
- Proven Manufacturing or Logistics management experience.
- Knowledge of the Print, Packaging or related industries would be beneficial.
- Experience managing production or manufacturing teams in a time critical and detail focused environment.
- Continuous Improvement experience and qualifications would be highly beneficial.
- Experience balancing labour, equipment, and materials to meet demand and deadlines.
- The ability to resolve operational issues quickly and make sound decisions under pressure.
- IT Literate with the ability to provide business leadership with good quality production data.
- Good planning and organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills, at all levels (written and verbal) and able to lead by example.
- Use initiative to solve problems and make decisions.
- Possess a proactive, can do attitude.
- Be flexible, reliable, and trustworthy.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Full UK Driving Licence will be required for the role.
This is a great opportunity to take an important manufacturing management role responsible for a key fast moving and time sensitive production unit in a capable SME Business Manufacturing Group.
Unfortunately, we are not able to provide sponsorship at this stage.
Production Manager employer: Talent Rockit Ltd
Join a leading manufacturing company near St Austell, where you will enjoy an exceptional work-life balance with 7 weeks of holiday each year. Our supportive work culture prioritises employee growth through ongoing training opportunities and offers competitive overtime earnings, making it an ideal environment for skilled Electromechanical Engineers looking to thrive in their careers.
