Production Manager

Job Description:

W Talent Manufacturing is supporting a leading manufacturing company based in Leicestershire who are now looking to recruit a highly talented, Shift Production Manager to drive manufacturing and OTIF improvements across the site. My client is dedicated to delivering a high-quality service to customers worldwide and have recently gone through a strong growth period over the past 2 years.

Key Responsibilities:

· You will be accountable for shift performance, including KPI deliverables covering safety, quality, productivity, and cost.

· Managing the Production department and safely achieving the plant operational targets within budget.

· Developing and maintaining engaged Production Teams, to ensure the people, process, and plant are continuously improving and optimized.

· Input to the Site Operational strategy to ensure optimisation of the people, plant, and processes.

· Freedom to act within the role's responsibilities and budgets and set communication principles, as agreed with the Operations Manager.

· Drive a culture of Health and Safety, ensuring that all accidents are adequately investigated.

· Manage and enable all Risk Assessments and Standard Operating Instructions to be reviewed and updated as per the agreed review timescale, or when a change is required.

· Develop and communicate the manufacturing plan to the team.

· Define clear metrics for each manufacturing area and ensure all Production Team Leaders drive improvement in those metrics through regular review and agreement of key actions.

· Create ownership within each production department with the goal of each area being self-managed (people management, planning, and continuous improvement) by the team leaders.

· Drive standards on the shopfloor through regular review and target setting to achieve the objectives and results required.

· Work with the Process Engineering Manager and the Quality and Development Manager to optimise formulations and support technical and aesthetic developments.

· Empower, engage, manage, organise, and develop the department Team leaders and their team members, in a safe working environment with optimal working conditions.

Key Requirements:

To apply for the Shift Production Manager position based in Leicester, you will ideally have 5+ years of managerial or supervisory experience with the ability and desire to work 6am - 2pm Monday to Friday. Other requirements include;

· Strong leadership skills and focused on training & development of production employees.

· Technical Competence and understanding of Production Machinery would be an advantage.

· Ability to work in a manufacturing industry and the pressures associated with high-volume manufacturing.

· Excellent people manager with change management experience, ideally from a unionised environment.

· Excellent planning and organisational skills, including data analysis.

· Cable of allowing and empowering teams to create their scope and direction.

· Able to manage, direct, engage, and drive a diverse group often with conflicting interests to achieve a common goal.

What's on Offer:

· Monday to Friday, 6am - 2pm.

· Salary up to £45k DOE

· 33 days holiday

· Enhanced company pension

· Employee Assistance programme

· Private medical

· Life assurance