The Company

Our client is a well-established food manufacturing company. They are now looking to recruit an experienced Production Manager to work on a permanent day shift.

The Role

* Reporting to the Site Manager, you will lead your team to successfully deliver your KPI's and drive business performance.

* Take full responsibility for the day to day running of a department on shift, ensuring the Health and Safety of all colleagues whilst maintaining and making improvements in all areas.

* Coach, develop and lead staff and establish a continuous improvement culture.

* Monitor and communicate the site plan, performance KPI's and targets ensuring that all colleagues are striving to achieve the same goal.

* Will be working day shift.

* Control levels and accuracy of waste and waste recording including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and potential efficiency; accuracy and waste recording; downtime; product weights; staff efficiency.

* Continuously identify ways to reduce costs and improve standards and efficiency in all areas.

* Attend daily review meetings to ensure fully on target to deliver.

The Person

* You will have experience in a similar role.

* Previous food manufacturing experience is essential.

* Management experience gained in a fast-paced production environment dealing with large teams.

* Proven experience in a people management role with the ability to deliver strong results through a team.

* Demonstrated ability to problem solve and report information/findings, develop recommendations, and implement process changes in order to improve operational performance.

* Strong leadership and coaching skills in order to engage motivate and develop large teams with varying skill sets.

The Benefits

* Attractive base salary with plenty of OT opportunity.

* Working for a forward-thinking growing business.

* Good company T’s and C’s