Job Title: Production Manager
Location: Kettering, site based
Salary: circa £50,000 per annum
Shift: 40 per week Monday – Friday. Day shift
Job Type: Full Time – Permanent
The role of Production Manager for this SME manufacturer will require the successful applicant to take a hands-on approach to leading, supervising, and developing the production team to drive productivity and deliver on key areas for improvement.
Key Accountabilities:
- Lead and develop the production team to achieve an engaged and performance-focused workforce whilst maintaining a positive environment.
- Drive site-wide productivity improvement by effective production supervision, use of manpower, and material usage.
- Take fast and effective action to deliver on key areas for improvement.
- Report daily and weekly KPI’s offering a detailed account of variances to the production plan and making recommendations for improvement.
- Input into production planning.
- Assess current operational processes and make proposals on how to deliver improvements.
- Drive efficiency through automation and better manpower utilisation.
- Promote teamwork amongst reports and help to contribute to a positive company culture.
- Work with Senior Management Team (SMT) to deliver short, medium, and long-term operational strategy.
- Overall responsibility for the quality of goods produced.
- Create and deliver a training plan to multi-skill production operatives to ensure continuity of production and support succession planning.
- Liaise with recruitment agencies as required to obtain and manage temporary labour.
- Ensure delivery and recording of a comprehensive training programme for machine minders and production operatives.
- Conduct appraisals, performance reviews, 121’s, and disciplinary meetings as required with all reports.
- Enforce a high standard of housekeeping within the warehouse, yard, and production areas at all times.
- Offer solutions to help meet waste reduction targets and reduce environmental impact.
- Frequent quality control spot-checks during production.
- Ensure compliance by workers to all company policies and procedures, with a particular focus on Healthy and Safety and Quality Control.
- Encourage and enforce high operational standards across the whole production outfit.
- Suggest improvements to quality control measures and assist with completing non-conformance reports and/or process improvement reports when required.
- Assist with ensuring compliance to accreditations.
- Lead by example and be a ‘Champion’ for the company values.
- Action any other reasonable request as made by a superior.
Ideal candidate:
- Demonstrable management experience is essential
- A self-starter with a record of developing high-performing teams and positive cultures.
- Proven experience in leading within a manufacturing, fulfilment, logistics (or similar) environment where there is a focus on productivity and output.
- A champion for Health and Safety best-practices, driving compliance and accountability by all staff members.
- Exceptional organisational and time management skills with the ability to effectively prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
- Flexible and adaptable – able to work with ambiguity and changing priorities.
- Problem solving ability – resourceful and capable of finding solutions to challenges independently.
- Calm under pressure and able to handle unexpected or urgent matters effectively.
- Commercially astute.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Computer literary with competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel
Benefits
- Monday – Friday, day shift
- Personal learning and development budget
- Annual bonus scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Off street parking
Additional Information:
You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this vacancy. Recruitment agencies need not apply.
Important – Please include your notice period and salary expectations as part of your application.
The Company is committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination or harassment. We expect every member of the company to do their part to cultivate and maintain an environment where everyone has the opportunity to feel included and respected.
Decisions related to hiring are made fairly and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees. We take responsibility for always striving to create an inclusive environment that makes every employee and candidate feel welcome.
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of: warehouse manager, Production Manager, Warehouse Supervisor, Shift Production Supervisor, Warehouse Manager, Production Supervisor, Operations, Operations Supervisor, Warehouse Operations, Operations Manager may also be considered for this role.
