Production Manager

MET Recruitment UK LTD; Stafford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Production Manager

Permanent

Full Time

Tamworth

£45,000 - £50,000 per Anum (DOE)

What’s in it for you?

• Monday - Thursday 6am - 4:30pm
• Fridays 6am - 2:30pm
• Onsite Parking
• 24 days holiday per year plus 8 Bank Holidays

The roles and responsibilities of the Production Manager:

• Promotes and manages a health and safety culture across site.
• Ensuring all activities on site comply with H&S regulations and guidelines.
• Ensure all company policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Ensure all products produced on and leaving site meet the agreed quality standards.
• Ensure site is running at maximum efficiency and fully achieving production plans.
• Ensure the site is running in line with budget requirements and targets.
• Work with all departments across the business to instill and develop a continuous improvement ethic that focuses on driving down cost and improving quality.
• Maintain a high level of employee motivation by working closely with all employees to develop a highly communicative team where employees are made fully aware of business performance and activities. Also ensure any issues or problems, either personal or work-related, are supported and resolved.
• Lead and champion projects that deliver improvements to site performance and employee engagement.
• Create and present reports detailing site performance to all team members across all levels of the business structure.
• Lead and champion Root Cause Analysis projects to ensure any quality issues are resolved with a permanent fix put in place.
• Drive KPIs into production using them to identify and improve production trends.
• Ensure material stocks are managed and used effectively.

Qualifications and Education Requirements of the Production Manager:

• Proven experience as Leader/Manager or relevant role leading a team focused on manual processes.
• Familiarity with company policies, legal guidelines, and Health & Safety regulations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good knowledge of IT systems.
• Strong background in Lean and continuous improvement.
• Proven experience of driving through successful improvement and change management projects.
• Proven experience of root cause analysis and putting permanent fixes in place.
• Ability to interpret and understand KPIs and data.

What happens after you apply for this role?

Applications will be reviewed within 3 working days; however, as we are receiving high levels of applications, if you have not been contacted after 5 days of sending your CV, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. If successful, you will be contacted by a consultant to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.