Production Manager (Nights) - Caerphilly

Production Manager (Nights) - Caerphilly

Production manager Caerphilly 23915/611 £45,000

An exciting opportunity to join a successful award-winning market leader, who has supplied high-quality products in the UK market space for decades.

Salary & Benefits:
A starting salary of up to £45,000
Company Pension
Up to 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Free on-site car parking
Excellent training and development

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Manufacture all products according to plan, specification and quality whilst minimising waste. Ensuring that all the above are done as cost-effectively as possible using a range of modern lean manufacturing techniques.
2. Have an understanding of the next day, and coming week’s and month’s requirements in terms of production, resources, skills, and materials.
3. Communicate and take action as appropriate to all KPIs: Labour costs, including yield, wastage, customer service, plan completion, quality reports, absence, and all other associated KPIs.
4. Ensure all team members are suitably trained; understand their objectives, the standards required, are reliable and punctual in their attendance, and are motivated to the job.
5. Ensure all employees are trained and signed off on all relevant tasks.
6. Liaise with the training department to ensure training records are up to date and training plans are in place for individuals as required.
7. For each and every key role ensure you have suitably trained deputy (minimum) or deputies to cover any case of absence (planned or unplanned).
8. Have responsibility for performance, conduct, attendance, and timekeeping, investigations, suspending (if required) and disciplinary (up to dismissal level with HR support) matters for all employees under your control.
9. Liaise with your Head of Operations on any recruitment issues.
10. Work with the New Product Development team and the technical team to successfully carry out production trials and launch new products.
11. Liaise with all other departments as appropriate to find solutions to problems.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

1. Experience and competency in a production environment, preferably from a food manufacturing background.
2. Good communicator with the ability to influence and develop the team.
3. Computer literate including basic use of the company’s business software packages.
4. Understanding of practical application of Production, technical, HR and safety processes and procedures including working practices pertaining to the site.
5. Knowledge of continuous improvement techniques.
6. Basic understanding of engineering principles.

If you would like more information, please contact Kieran Russell. If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job Tenure: Permanent
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum
Location: Caerphilly