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Production Manager

Location: Caerphilly

Job Reference: 23915/611

Salary: £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 minimizing waste. Ensure that all the above are done as cost-effectively as possible using a range of Modern Lean Manufacturing techniques.
2. Understand the next day, and coming week's and months' requirements in terms of production, resources, skills, and materials.
3. Communicate and take action as appropriate to all KPI's: Labour costs, including yield, wastage, customer service, plan completion, quality reports, absence, and all other associated KPI's.
4. Ensure all team members are suitably trained, understand their objectives, meet the required standards, are reliable and punctual, and are motivated in their roles.
5. Ensure all employees are trained and signed off on all relevant tasks. Liaise with the training department to ensure training records are up to date and training plans are in place for individuals as required.
6. For each key role, ensure you have suitably trained deputies to cover any case of absence (planned or unplanned).
7. Have responsibility for performance, conduct, attendance, timekeeping, investigations, suspending (if required), and disciplinary matters for all employees under your control.
8. Liaise with your Head of Operations on any recruitment issues.
9. Work with the New Product Development team and the technical team to successfully carry out production trials and launch new products.
10. Liaise with all other departments as appropriate to find solutions to problems.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Experience and competency in a production environment, preferably from a food manufacturing background.
• Good communicator with the ability to influence and develop the team.
• Computer literate, including basic use of the company's business software packages.
• Understanding of practical application of production, technical, HR, and safety processes and procedures including working practices pertaining to the site.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement techniques.
• 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'.