Factory Shift Manager

Virani Food Products Limited; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Virani Food Products Limited is seeking a Factory Shift Manager to lead production on designated shifts, ensuring safe, efficient manufacturing that meets daily and weekly plans. You will own production performance, people leadership and continuous improvement across the site.

You will oversee the Production plan and co-ordinate with the Warehouse lead to deliver across KPIs, while upholding housekeeping and food safety standards and maintaining professionalism and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Proven management experience within manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing and developing production teams.
• Good understanding of HSE regulations.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent organisational skills and prioritisation.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Utmost professionalism and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Regularly review and report production KPIs (productivity, throughput, plan adherence, labour efficiency, waste, health & safety, food safety non-conformances).
• Manage on‑shift production teams, including recruitment support, training, performance reviews, rotas and holidays.
• Support Annual Stock Take across both sites.
• Regularly review processes to update procedures after risk assessment.
• Promote and improve Health & Safety standards across production and warehouse.

Skills

HSE regulations

Manufacturing management

Production team leadership

Organisational skills

IT skills (Excel/Outlook)

Professionalism & confidentiality

Written and verbal communication

Work under pressure

Job description

To lead and oversee all production operations on designated shifts, ensuring safe, efficient, high-quality and cost-effective manufacturing that meets daily and weekly plans. The Factory Shift Manager will own production-specific performance, people leadership and continuous improvement, while sharing overall site operational responsibilities with the Warehouse lead to collectively deliver across all expectations.

• Ensure the Production plan, inbound and outbound Schedule (XPO Calendar) is populated correctly and that the plan is realistic and achievable.
• Ensure operators are not using mobile phones on the shop floor at any time.
• Ensure operators do not leave the shop floor early, all personnel must remain in the factory until at least 10 minutes before the end of their scheduled shift.
• Embed high standards of housekeeping across production areas, including “Clean as You Go” practices at all times.
• Ensure no shoes are left on the floor in the changing rooms.
• Ensure there are no open bags of products in the production or warehouse areas, and all products must have a bag label.
• During and checks, paperwork must be completed live as the checks are conducted, and accurately.

Management Responsibility

• Agree, review and report regularly against production KPIs (productivity, throughput, plan adherence, labour efficiency, waste, health & safety performance, food safety non-conformances).
• Manage the production teams on shift, including recruitment support, training, performance reviews, rotas, holiday planning, grievance and disciplinary procedures (with referral to HR).

Operational Responsibilities (includes but not limited to)

• Support and lead with other stakeholders the Annual Stock Take across both sites
• Regular review of processes to enhance procedure update or write a new procedure following adequate risk assessment.
• Support with training of your team both direct and indirect reports and update their training matrix.
• Promote and improve Health & Safety standards across production, warehouse and related operational areas.

Skills

• Good understanding of HSE regulations
• Proven management experience within manufacturing environment
• Experience managing and developing production teams
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise
• Good IT skills mainly (Excel, Word & Outlook e-mails
• Utmost professionalism and confidentiality at all times
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Enthusiasm, self-confidence and self-motivated
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines