Funeral Production Manager

Central England Coop; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Central England Coop seeks a Funeral Production Manager to oversee operations at their coffin factory and masonry production. The role involves ensuring high standards, managing teams, driving community initiatives, and fostering an inclusive workplace culture. Join a co-operative society where every colleague is a member and contributes to community enhancement.

Benefits

Retail discounts

Holiday buy

Colleague recognition

Enhanced family friendly policies

Colleague Dividend

Paid time for volunteering

Give as you earn

Healthcare Cashplan

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Personalised learning and development

Wellbeing resources

iTrent Financial Wellbeing

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in a production environment required.
• Confident communicator with stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Knowledge of health, safety, environmental and industry regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee coffin factory and masonry production operations.
• Manage budgets and drive strategic initiatives.
• Develop relationships with funeral field teams to enhance sales.

Skills

Lean Production Methods

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Compliance Knowledge

Job description

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What will you be doing?

As our Funeral Production Manager, you'll be overseeing our coffin factory and masonry production and administration businesses.

Through this role you will help to ensure efficiency, quality control, compliance and strategic growth whilst managing budgets and leading the teams.

You'll be helping to ensure that high quality craftmanship is delivered throughout our coffin and masonry production, and within agreed timeframes.

In this varied role, you'll have a wide range of responsibilities including:

• Collaborating with funeral field teams to develop relationships and drive sales
• Manage budgets
• Implement lean production methods and continuous improvement initiatives- streamlining operations and maximising efficiency
• Build effective working relations with internal and external stakeholders as well as 3rd parties
• Attend meetings where required
• Ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental and industry regulations
• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders and the Senior Operations team to drive strategic initiatives.
• Provide mentorship and career development opportunities - encouraging colleague growth and retention.

In addition, you'll help drive community activity and build connections in your local community- encouraging your teams to support community events.

We want all colleagues to feel welcome and included as we know our colleagues are at the heart of what we do. You'll help play a pivotal role in this by leading and fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels welcome. You'll help create a workplace culture built on support, training and engagement.

Please note this is a dual site management role (Masonry in Shepshed, Leicestershire and our Coffin Factory in Mansfield). Whilst you'll have a primary base at one site, you'll need to balance your time across both. Access to a pool car can be provided for travel to and from both sites.

How will I know if I am right for this role?

This role would suit someone who is driven and passionate about delivering results. Ideally you will have experience in a production environment and be skilled in supporting, leading and developing teams.

Ideally you will have a strong knowledge of lean production methods and be experienced in developing continuous improvement initiatives.

You'll be a confident communicator and comfortable in working with stakeholders both internally and externally.

You'll be able to demonstrate your knowledge of health, safety, environmental and industry regulations.

What is in it for me?

In addition to our competitive salaries, our colleagues also benefit from:

• Retail discounts- our hub offers colleagues access to hundreds of exclusive retail discounts, savings on days out and holiday discounts.
• Holiday buy- colleagues can buy up to a week extra of annual leave each year
• Colleague recognition- we celebrate our colleague's achievements both personally and professionally
• Enhanced family friendly policies- to help you feel fully supported during any significant life events.
• Colleague Dividend- We pay a share of our profits to eligible colleagues as a thank you for their contribution to our success.
• Paid time for volunteering- we encourage our colleagues to spend three days per year taking part in volunteering, fully paid for by us.
• Give as you earn- helping you support charities which mean something to you.
• Healthcare Cashplan- your wellbeing is important, so you've got the opportunity to contribute into a voluntary plan that helps pay towards a range of healthcare expenses.
• Company Pension- you can access a company pension scheme with us as well as access to Pension wellbeing information.
• Life Assurance- after an initial qualifying period, you'll get free life assurance cover, that pays your nominated beneficiary if you die while you're working for us.
• Personalised learning and development- with easy access to a wide range of training programmes
• We've got you - our new colleague wellbeing campaign, making wellbeing benefits and resources accessible and relevant to the role that you do.
• iTrent Financial Wellbeing (Wagestream)- offers something for all our colleagues, whether you want to track your finances, save some money, or access up to 50% of your earned pay flexibly in a way that suits you.
• Workflex- all of our flexible working options in one place, including our 4 day working week / 9 day fortnight and hybrid working options.

To find out more about all of these plus many more reasons to join us at Central Co-op, please visit Rewards and benefits - Central Coop (careers.coop)

Everyone is welcome here We're happy to make reasonable adjustments so that all our candidates can show us how they'll perform their role. There is a section in the application form where you can provide any additional information. Please use this section to include any reasonable adjustments you need, and we'll do our best to support you through our recruitment process

Who are we?

We're Central Co-op, a Member-owned and Member-led co-operative Society.

And with us, you're not just a colleague, you're a Member. You'll own a share of the business.

You'll be able to make a positive impact in your community, joining us in our mission to create a sustainable Society, and working alongside a team of passionate people who'll help you grow. To find out more about working for us, visit our website www.careers.coop