Group Production Manager

Prodigi Group; Alton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Flexible working

Job summary

Prodigi Group seeks a senior production leader to oversee operations across four sites in three countries, including the UK, Netherlands and USA. You will drive performance, implement lean improvements and partner with site leadership to scale manufacturing as demand grows.

The role emphasizes strong planning, people development and cross-functional collaboration to deliver quality and efficiency at pace.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior production/operations management across multiple sites.
• Proven track record of improving production metrics and efficiency.
• Hands-on Lean or continuous improvement background with practical results.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day production across sites to meet quality, cost and service targets.
• Own production performance across all four sites and hold leaders to account.
• Build and develop site leadership and production teams, including recruitment and training.
• Set and track KPIs (labour efficiency, OEE) and use data to drive decisions.
• Lead Lean initiatives (Kanban, SMED, 5 Whys, JIT) to raise productivity.
• Standardise processes and best practices across sites where sensible.
• Work with Supply Chain, Customer Service, Engineering and platform teams to keep orders moving.
• Maintain high standards of health, safety, quality and compliance.

Skills

Multi-site leadership

Lean / continuous improvement

Data-driven decision making

People management

Supply chain collaboration

Production planning

Job description

The role

This is the senior production role in the group, working alongside our Group Operations Director and deputising across the full manufacturing estate.

You will lead production directly across our two Hampshire sites: Alton, where we produce wall art and print products, and Basingstoke, where we manufacture frame rims for the picture framing trade. You will also take responsibility for production performance at our Venlo facility in the Netherlands (framed pictures, canvas, acrylic and magnets) and our Charlotte facility in North Carolina, working through local site leadership and helping to strengthen it.

The work combines high order complexity with relatively simple manufacturing processes. Getting planning, people, process and performance right, consistently, across four sites in three countries is the job. As the business grows, there is also scope to play a leading role in extending our manufacturing footprint, including potential new facilities in North America and beyond.

What you will do

• Run day-to-day production wherever you are most needed, delivering on quality, cost and service levels

• Own production performance across all four sites, setting standards, holding site leads to account and stepping in directly when needed

• Build and develop site leadership and production teams, including recruitment, training, performance management and workforce planning

• Set and track production KPIs, including labour efficiency and OEE, and use the data to drive decisions

• Lead Lean and continuous improvement work (Kanban, SMED, 5 Whys, JIT) to raise productivity, cut waste and grow capacity as volumes increase

• Standardise processes and best practice across sites wherever it makes sense

• Work closely with Supply Chain, Customer Service, Engineering and our platform teams to keep orders moving end to end

• Maintain high standards of health and safety, quality and compliance at every site

• Deputise for the Group Operations Director and take on wider operational responsibility over time

What you will bring

• Significant experience as a Production, Manufacturing, Operations or Site Manager, with a record of measurable operational improvement

• Experience managing multi-site operations, ideally across more than one country

• Hands‑on Lean or continuous improvement experience, not just familiarity with the terms

• Confidence leading managers as well as frontline teams, and holding people to account

• A data‑driven, commercially aware approach to labour cost, output and quality

• Comfort with high‑mix, short‑run production and complex order flows

• Willingness to travel regularly to the Netherlands and the USA

Experience in print, print on demand, picture framing, wall art or decor manufacturing is a strong advantage but not essential.

Why join

You will have real authority over how a growing international manufacturing operation develops, and a clear route to broader operational leadership. We offer 25 days' holiday, flexible working where the role allows, and an informal, results-focused culture.

About Us

Prodigi is a global print‑on‑demand platform. Businesses of every size, from independent creators to some of the world's best‑known brands, use our technology to sell printed products and have them made and shipped anywhere in the world. We work with more than 100 production labs worldwide, but 85% of orders are made in our four in‑house facilities in the UK, the Netherlands and the USA. Founded in 2014, we were ranked 14th on the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list of the UK's fastest growing companies.

We are a software‑led manufacturing business. Orders arrive through our platform and are routed, produced and shipped at volume, typically as single units, which makes for a production environment unlike traditional manufacturing.