Lean Production Manager: Drive Throughput & Teams

Elevation Recruitment Group; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Business performance bonus

25 days holiday plus bank holidays, 1n

5% contributory pension, healthcare, d

Job summary

Elevation Recruitment Group are exclusively partnered with a well established engineering manufacturer in Barnsley, seeking a Production Manager to own output, people and performance across the site. This hands-on leadership role drives throughput, Lean improvement and people development to support Kanban flow and monthly capacity planning.

You will have at least 5 years in production management within manufacturing, a strong Lean toolkit, and an engineering background.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years in a Production Management role within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong practical understanding of Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques.
• Engineering degree, or extensive experience in an engineering or production environment.
• Methodical, procedure and data driven, comfortable working with KPIs and an ERP system.
• Confident challenging established ways of working and leading cultural change.
• A coaching style of leadership, with a track record of developing teams.
• Desirable: automotive, assembly or high mix manufacturing background.

Responsibilities

• Leading site production in line with company strategy and KPIs, covering safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Identifying and removing bottlenecks to drive throughput improvement across each value stream.
• Embedding Lean Manufacturing, single piece flow and continuous improvement, encouraging ideas from the shop floor teams.
• Planning daily output targets against Kanban min and max levels and changing priorities from assembly.
• Reviewing capacity plans monthly and managing labour, overtime and direct labour costs to hit output.
• Making sure TPM, housekeeping and ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 standards are followed and improved.
• Supporting new product introduction and outsourcing activity.
• Coaching Section Managers and Team Leaders, including managing discipline and HR policy in a structured way.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Leadership

KPI analytics

ERP familiarity

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Elevation Recruitment Group are exclusively partnered with a well established engineering manufacturer in Barnsley, seeking a Production Manager to own output, people and performance across the site. This hands-on leadership role drives throughput, Lean improvement and people development to support Kanban flow and monthly capacity planning.

You will have at least 5 years in production management within manufacturing, a strong Lean toolkit, and an engineering background.