Process Manufacturing Manager

Medik8; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading skincare brand in Aylesbury is seeking a Process Manufacturing Manager to oversee blending operations, manage teams, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards. The ideal candidate will have robust leadership skills, extensive experience in a GMP-regulated environment, and a passion for driving continuous improvement. This position offers flexible working, competitive benefits, and a chance to be part of a mission-driven company dedicated to skincare excellence.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible & Hybrid working

Private Medical Insurance + Mental Health support

Annual Performance Bonus

75% discount + Annual Product Allowance

Up-skilling support

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in GMP-regulated production team management.
• Proven ability to manage diverse teams across shifts.
• Strong skills in enforcing compliance and understanding documentation standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Blending Team and ensure production targets are met.
• Maintain compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and right first time execution.

Skills

Leadership skills

Understanding of blending processes

Production KPI management

Safety attention

Effective communication

Lean manufacturing exposure

Job description

Overview

Process Manufacturing Manager

Medik8 is transforming the industry with science-backed technology and our dedication to exceptional skincare products has built a reputation for excellence. Our goal is to continue to scale the business through global expansion, multi-channel distribution, and product innovation.

The Blending Manager is responsible for leading day to day blending operations at Medik8, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant production of all bulk formulations. These consist of a wide range of emulsions containing high efficacy active ingredients. This role manages all Blending Team Leaders and their teams across shifts, and is accountable for meeting daily production targets while maintaining high standards of GMP, safety, and product quality.

The Blending Manager plays a key role in ensuring operational readiness, staffing, scheduling, and adherence to documentation. Working closely with the Blending Process Manager, this role helps embed consistent, standardised ways of working and supports continuous improvement across the blending function.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop all members of the Blending Team including but not limited to Team leaders, operatives and compliance
• Ensure blending operations meet the daily production plan and output targets
• Maintain full compliance with health and safety GMP, FDA, TGA, and quality standards
• Proactively lead safety culture to ensure our safety mission: ‘For everyone to go home in as good a condition as they came to work in, if not better’.
• Oversee equipment readiness, material availability, and execution of batch processes
• Monitor team performance and drive accountability through clear KPIs
• Ensure accurate completion of batch records and strict adherence to SOPs and work instructions
• Track, order and maintain stock of blending consumables
• Respond quickly to operational issues, working cross-functionally with Planning, Production, Quality, and Engineering
• Drive a culture of right first time execution, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Contribute to resource planning, shift scheduling, and effective team handovers
• Support team development, training, and onboarding in collaboration with the Blending Process Manager
• Work closely to the Blending Process Manager to drive a culture of continuous improvement throughout the team, carrying out continuous reviews of processes and procedures
• Participate in investigations, audits, and root cause analysis related to blending

Requirements

• Extensive experience managing blending or production teams within a GMP-regulated environment
• Strong leadership skills with proven ability to manage teams across shifts or departments
• Excellent understanding of blending processes, equipment, and documentation standards
• Confident interpreting and enforcing SOPs, batch records, and compliance protocols
• Skilled in managing production KPIs, performance tracking, and continuous improvement
• High attention to safety, quality, and detail in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Strong communicator and effective cross-functional collaborator
• Familiarity with deviation investigations and audit processes
• Exposure to lean manufacturing, 5S, or similar tools

About us

Founded in 2009 by UK scientists and brothers, Elliot and Daniel Isaacs, we are a British, B Corp certified dermatological skincare brand, globally renowned for our age-defying heroes that deliver results without compromise.

Our mission is to simplify the route to great skin through the highest quality, most efficacious and trusted products on the market. All this is underpinned by our pioneering CSA Philosophy of vitamin C plus sunscreen by day, and vitamin A (retinoids) by night which addresses 90% of anti-ageing skincare needs to deliver more youthful-looking skin.

Culture & Benefits

We are fuelled by our commitment to sustainability, quality, efficiency, and an unwavering passion for our customers. Championing solutions-focused thinking, we possess a purpose-driven mentality and strive to work with integrity and agility, always. We are collaborative go-givers; our diverse talents work cross-functionally and we achieve more together. We are proud to do everything in-house, challenging the norm and pushing the boundaries of possibility. It’s just who we are!

Some of the perks of being part of the Medik8 team include:

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible & Hybrid working
• Private Medical Insurance + Mental Health support
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Long Service Awards
• 75% discount + Annual Product Allowance
• Flexible Career opportunities
• Up-skilling support + regular Lunch & Learns
• 2 Volunteering days per year
• Matched Charitable Giving Scheme

Want to do a little more research before you apply?

Head over to our main careers page to find out more about the team and our values. You can also find out more about us on text: LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Instagram.

At Medik8, we believe that diversity within our workplace drives innovation. We celebrate multiple backgrounds, cultures, approaches and points of view, and believe that when people feel respected and included, they can truly flourish. We’re committed to advancing equal opportunities and we’re dedicated to building a workforce as diverse as our consumer base, creating a multifaceted, equitable and inclusive culture and allowing all colleagues to bring their whole selves to work.