Production Manager

Brightwork Limited; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Production Manager to oversee production processes in Glasgow. You will ensure targets for cost, delivery, and quality are met while developing team skills. Proven experience in food or drink production is essential. This role offers an excellent opportunity in a thriving business.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a food or drink production environment is essential.
• Excellent leadership skills required.
• Strong operational skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Meeting production cost, delivery, and quality targets.
• Planning and ensuring line setup.
• Coaching and developing the team.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Process driven

Operational Skills

Planning and Prioritizing

Lean Manufacturing / 5S

Implementing Productivity Improvements

Job description

Due to a period of significant growth our client is currently recruiting a Production Manager, who will oversee the production process, whilst ensuring production processes run safely, efficiently and are reliable to achieve cost, delivery, and quality targets. You will be responsible for identifying training and development opportunities within the team to improve skill levels and productivity

Responsibilities

• Meeting Production Cost, Delivery and Quality Targets
• Advance planning of resources to ensure targets can be met
• Planning and ensuring line set up
• Managing & Developing People
• Coaching and development of team
• Ensure that clear professional standards for the site are set and achieved - behavioural and performance.
• Developing a quality focused culture
• Ensuring that teams know, understand, and meet quality requirements
• Checking good quality of information and communication with staff at all levels
• To organise production trials as required
• To oversee the maintenance and reliability of all machinery and equipment
• To oversee the engineering and site maintenance / securityDeveloping a continuous improvement strategy
• Leading teams on Lean / 5S projects

Experience

• Proven experience in a food or drink production environment - ESSENTIAL
• Excellent leadership skills
• Process driven
• Strong operational skills
• Planning and prioritising
• Lean Manufacturing / 5S
• Implementing productivity improvements

This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful and thriving business. If this position is of interest, please send your most recent CV and salary expectations to the address supplied.

Brightwork Ltd offers the services of an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.