Production Manager

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Llantrisant; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing business in Llantrisant is seeking an experienced Production Manager to oversee shift performance. This role requires strong leadership and communication skills, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency across production. Candidates should have experience in a similar role and a commitment to driving operational performance. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £40,000 along with opportunities for career development and training.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career development and training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working within a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of shift performance.
• Lead, coach and develop production teams.
• Ensure compliance with health & safety policies.

Skills

Strong leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Production Manager

Up to £40,000

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a leading food manufacturing business with the recruitment of an experienced Production Shift Manager to work a rotating morning and afternoon shift pattern. This role is responsible for leading a production shift, ensuring people, processes and equipment are aligned to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality output. You will play a key role in driving day-to-day operational performance while embedding strong standards across safety, quality and service.

This is a key leadership role within a fast-paced FMCG environment, offering the opportunity to take full ownership of a production shift and drive performance across people, safety, quality and output.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of shift performance, ensuring production plans are achieved safely, on time and to specification
• Lead, coach and develop production teams, managing performance, attendance, discipline and training requirements
• Champion health & safety as the number one priority, ensuring compliance with policies, procedures and legal standards
• Drive a strong safety culture, investigating incidents, near misses and unsafe practices
• Maintain high standards of food safety, quality and hygiene, ensuring audit-ready conditions at all times
• Monitor and improve manufacturing KPIs including OEE, downtime, waste, yields, giveaway and labour efficiencyManage labour costs, productivity and agency usage against agreed budgets
• Oversee material flow and critical production areas to ensure uninterrupted operations
• Identify, escalated and resolve operational, quality or equipment issues in collaboration with Engineering and Quality teams
• Drive waste reduction and continuous improvement initiatives across the shift
• Ensure accurate completion of production, quality and performance records
• Communicate effectively across shifts and departments, completing clear handovers and daily shift reports
• Support customer service targets, taking corrective action where service risks arise

This is what you'll need:

• Strong leaderships skills.
• Experience working within a similar role.
• Excellent communication skills.

And this is what you'll get:

• Competitive salary.
• Career development and training opportunities.