Production Manager

Michael Page; Thorp Arch; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing organisation in Thorp Arch seeks an experienced Production Manager to lead a high-performance team. The role includes managing production targets, ensuring quality, and promoting health and safety practices. The ideal candidate will possess strong people management skills within a high SKU environment. This position offers a competitive salary of £45,000, pension, and private healthcare.

Benefits

£45,000 salary

Pension

Private health-care

Qualifications

• Proficient background in people management within a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with a high SKU, inventory-centric manufacturing environment.
• Good understanding of manufacturing compliance.

Responsibilities

• Managing and leading your team, fostering a culture of teamwork and accountability.
• Ensuring that daily production targets are met while maintaining quality standards.
• Promoting health and safety practices to ensure a safe working environment.
• Optimising production by supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

People management

Health & Safety practices

Data-oriented approach

Team-oriented mindset

Job description

Overview

A great opportunity for an aspiring Production leader to build a career in a large W. Yorkshire based manufacturing organisation. The organisation are a large, W. Yorkshire based manufacturer, with a high pace, high volume and high SKU manufacturing process - average turnover of circa £65million. They are focused on investing in their workforce, with demonstrable examples of building careers and internal progression.

Responsibilities

• Managing and leading your team, fostering a culture of teamwork, accountability, and high performance.
• Ensuring that daily production targets and schedules are met while maintaining quality standards, collaborating with the Quality Assurance (QA) team.
• Promoting and enforcing health and safety practices to ensure a safe working environment in compliance with company policies and industry standards.
• Optimising production by supporting continuous improvement (CI) initiatives through monitoring and managing resources - including materials, people, and equipment.

Profile

As Production Manager this candidate will have a proficient background in people management within a manufacturing environment or similar, alongside a range of the following:

• Familiarity with a high SKU, inventory-centric manufacturing environment
• Strong working knowledge of Health & Safety practices
• An ambitious, collaborative and data-orientated approach
• Team-oriented mindset
• Familiarity with HR best practice
• Good understanding of manufacturing compliance

Job Offer

• £45,000 salary
• Pension
• Private health-care