Production Manager

Page Personnel; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A large manufacturing organization in West Yorkshire is seeking an ambitious Production Manager. The role involves managing a team of approximately 40 staff to meet production targets while ensuring high quality and safety standards. The ideal candidate will have experience in people management within a manufacturing environment and familiarity with high SKU processes. This position offers a salary of £45,000 along with benefits including pension and private health care.

Benefits

Pension

Private health-care

Progression opportunities

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead your team, fostering a culture of teamwork and high performance.
• Ensure daily production targets are met while maintaining quality standards.
• Promote health and safety practices to ensure a safe working environment.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives through resource management.

Skills

People management

Health & Safety knowledge

Team-oriented mindset

Data-oriented approach

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

• Great role for an ambitious production professional
• Role is based at a large progressive manufacturing organisation

About Our Client

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.

Job Description

As Production Manager you will report into the Senior Operations Manager and be responsible for a team of approximately 40 staff, including two Front Line Managers. This role is days based and would work alongside the Production Manager for the Assembly department.You will be responsible for:

• 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

The Successful Applicant

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

What's on Offer

Alongside a wealth of progression opportunity:· £45,000 salary· Pension· Private health-care