Production Manager, Cover Factory in Pontypool & Bath – Competitive salary

Production Manager working Mon-Fri Days, to cover a factory in Pontypool and also Bath, competitive salary on offer.

The Business

• An £18m t/over business, one of the leading and fastest growing packaging plants in the UK.
• Business set up in ’08 and has grown by 20% each year since.
• We manufacture for a host of global brands such as Disney, BskyB, Chubb, Polypipe, Sephora, Halfords, Range and many other leading brands.
• Highly profitable.
• Significant investment plan over 4 years, with £4m capex completed and a further £2m planned.
• 110 employees. Factory in Pontypool & Bristol.
• Design, Manufacture, and Distribution in-house.
• Stable employer, strong growth experienced.

Role:

• Management of days production facility of Pontypool & Bath plant.
• The manufacturing unit is a very busy operation under one roof, covering 100,000 sq feet. Involves printing, taping, die cutting, and specialty gluing as well as regular case making.
• Requires a mentally tough, agile individual who is able to think very quickly on their feet.
• Factory consists of around 20 large machines, and managing the flow of work to ensure continuity and optimisation of the available space is a must.
• We process 7 full arctics of material through the plant each day.
• We operate a lean system with typically 4 days of raw materials and 2 days of finished stocks. The operation runs just in time.
• We work to tight deadlines and production is close to capacity currently.
• Reporting to MD.

To apply, please email CV to: info@jkrecruit.co.uk