Production Manager - Derbyshire - £Highly Competitive Salary

Harrison Scott Associates; East Midlands; Presencial; GBP 42.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Unknown is seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead a busy manufacturing operation, ensuring safety, quality and on-time delivery. This is a hands-on role requiring strong people leadership, clear direction and a proactive approach to solving problems.

You will develop the team, set expectations, allocate workloads and drive continuous improvement while maintaining high standards. Experience in packaging or related manufacturing sectors is preferred.

Formación

• Proven experience leading production teams in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong people management and performance accountability.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage workloads and set clear expectations.
• Commitment to health and safety and continuous improvement.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop the production team to meet targets and quality standards.
• Set workload allocations and address performance or conduct issues.
• Coordinate daily production activities and resolve operational challenges.
• Drive continuous improvement while ensuring safe working practices and customer requirements.

Conocimientos

People management

Leadership

Communication

Performance management

Descripción del empleo

We are working with an established manufacturing business operating within the flexible packaging sector, supplying packaging solutions to a range of customers across demanding markets.

The business is looking to appoint an experienced Production Manager to take responsibility for leading people within its manufacturing operation. This is a hands-on management role for someone who enjoys working closely with a production team, providing direction, maintaining standards and creating an environment where people can perform at their best.

The Opportunity

As a key member of the manufacturing operation, you will be responsible for managing and motivating the production team, ensuring day-to-day activities run smoothly and that quality, output and efficiency targets are achieved.

A strong focus will be placed on people management, team development and performance. You will need to be confident setting expectations, allocating workloads, addressing issues as they arise and supporting individuals to improve their performance. Building a positive team culture, maintaining high standards and ensuring everyone understands their responsibilities will be central to the role.

Working closely with colleagues across the operation, you will help coordinate production activities, resolve challenges and drive continuous improvement, while ensuring safe working practices and customer requirements remain a priority.

About You

You will be an experienced people manager with the confidence and ability to lead a team within a manufacturing or production environment. You will be approachable and supportive, but equally comfortable taking ownership, making decisions and addressing performance or conduct issues when necessary.

You will ideally have:

• Proven experience managing, motivating and developing a production team.
• The ability to set clear expectations, manage performance and maintain accountability.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the confidence to handle day-to-day people matters.
• Experience coordinating workloads and ensuring production targets and quality standards are met.
• A proactive, hands-on approach to resolving problems and supporting the team.
• A commitment to health and safety, operational efficiency and continuous improvement.

Experience within flexible packaging would be advantageous, although candidates with relevant people-management experience from other manufacturing, print or packaging environments may also be considered.

Interested?

If you are a confident production leader who takes pride in developing people, building effective teams and delivering results, we would welcome a confidential discussion.