Production Manager (Glazing)

Digital Segment, LLC; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading ceramics company seeks a skilled Production Manager for their glazing and firing department in Stoke-on-Trent. The ideal candidate will manage production schedules, ensure quality standards, and lead a team committed to operational excellence. This permanent, full-time position offers a competitive salary and the chance to be part of a passionate team focused on heritage and innovation.

Qualifications

• Experience in production management, especially in manufacturing.
• Ability to oversee multiple departments and ensure smooth operations.
• Strong communication skills for departmental team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the glazing/firing department and manage production schedules.
• Ensure delivery of production plans and compliance with safety standards.
• Lead and develop departmental Team Leaders and monitor performance.

Skills

KPI management

Resource management

Safety standards compliance

Team leadership

Production planning

Job description

Are you as excited about ceramics as we are? If so, carry on reading...................we have a fantastic opportunity to join our production management team!

We are on the lookout for an experienced production manager to oversee our glazing/firing department. You will need to share our high quality ethos - we pride ourselves on manufacturing products to the highest quality standards whilst maintaining an efficient flow through the factory. You would work to set KPI's relating to quality, RFT principles whilst delivering production schedules OTIF. Key responsibilities include the delivery of production plans, managing resources, monitoring the performance of colleagues and automation and ensuring safety standards are met. You will also be responsible for the management of departmental Team Leaders including training and development, communication within the department and to the wider business to support the smooth running of the production operation.

If you have the experience to hit the ground running, then we would love to hear from you!

Why work for us

We believe that our people are our greatest asset and the Groups success is directly related to the effectiveness of our people. We want people to join our team who are as passionate as we are about our six wonderful brands, our products, and our heritage and share the same values.

Portmeirion Group has heritage and family at our core. We have a responsibility to our employees, customers, communities and the people that bring our products into their homes, and we work hard to reflect this in everything we do.

Our business and brands have a global footprint and strong history. They are grounded in family values, craft, and a commitment to making beautiful products that bring people together and are passed from generation to generation. We operate with integrity, decency, honesty, positivity and inclusion. We use our talent for innovation and creativity to solve challenges and explore how we can become custodians of the future.

We build our global business in a way that evolves this heritage to safeguard the next generation; Combining the best of the past with todays innovations and designs to make our business as good as it possibly can be and create a positive legacy for the future. For our employees, communities, customers and the planet.

Location: Stoke

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 39 hours per week

Salary: Competitive

You may also have experience in the following: Production Manager, Manufacturing, Shift Manager, Production Team Leader, Shift Production Manager, Operations Supervisor, Manufacturing Manager, Shift Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor, Operations Manager, Production Supervisor etc.

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