Production Manager — Lean, Safe & High-Performance Plant

Catering

Pickering

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 80,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Catering in Pickering, North Yorkshire, is seeking an experienced Production Manager to own the day‑to‑day manufacturing performance. You will lead from the shop floor, develop your team and work with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance and other functions to meet the production plan.

The role demands hands‑on leadership, a strong safety culture and a track record of Lean improvements. You will drive capability, reduce waste, and improve metrics such as OEE and First Time Through while delivering

Qualifications

Proven experience as a Production Manager or similar leadership role in manufacturing.
Strong people management and a hands-on leadership style.
Demonstrated capability to meet production plans and customer schedules.
Experience delivering Lean and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead day‑to‑day production activities and keep the plan on track.
Promote a strong zero-harm safety culture and safe systems of work.
Manage customer schedules and shifting production priorities.
Drive improvements in Right First Time, scrap and rework.
Improve OEE, downtime, labour efficiency and productivity.
Coach Supervisors and Team Leaders, manage performance.
Lead Lean, Kaizen and standardisation of best practices.
Run Tier meetings and review KPIs; escalate issues promptly.
Oversee labour, overtime, agency usage and costs.
Collaborate with Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, HSE and others to resolve challenges.
Own KPIs including safety, RFT, scrap, yield, OEE, downtime, cost per unit.