Production Supervisor

Fortune Brands Innovations; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home products company located in Wolverhampton is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead their production team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving performance metrics across safety, quality, delivery, and process. The ideal candidate should have proven experience in manufacturing management and a collaborative leadership style. The company offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including holiday leave, bonuses, health programs, and more in a vibrant work environment.

Benefits

33 days holiday

Annual Incentive Plan Bonus Structure

Health & Wellbeing Programme

Life Assurance & Pension Plan

Flexible Working Model

Employee Assistance Programme

Eye Care Support

Refer a Friend Programme

Free Parking

Employee Recognition Programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading teams within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong organisational and workload planning skills.
• Confidence communicating across all levels, with a collaborative and engaging leadership style.
• A solutions-focused mindset and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• High attention to detail and a methodical, structured way of working.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing daily operations within your production area to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
• Creating a Safety-First culture and maintaining high standards of Health, Safety & Wellbeing.
• Leading, coaching and motivating your team to achieve production KPIs and continuous improvement goals.
• Driving quality and delivery performance by minimising rework and rejection rates.
• Managing work and labour planning, WIP and Finished Goods inventory control.

Skills

Leadership in manufacturing

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

Job description

Production Supervisor

Salary: Competitive

Location: i54 Wolverhampton WV9

Overview

The vacancy

Production Supervisor - Take the Lead in Driving Production Excellence

We re excited to offer an opportunity to join our Production team as a Production Supervisor. In this vital role, you ll be at the heart of our operations leading your team to deliver on key performance metrics across safety, quality, delivery, process, and people. You ll play a central part in shaping a positive, high-performing culture across the plant.

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

• Overseeing daily operations within your production area to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
• Creating a Safety-First culture and maintaining high standards of Health, Safety & Wellbeing.
• Leading, coaching and motivating your team to achieve production KPIs and continuous improvement goals.
• Managing staffing, recruitment, training, development, absence, and performance to foster a high-performance environment.
• Driving quality and delivery performance by minimising rework and rejection rates.
• Managing work and labour planning, WIP and Finished Goods inventory control.
• Leading team briefings, problem-solving activities, and management meetings.
• Analysing equipment issues and taking or coordinating corrective action.
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement, identifying and implementing changes that drive better results.

What You Are Already Great At:

• Proven experience leading teams within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong organisational and workload planning skills.
• Confidence communicating across all levels, with a collaborative and engaging leadership style.
• Experience in managing team performance, recruitment, and development.
• A solutions-focused mindset and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• High attention to detail and a methodical, structured way of working.

Desirable:

• Previous manufacturing experience.
• Familiarity with MS Office and ERP systems.
• IOSH Managing Safely certification.
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing practices and principles.

What Your Colleagues Say About You:

• Ideas-driven and solution-focused
• A confident and engaging communicator
• Highly organised and methodical
• Strong attention to detail
• Effective both verbally and in writing

Our Values:

• Aligned Working together with shared purpose
• Agile Adapting quickly to challenges
• Accountable Owning our commitments
• Action-Oriented Delivering with integrity and transparency

Why Work With Us?

At Fortune Brands, we work together, think big, and learn fast. You ll be empowered to make decisions, lead with creativity, and shape experiences that leave a lasting impression on our clients. Our values go beyond buzzwords they guide everything we do.

The Benefits:

• 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Annual Incentive Plan Bonus Structure
• Health & Wellbeing Programme + Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance & Pension Plan
• Flexible Working Model
• Employee Assistance ProgrammeHigh Street Reward Scheme
• Eye Care Support for Frequent Screen Users
• Refer a Friend Programme
• Free Parking
• Employee Recognition Programme

Our Hiring Process:

• You ll be contacted by our resourcing team for an initial conversation.
• You ll be invited to our site for an engaging 1 or 2-stage interview process.
• We ll give you full clarity on what to expect so you can truly shine.
• If successful, we ll confirm your start date and welcome you to your House of Rohl journey.
• If you haven t heard from us within 4 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Due to the Christmas break, please be aware there may be a delay in responding to your application.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We manage our vacancies internally, preferring direct hires and referrals. When needed, we engage agencies from our Preferred Supplier List (PSL). Speculative CVs from agencies not on our PSL will not be considered.

Who we are

Fortune Brands Innovations are a US-based company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that owns and develops a dynamic portfolio of brands for homes worldwide. Our specialist kitchen and bathroom division, Fortune Brands Water Innovations, is made up of leading luxury British brands, Shaws, Perrin & Rowe and Victoria + Albert, plus Riobel from Canada. We market these together under the House of Rohl name.

In addition, Aqualisa completes our portfolio with its market-leading digital showering technology.

Our brands are united by a belief in design, innovation and craftmanship, leading to beautiful and high-quality products.

With manufacturing sites throughout the UK, and a House of Rohl showroom at the Design Centre in London, we currently employ over 600 people, dedicated to delivering excellent products and service throughout our supply chain. A new multi-million pound state-of-the‑art facility at the i54 Business Park in Wolverhampton will be completed later this year, generating exciting new opportunities across the business as we continue to grow.

Watch our to discover more about Perrin & Rowe, Shaws, Riobel and Victoria + Albert the brands that make up the House of Rohl.