Senior Production Manager — Growth & Lean Leader

VanRath

Limavady

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 65,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Friday 12pm early finish
30 days' annual leave
3x salary Life Assurance
3% employer pension contribution
Private medical cover
Continuous professional development

Job summary

VanRath seeks a strategic Production Manager in Limavady to lead a large manufacturing operation. You will own the end-to-end production function with responsibility for safety, quality, delivery and cost, reporting to the Operations Director and driving continuous improvement.

You will develop frontline leadership, plan capacity, and collaborate across Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Logistics and Projects to meet current and future demand.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience as Production Manager or Operations Manager.
  • Experience leading large teams via Team Leaders or frontline managers.
  • Strong knowledge of production planning and shop-floor performance.
  • Track record of improving manufacturing performance via KPIs and CI.
  • Knowledge of health & safety and quality requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop Team Leaders and production workforce.
  • Own production performance across safety, quality, delivery and cost.
  • Plan labour, resources and workflow to meet requirements.
  • Develop a high-performing production culture with accountability.
  • Monitor KPIs and implement improvement plans.
  • Identify bottlenecks and production risks and take corrective action.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Logistics and Projects.
  • Drive Lean, 5S, standard work and root-cause solving.
  • Develop frontline managers from Team Leaders.
  • Support recruitment, training and performance management.

Skills

Team Leadership
Production Planning
Lean Manufacturing
5S & standard work
ERP/MRP systems
KPI driven improvement

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

VanRath seeks a strategic Production Manager in Limavady to lead a large manufacturing operation. You will own the end-to-end production function with responsibility for safety, quality, delivery and cost, reporting to the Operations Director and driving continuous improvement.

You will develop frontline leadership, plan capacity, and collaborate across Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Logistics and Projects to meet current and future demand.

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