Senior Production Manager — Growth & Lean Leader

VanRath; Limavady; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

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.