Shift Manager

Myton Food Group; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in the UK is seeking an experienced Production Manager to oversee a dynamic team. You will be responsible for maintaining the highest health and safety standards while optimizing manufacturing processes. This role demands strong leadership skills, excellent communication, and a proven ability to make impactful decisions. The company offers competitive benefits including generous holiday, discounts, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Six weeks holiday including bank holidays

15% store discount

Career progression opportunities

Market-leading pension and life assurance

Healthcare benefits including digital GP

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within a manufacturing environment, ideally high risk.
• Proven track record of delivering strong results through people management.
• Assertiveness with the ability to make decisions quickly.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Team Managers and operators to ensure smooth manufacturing operations.
• Ensure health and safety standards are maintained and improved.
• Maintain balanced scorecard against KPIs for performance improvement.
• Drive continuous improvement strategies with team engagement.

Skills

People management

Excellent communication skills

Decision making

Strong work ethic

Understanding of cost models

Job description

More About The Role

With a manufacturing operation as pacey and complex as ours, it's key we have a strong Production team who are on the ball and are able to keep up to the demands of the site. It's down to them to ensure our manufacturing operation runs smoothly, ensuring we deliver great quality products to our customers, on time. It's demanding, pacey and ever‑changing. Reporting into the Production / Operations Manager, you will manage a team of Team Managers who are responsible for a large number of operators and technicians.

You will also be responsible for :

• Ensuring the Health & Safety of all colleagues whilst maintaining and making improvements in all areas
• Maintaining a balanced scorecard against KPIs to drive further growth across the site
• Maximising profits and drive performance improvement
• Working with our current teams to drive the Continuous Improvement Strategy, through colleague involvement and engagement

About You

• Experience in a similar role within a manufacturing environment (ideally within high risk)
• A proven track record of people management and delivering strong results through a team in a people management role
• Excellent communication skills
• Assertiveness with the ability to make decisions on the spot
• A can‑do attitude and a strong work ethic
• An understanding of cost models and experience of budgetary control and understand pest control management.

In return for your hard work we will offer you :

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
• 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount More Card for a friend or family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised staff canteenFree parking
• Market leading pension and life assurance
• Healthcare / Well‑being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Long Service Awards
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• Enhanced Family / maternity / parental leave

About The Company

You’ll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group – the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets.

At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.

We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.