Shift Manager

Walker Cole International Ltd; Wales; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Walker Cole International is supporting a UK-based pharmaceutical organisation in Wales by recruiting an Operations Shift Leader. The role involves leading supervisors and cross-shift teams to optimise output, productivity and quality on the production line.

You will drive Lean Continuous Improvement, ensure GMP and Health & Safety compliance, and work closely with senior management to deliver production plans and meet schedules. Excellent leadership and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Thorough knowledge of GMP, QMS, and Health & Safety requirements.
• Lean Six Sigma experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Explain the local action plan to the team and align daily activities with business goals.
• Oversee dispensing raw materials in line with GMP to meet schedules.
• Develop production plans, schedules and resourcing to meet commitments.
• Identify process shortcomings and implement improvements to methods and packaging.
• Set objectives, coach the team and lead projects from planning to closure.

Skills

Leadership

GMP knowledge

Lean Six Sigma

Production planning

Team coaching

Job description

Walker Cole International is exclusively supporting a growing pharmaceutical organisation in Wales in the search for an Operations Shift Leader. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the business during an exciting phase of growth, managing supervisors and teams across a production line while integrating operations across multiple shifts and driving output, productivity and quality.

Your responsibilities as the Operations Shift Leader will include:

• Explaining the local action plan to team members, connecting day-to-day activity to the broader business strategy, and motivating people to achieve local business goals.
• Overseeing an operational area including dispensing raw materials accurately in line with GMP discipline to satisfy manufacturing schedules.
• Developing production plans, work schedules and resourcing to achieve agreed commitments, and reconciling materials used within specific limits, investigating any variations.
• Identifying shortcomings in existing manufacturing processes and delivering improvements to methods, procedures and packaging processes.
• Setting performance objectives, coaching and developing team capability, and leading designated projects from planning through to closure within agreed timescales and budgets.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Substantial general work experience with comprehensive, fully competent expertise managing in a factory environment, ideally within pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging.
• Thorough knowledge of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Health & Safety requirements; Lean Six Sigma experience advantageous.
• Experience planning and managing resources to deliver objectives set by senior management.
• Strong track record in production practice, workflow management and multi-line operations coordination, with the ability to work independently and provide guidance to others.
• An engaging leadership style with a focus on driving accountability, results and continuous improvement, while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Operations Shift Leader | Shift Manager | Production Manager | Manufacturing | GMP | Quality Management Systems | Lean Six Sigma | Continuous Improvement | Total Productive Maintenance | Team Leadership | Production Planning | Health and Safety | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing