Shift Production Manager

Kerry; Coleraine; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nutrition company in Coleraine is seeking a highly motivated Shift Production Manager to lead their team. The role involves ensuring safety and quality standards while driving continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in food manufacturing and strong leadership skills. This position offers career development opportunities and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Matched pension scheme up to 10%

Employee benefit platform

Employee Assistance Program

Global Recognition Program

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading and motivating large teams.
• Significant experience in high-volume manufacturing, preferably food.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team while promoting a positive working environment.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Monitor and achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Utilize lean manufacturing techniques to exceed productivity and quality targets.

Skills

Leading and motivating teams

Performance management

Lean manufacturing techniques

IT Systems (SAP, MS Office)

Health & Safety knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Job description

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

Due to expansion and the introduction of two new production lines, we are now recruiting for a Shift Production Manager to join the team at our Coleraine manufacturing facility. We are seeking a highly motivated Production Leader who is passionate about manufacturing excellence, team development and upholding a 'safety first, quality always' culture.

Key responsibilities

• Leading, managing and motivating a team of people, promoting a collaborative and positive working environment.
• Instilling a ‘Safety First, Quality Always’ approach and creating a high-performance culture where continuous improvement is embraced.
• Providing clear direction and undertaking all management responsibility for team members; 1-2-1’s, conducting appraisals, coaching, managing absence and poor performance / non-conformity.
• Ensuring that Key Performance Indicators (KPI's), safety, quality and auditory standards are always monitored and achieved.
• Positively communicating and coordinating with other functions to progress issues concerning production planning, processes, procedures or equipment to ensure delivery of all customer orders to time, quality and cost specifications.
• Through the utilisation of lean manufacturing techniques, striving to exceed the company targets in productivity, efficiency and quality on a continuous basis.
• Reporting and acting upon plant or machinery breakdowns with maintenance technicians.
• Ensuring that internal delivery processes are adhered to support dispatch time windows.
• Leading the follow-up and lessons learned process when customers raise concerns. Identifying and eliminating root cause using robust countermeasures. Sustaining the corrective actions to eliminate repeat issues.

Qualifications, experience and skills

• Proven track record of leading and motivating large teams to succeed by utilising appropriate management styles, leading by example, setting objectives and defining responsibilities to give a clear sense of direction and purpose.
• Passionate about managing performance, leading and developing people.
• Significant experience within a high-volume, high pace manufacturing environment, preferably food manufacturing.
• Strong IT Systems and methodology experience (SAP, MS Office packages, Lean Processes, Continuous Improvement etc.).
• Highly organised and analytical with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
• Experience and knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and ideally, food safety standards.
• Excellent communication skills with a positive ‘can-do’ attitude and openness to change.

Why Apply?

• Career development opportunities within a leading global player in sustainable nutrition.
• We work as a team, searching for the best ways to inspire food and nourish life.
• Matched pension scheme up to 10%.
• Employee benefit platform with discounts and offers for retailers online and offline, travelling, utilities and more.
• Other benefits and / or shift allowances depending on the position.
• Employee Assistance Program, supporting your emotional, physical, nutritional and financial wellbeing.
• Inspiring People - Kerry's Global Recognition Program.
• OurVoice, opportunity to share your feedback on the work environment every year.
• OurShare, Kerry share plan available to all employees, with option to enroll once a year.
• MyCommunity, have one day per year to volunteer for a worthwhile cause.

We are committed to nurturing an environment of positivity and inclusiveness, where everyone can be at their best, both personally and professionally. Our recruitment, selection and assessment process are based on the skills and competencies of the specific roles and based entirely on merit. We are committed to and value Diversity and Inclusion in all recruitment processes within Kerry and do not discriminate based on gender, race, class, economic status, ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, veteran status, marital status or any other protected characteristic.

Kerry is an Equal Opportunities Employer.