Shift Production Manager

Winsearch; Oldham; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Winsearch is recruiting a Shift Production Manager for our food manufacturing client in Oldham. You will lead the afternoon production operation, ensuring safety, quality and efficiency while maintaining GMP standards.

Reporting to the site operations leader, you will optimise throughput, coach the team, manage labour and materials, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive management experience in manufacturing.
• Experience in food manufacturing is advantageous.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Knowledge of GMP, health & safety.
• Ability to analyse performance data and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the production team to meet volumes and targets.
• Control labour, materials and waste across the shift.
• Ensure health and safety, quality and GMP standards are met.
• Analyse performance data and implement improvements.
• Coordinate with planning, quality and engineering teams.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Manufacturing knowledge

Health & safety

Continuous improvement

Tools

Production systems

Job description

Shift Production Manager

Oldham, Greater Manchester

£48,410 per annum

40 hours per week

Monday to Friday, 2pm to 10pm

Permanent

The Company

Our client is a well-established food manufacturing business supplying high-quality products to its customers.

Due to continued growth and development, they are looking to recruit an experienced Shift Production Manager to lead their afternoon production operation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a confident manufacturing leader who can develop people, maintain high operational standards and drive continuous improvement within a fast-paced production environment.

The Role

As the Shift Production Manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing the production team to achieve planned volumes while effectively controlling labour, materials and waste.

You will create a safe, positive and productive working environment, ensuring the team consistently meets health and safety, food safety, quality and Good Manufacturing Practice standards.

You will also analyse operational performance, identify opportunities for improvement and work collaboratively with other departments to support wider site objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and manage the production team to achieve agreed production volumes and performance targets.
• Manage health and safety, quality, GMP, labour, materials and waste across the shift.
• Ensure accidents, near misses and operational concerns are reported and investigated correctly.
• Ensure operating procedures and quality standards are current, available and understood by the production team.
• Monitor the completion of safety and quality checks by Production Team Leaders.
• Set clear performance targets and ensure responsibilities are understood and owned by the appropriate individuals.
• Maintain accurate and timely production information within the relevant business systems.
• Protect food safety, quality, legality and integrity throughout production, storage and packaging operations.
• Use root cause analysis to investigate issues and implement effective corrective actions.
• Build an engaged, accountable and high-performing production team.
• Identify training and development needs and ensure these are addressed through structured development plans.
• Coach, mentor and develop individuals while managing poor performance, conduct and non-compliance appropriately.
• Develop succession plans to support employee progression and protect operational capability.
• Lead the production team effectively through operational and organisational change.
• Use production reports and management information to analyse performance and drive improvements.
• Work collaboratively with planning, quality, technical, engineering and other operational departments.
• Attend planning meetings, highlight improvement opportunities and contribute to the production plan.
• Lead and support site-wide projects, continuous improvement activities and new product development initiatives.

The Person

• Extensive management experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Food manufacturing experience would be highly advantageous.
• A strong, confident and motivational leadership style.
• Excellent understanding of manufacturing processes and procedures.
• Strong technical and operational knowledge.
• A quality-focused and customer-focused approach.
• Proven experience managing performance and developing production teams.
• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to plan, implement and manage change.
• Strong numerical skills with the ability to interpret and analyse operational data.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident IT skills and experience using production or manufacturing systems.
• Able to work autonomously, use initiative and make effective operational decisions.
• Strong communication and cross-functional relationship-building skills.

Keywords

Shift Production Manager, Production Shift Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Production Manager, Shift Manager, Operations Manager, Food Manufacturing, FMCG, Production Team Manager, Manufacturing Team Leader, Continuous Improvement, GMP, Food Safety, Health and Safety.

Equal Opportunities

Our client is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be considered for employment based on their skills, experience and suitability for the role.

INDWIN

Our clients and their customers come from diverse backgrounds and so do we. We hire our people from various walks of life, each of whom make our company stronger with their talent, uniqueness, and expertise. This is what makes our company special; if you want to help us grow and take this ethos to our clients, then we cannot wait to collaborate with you! The UK has now left the European Union. Any EU, EEA or Swiss citizens living in the UK that wish to remain in the UK post Brexit need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. Although the closing date for applications was 30th Jun 2021, if you have not yet applied but believe that you would qualify under the EU Settlement Scheme, the Home Office have confirmed that they will consider late applications. For further information please see.

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