Production Manager

We are supporting a highly specialised, niche manufacturing business in their search for a new Production Manager. This is an outstanding opportunity to drive process improvements in manufacturing and expand your management experience. The business is independently owned and has a reputation for excellence in their specialist field. This role is Monday to Thursday only, 40 hours a week.

Responsibilities include:

• Set and deliver departmental strategy, goals & objectives
• Customer satisfaction – ensure the department maintains focus towards meeting and exceeding customer expectations (including OTD, Quality, issue investigation & resolution and general responsiveness)
• Lean – lead and develop a strategy to deploy appropriate LEAN initiatives to enhance business operations and drive continuous improvements
• Process & procedure review and enhancement across the department
• Continuously initiating and delivering improvements on efficiency, quality and productivity
• Reduction of waste
• Staff development through effective training schemes & development plans to enable effective departmental succession and support
• Training employees to enable total flexibility within the workforce
• Managing site stock effectively within the production environment and to assist & drive site inventory reduction activities
• Maintaining a safe and efficient working environment for all staff. To lead and drive an effective department EHS performance

If you're used to a production environment that involves small batch runs and manual processes, this could be the next step for your career. The business is very financially stable and in a position to expand further in the coming years. Apply today for immediate consideration!