Permanent
Production Manager
Hereford

Posted 2 days ago
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Production Manager to oversee manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that production processes run smoothly, efficiently, and safely. The Production Manager will enjoy a varied role providing leadership over two sites where you will drive productivity improvement utilising Lean and continuous improvement principles whilst also ensuring health & safety for production.
The Production Manager will be required to:
- Provide leadership to a team of supervisors/team leaders
- Mentor supervisors & team leaders to ensure effective team leadership
- Nurture a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
- Coordinate, motivate, manage direct reports and shop floor employees
- Plan labour and resources to achieve scheduled production
- Managing budgets for materials, labour and repairs
- Responsible for maintenance of buildings, plants and services
- Oversee onboarding processes
- Organisation and allocation of work in operations
- Implement strategies to optimise cost management and resource allocation
Requirements :
- Minimum of 5 years supervisory and manufacturing experience
- Experience of utilising Lean and Continuous improvement principles
- Analytical with problem solving skills
- A good understanding of ERP/MRP systems to ensure Bills of Materials are accurate
- Management of department budgets for materials, labour, repairs and maintenance
- A good understanding of Quality management within ISO9001 QMS
- Experienced with Health & Safety work requirements in a manufacturing environment
- Multi-site Management
- Working to ISO9001 and ISO14001
- Experience working within batch and cellular manufacturing environments
If you would be interested in the Production Manager position, please submit an up to date CV for consideration.