Production Manager

Job Description

ROLE: Production Manager LOCATION: Wellingborough HOURS OF WORK: DaysBASIC SALARY: £45K - £50K per annum (D.O.E)ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: Bonus, Pension with employer contribution, Health Care scheme and Death in Service after a qualifying period.My client based in Wellingborough are looking for a Production Manager to facilitate a planned restructure together with anticipated future growth. Working closely with the Operations Director, the Production Manager will have responsibility for the planningand optimising the output for departments and teams.In this Production Manager role, you will be responsible for:Essential:

• Experience managing a manufacturing team, ideally having some experience in a least 2 of the following disciplines: joinery, metalwork, graphic printing, or warehouse management.
• Strong management skills, including the ability to implement and lead change.
• In depth working knowledge of all relevant Health & Safety, Quality and Environmental requirements and procedures.
• Working knowledge & experience of ERP / Production planning systems, and good Excel skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Commercial awareness
• Good communication skills
• Flexible problem-solving mindset.

Desirable:

• Events Industry experience
• Change-management experience

Qualifications:

• A formal H&S qualification.
• Six Sigma or similar

To be successful as a Production Manager:

• To take ultimate responsibility for the day-to-day activities of the production team whilst working with the Operations Director to create improvement plans to optimise capacity and utilisation.
• To manage day to day facilities management and plant maintenance whilst also working with the Operations Director on new plant/facility investment ideas.
• To proactively lead in the management and implementation of Health & Safety, Quality, and Environmental systems within the business, having contributed to the design of these with the Operations Director.
• Manage all Production, Graphics, Metalwork & Warehouse including appraisals, pay negotiations, shift planning, recruitment & disciplinaries (supported by HR Manager)
• To respond to the last-minute requests promptly and flexibly from internal and external stakeholders
• To work in conjunction with the Operations Director to ensure all legal compliance requirements are correctly dealt with.
• To analyse production output in terms of speed, quality, and efficiency using this to formulate improvement strategies and plans.
• To maximise output, particularly at peak seasonal periods, whilst keeping the team meaningfully busy during periods of lower output
• To maintain and stock control our extensive hire inventory.
• To identify areas for improvement
• To own the ERP data relating to BoMs and Routings
• Form part of the R&D team, contributing ideas, managing prototyping, investigating new materials, and researching new production methods/tools.
• To contribute to the management team and broader plans for the business
• To monitor workload and implement resource planning.
• To actively participate in internal and external meetings where attendance is required.
• To carry out any other reasonable managerial request including emergency on-site attendance.

If you have the relevant experience our client is looking for in this Production Manager role, we would like to hear from you. Upload your CV online or call our Wellingborough landline for more information.Impact Recruitment is an employment agency working on behalf of our client.

Keyskills :
Factory ManagerManufacturing ManagerShift ManagerProduction ManagerFacilities ManagerWarehouse ManagerWorkshop ManagerProduction Team LeaderHead of ProductionManufacturing Supervisor