Back Shift Production Manager

Job Description

Back Shift Production Manager The Production Manager has a pivotal role for maintaining and ensuring quality production standards. You will take a leading role; coaching, mentoring and developing your team to meet company objectives.Responsibilities

• Overseeing the day to day operations to ensure optimum product Quality is produced to the correct specification and in line with production costs.
• Set and implement standards and procedures to ensure high quality products are produced.
• Effectively manage all working processes to meet BRC and other external and internal audit criteria, including CCPs, GMP, Complaints, Non-Conformances and Audit readiness.
• Deliver operational strategy by motivating and giving clear direction to the team developing and maintaining Quality-based production, whilst monitoring individual, team and machine performance.
• Conduct regular GMP and Health and Safety audits reinforcing positive behaviour and dealing with non-compliance
• Involved with material planning, availability and yield KPIs vs standards & operational budgets.
• Ensure all manning is planned in line with costs and adequate labour is available to deliver production plans through Holiday/Absent Management
• Lead production objectives and implement action plans to achieve set targets
• Analysis of current processes and procedures with a view to identifying bottlenecks and putting corrective actions in place
• Root Cause analysis by driving SIC controls with clear timebound action plans
• Gather and present data using a range of I.T platforms and software systems
• Ensure all stock and inventory levels are correct and utilised as per specification
• Deliver continuous improvement Action Plans through the Team
• Absence and Conduct Management
• Control the flow of work to meet customer deadlines; check and manage the product specification, making adjustments and keeping the Factory Manager informed, over-seeing the work of the staff, taking responsibility for the finished Product by monitoringand maintaining quality.
• Engage with the teams offering support and guidance and in doing so provide continual staff training and development plans. Creating a self-motivated engaged team with succession plans in place.
• Provide manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data; answering questions and responding to requests.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.

• Experience of leading a team of circa 20 people or more.
• Experience of BRC standards
• IOSH managing safety qualification
• Food Hygiene/Safety qualification
• Strong leadership including implementation of day to day HR processes
• Coaching, mentoring & people development skills
• Strong communicator at all levels with the ability to mentor, coach & develop others
• Able to drive efficiencies whilst maintaining product quality & keeping costs down
• PC Literate (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
• Proven ability to implement and drive change
• Ability to balance multiple projects and priorities
• 5 years experience in manufacturing (preferably FMCG based)
• Experience of undertaking risk assessments and investigating accidences and near miss events

Keyskills :
FactoryFMCGGMPBRCPeople Development