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Production Team Manager

Employer
Protea Recruitment Ltd
Location
Carlisle, Cumbria
Salary
£40k - £48k + 10% bonus
Closing date
18 Oct 2024
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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Production
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Job Title: Production Team Manager (Night shift)

Industry: FMCG

Product: Food

Location: Carlisle

Salary: £46k - £48k + 10% bonus

We are looking for an experienced Production Team Manager to join our night shift operations, running from 22:00 to 06:00. In this role, you will lead a team in a fast-paced food production environment, ensuring results are achieved through strong leadership, coaching, and development. You will be responsible for managing people, equipment, and processes to meet key site metrics and improve operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead, motivate, and coach team members to meet role expectations and achieve high performance.
  • Challenge and inspire the team to meet production targets while maintaining high standards.
  • Monitor and provide regular feedback on team performance, identifying areas for skill development and improvement.
  • Ensure production aligns with planned targets, optimising labour and resources.
  • Take responsibility for key metrics, including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), waste reduction, downtime, and efficiency.
  • Maintain accurate records using systems such as Autostore, Workday, SAP, and Absence Manager.
  • Ensure effective communication between shifts, teams, and departments, using structured escalation processes.
  • Foster a customer-focused approach, continually seeking ways to improve both internal and external customer satisfaction.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce costs and enhance efficiency across operations.
  • Ensure compliance with Quality Management Systems and uphold hygiene audit standards.
  • Take ownership of documentation accuracy and resolve issues related to staffing, production, or equipment.

Essential Qualifications:

  • Proven leadership experience with a track record of driving performance through high standards, integrity, and leading by example.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively lead, challenge, and inspire a team to improve efficiency and standards.
  • Management experience within a manufacturing environment, ideally in FMCG.
  • Experience working in a Lean manufacturing environment.
  • Demonstrated success in empowering, motivating, and influencing teams to achieve goals.
  • Ability to develop and coach team members to achieve excellence.

Desirable Attributes:

  • A positive approach to personal development and continuous learning.
  • Adaptability and a proactive attitude towards change, both personally and within the team.
  • A strong sense of accountability and ownership of responsibilities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a leadership role in a dynamic environment, driving change, improving standards, and making a meaningful impact on the business.

Company

A fresh approach to recruitment

​With a direct approach to recruitment, we Focus on the Food | Drinks | and FMCG sectors.

Our company's success has been built on the understanding that every business and candidate is unique; partnering with our clients, we focus on the culture fit, which is as important as matching a candidate's skills.

 Working with SME and Blue-chip businesses, from factory start-ups to replacing critical positions, our tailor-made services offer a bespoke recruitment solution for Full-Time, Interim and Fixed Term Contracts, from mid-level to board-level recruitment across all recruiting disciplines. 

Recruiting across Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, EU, MENA, Africa, and other countries worldwide, we are the recruitment partner for you for the Food / Drinks manufacturing sector.

For your perfect job or hire, don't hesitate to contact hello@protearecruitment.com or call Matt on 0131 378 2530

 

Company info
Telephone
07815047819
Location
Suite 18
4 Lochside Way, Park
Edinburgh
Mid Lothian
EH12 9DT
GB

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