Production Manager

Production Manager

Strood, Kent

£40,000 - £45,000 + Bonus

We’re partnering with an established food business in Kent, currently going through a period of sustained growth. They have a great reputation for the quality of their products and the service levels they provide to their customers, and they’re now looking for a Production Manager who can play a key role in their ongoing success.

About the Role:

This is a new role in the business, and you will be working closely with the Operations Manager to drive a safe working environment with a positive approach to food safety and customer service.

It’s a ‘hands on’ leadership role and some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading, developing, and mentoring a team of 4 direct reports, working with them to improve their skills and become more effective leaders of their teams. Proactively looking for new, more effective ways of working to improve efficiencies and improve customer service levels. Positively influencing change, with a strong emphasis on product quality, hygiene standards and health & safety. Ensuring all departmental targets and KPIs are achieved.

About You:

Key to success in this role, is a positive mindset and we’re keen to hear from anybody with the following background and skills:

• Experience of leading and developing teams in a food, drink, or FMCG manufacturing environment. A continuous improvement mindset, with a proactive approach to identifying and delivering improvements. Results focused with effective people leadership skills, able to enthuse others and take them with you to achieve targets and objectives. Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety (IOSH qualification would be ideal, but is not essential) with practical experience of raising standards.