Manufacturing Manager

In The News; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG manufacturer in Lancashire is seeking an ambitious Shift Manufacturing Manager. This role involves optimizing resources, managing performance and ensuring safety and quality within a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Food Manufacturing or FMCG, experience in managing large teams, and a passion for continuous improvement. The position operates on a 3-shift pattern across Monday to Friday, making it essential for candidates to have flexibility in their schedules.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Food Manufacturing or FMCG environment managing large teams.
• Proven track record of tangible achievements.
• Passion for high standards in work.

Responsibilities

• Optimise resources and manage performance, safety, quality, and costs.
• Deliver operational plans and set day-to-day objectives.
• Lead the team to achieve targets with high standards of quality.

Skills

Experience in Manufacturing or Production Management

Knowledge of Continuous Improvement (CI) tools

Leadership skills

Strong safety standards adherence

Job description

Overview

Location: Lancashire

A well respected, fast growing FMCG manufacturer with a real emphasis on people development and a growth mentality, are now looking to recruit an ambitious Shift Manufacturing Manager to join their talented management team.

About You

• As the Shift Manufacturing Manager, you need to have experience as a Manufacturing or Production Manager from a Food Manufacturing or FMCG environment, managing large teams.
• You’ll have a strong track record of tangible achievements and be driven to take ownership of the role and contribute to the success of the business.
• You will have knowledge of CI tools and techniques and how to apply these to drive improvements within your teams.
• Forward thinking attitude, enthusiastic and driven. You’ll have a passion for what you do and always deliver to the very highest standards.

The Role

• Reporting into the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for optimising resources and managing performance, safety, quality and costs.
• The Shift Manufacturing Manager will be delivering operational plans and setting day to day objectives including delivery of the site business plan.
• As a key member of the Site Management team, you will play a pivotal role in the daily operations, leading inspiring a team to achieve targets whilst maintaining highest standards of quality and food safety.
• As Shift Manufacturing Manager you will be the driving force behind the shift, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• This is an opportunity to play a great role with a really innovative business who are going from strength to strength.
• A 3-shift pattern operates - earlys, lates and nights - Monday to Friday (nights, Monday-Thursday)

Other Responsibilities

• Ensuring a safe, clean and good working environment utilising 5S principles
• Assisting the team to achieve their own objectives including training through coaching, hands on support and organisation of resources
• Responsibility for resource utilisation and the management of all direct reports including investigations and performance management
• Ensuring a cost efficient and stable production process with emphasis on KPI’s.
• Contributing to the development of current processes and ways of working
• Challenging processes and practices identifying opportunities for Continuous Improvement

How to Apply

To apply for this exciting opportunity with this ever-growing business, please send a copy of your CV to [e-mail] quoting reference ES/TNT/2224 or call Emma on 0161 399 1575 for a confidential discussion.

We are seeking applications from talented Shift Managers, Manufacturing Managers, Production Managers, Manufacturing Leads, Production Leads, Shift Leads who live within Lancashire, Burnley, Colne, Darwen, Preston, Bolton, Blackburn, Todmorden, Leyland, Chorley, Nelson, Rochdale, Bury or the surrounding areas of the North-West.

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