Production Shift Manager

Morrisons; Knaresborough; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Knaresborough is seeking a Production Manager to oversee a team and ensure efficient operational performance. This role involves managing health and safety, maximizing profitability, and driving continuous improvement initiatives within a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in people management and a proven ability to deliver results. The job offers competitive benefits including holidays, discounts, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Six weeks holiday

15% store discount

Subsidised staff canteen

Market leading pension

Healthcare benefits

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within a manufacturing environment, ideally within high risk.
• Proven track record of delivering strong results through a team in a people management role.
• Ability to work at pace and make decisions on the spot.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team ensuring Health & Safety within the workplace.
• Maintain a balanced scorecard against KPIs to drive growth.
• Maximise profits and drive performance improvements.
• Work towards driving the Continuous Improvement Strategy through team involvement.

Skills

People management

Excellent communication

Assertiveness

Decision making

Understanding of cost models

Strong work ethic

Job description

With a manufacturing operation as pacey and complex as ours, it's key we have a strong Production team who are on the ball and are able to keep up to the demands of the site. It's down to them to ensure our manufacturing operation runs smoothly, ensuring we deliver great quality products to our customers, on time. It's demanding, pacey and ever-changing. Reporting into the Production / Operations Manager, you will manage a team of Team Managers who are responsible for a large number of operators and technicians.

Shift: Days - Monday to Friday

Contract: Fixed Term, expected to be made permanent

You will also be responsible for:

• Ensuring the Health & Safety of all colleagues whilst maintaining and making improvements in all areas
• Maintaining a balanced scorecard against KPIs to drive further growth across the site
• Maximising profits and drive performance improvement
• Working with our current teams to drive the Continuous Improvement Strategy, through colleague involvement and engagement

About you

As well as the ability to work at pace, you will also need to have:

• Experience in a similar role within a manufacturing environment (ideally within high risk)
• A proven track record of people management and delivering strong results through a team in a people management role
• Excellent communication skills
• Assertiveness with the ability to make decisions on the spot
• A can do attitude and a strong work ethic
• An understanding of cost models and experience of budgetary control and understand pest control management.

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
• 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount More Card for a friend or family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Market leading pension and life assurance
• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Long Service Awards
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave

About us

You’ll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group - the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets.

At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.

We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.