Production Manager - Days Based
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Salary: £45,000 - £53,628 + Pension + Bonus
Days Based - Monday to Friday
Reference: Jo05845/NPH
The Company
An excellent opportunity has arisen with one of the world's leading manufacturers within their sector. The company is extremely well established with over 100 years of manufacturing experience and has a global reputation which is second to none in their market place. Due to continued expansion, they are looking to recruit an experienced production manager.
Key Skills
- Ideally HNC/Degree Qualified Engineer or Similar Experience
- Working Knowledge of Leading Production Improvement
- Experience of Implementing Process Improvements - 5s, Lean/Six Sigma
- Previous food or batch production exposure
The Role
The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of day-to-day manufacturing operations on site. You will be responsible for managing a team of shift supervisors together with the complete production & engineering facilities on this site. The ideal candidate will come from a process manufacturing/operations management background, with experience in lean manufacturing techniques and a working knowledge of Lean/TPM. This successful candidate will conduct appraisals with employees and operationally manage key performance indicators across all areas of production & engineering, to ensure that all targets are hit, to fulfil their customer requirements. This is a challenging role, though the rewards for success are excellent, with the opportunity to develop into a larger group wide role within this forward thinking organisation.