Production Manager / Shift Manager
Production Manager / Shift Manager - Manufacturing
Newcastle, Tyne Wear
£34,000 - £42,000 Depending On Shift Experience Plus 33 Days' Holiday (inc. bank holidays), Pension, Private Medical Healthcare
Calling all dedicated team managers! If you have a manufacturing background and experience of managing large teams of people, this is a superb opportunity to join a hugely successful brand.
Our client is a major player within the UK and Irish food industry. They are proud to produce some of Britain's best loved brands, including Kit Kat, Nescafé, Smarties, Buxton, Go Cat and Shreddies. They are now seeking a Production Manager / Shift Manager to join their winning team.
Our client's vision of manufacturing is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from their business in order to maximise efficiency and productivity...and that's where you come in.
As they continue their journey towards being a LEAN enterprise, you will play a key part in the biggest change to the way they work that our client has ever seen. It's worldwide. It's exciting. What's more, you'll benefit from an array of training and development programs on offer.
As a Production Manager / Shift Manager, you will be responsible for leading the production team in both the chocolate and sugar areas of the factory.
Your role will involve managing a designated team, plant and materials, whilst promoting a culture of performance, continuous improvement and employee involvement, requiring your ability to influence, inspire and engage - showing a strong aptitude for creatively finding solutions to problems and suggesting new ways of working to enable the factory to compete at a higher level.
You will take full responsibility for the achievement of the production plan, including the quality of the product. Taking charge of all people management activities, including absences, appraisals and disciplines, you will determine skills and training requirements of the team.
To be considered, you must have:
- A manufacturing background
- A proven track record of managing and developing large teams of people
As a Production Manager / Shift Manager, you will be an inspirational leader. Coaching and developing your team, you will role-model coaching behaviour. A strong communicator, you must be able to create and maintain good relations with employees.
Experience of using modern manufacturing techniques, such as 5S, Six Sigma and/or TPM, would be beneficial to your application.
There are various shift based roles available, including nights and weekend work. If you're flexible, determined and ambitious, and have the skills to drive performance across all areas of the factory, apply now.
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