Production Manager

Overview

We are working with a large pan-European manufacturing business which operates Monday to Friday, 24 hours a day, and is actively seeking to add an experienced Production Manager to lead one of its site Production teams.

Production Manager - South

40 hours per week Monday to Friday

Location: r Regis, West Sussex

Salary: £(phone number removed)

• Operational management of daily production activities, optimising processes, and ensuring targets are achieved.
• Monitor production processes and workflow.
• Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures.
• Implement process improvements and identify bottlenecks.
• Monitor performance against KPI boards.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping in the factory.
• Manage costs and performance against production costs, waste and resource utilisation.
• Oversee and drive continuous improvement initiatives and track output, efficiency, downtime, and spoilage rates.
• Analyse operational data to provide production reports for senior management.
• Site Quality and Compliance, ensuring products meet quality standards and customer requirements.
• Maintain compliance with HSE regulations.
• Lead a team of 30+ staff across 24-hour production, overseeing production supervisors and operators.
• Lead, develop, coach the team and provide performance feedback.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Proven manufacturing or logistics management experience. Knowledge of the print, packaging or related industries is beneficial.
• Experience managing production or manufacturing teams in a time-critical and detail-focused environment.
• Continuous improvement experience and qualifications are beneficial.
• Experience balancing labour, equipment, and materials to meet demand and deadlines.
• Ability to resolve operational issues quickly and make sound decisions under pressure.
• IT literate with the ability to provide leadership with quality production data.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels (written and verbal) and able to lead by example.
• Use initiative to solve problems and make decisions.
• Proactive, can-do attitude.
• Flexible, reliable, and trustworthy.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Full UK Driving Licence required for the role.

This is a great opportunity to take an important manufacturing management role responsible for a key fast-moving and time-sensitive production unit in a capable SME Business Manufacturing Group.

Unfortunately, we are not able to provide sponsorship at this stage