Production Supervisor

Team Manager – Bolton

£33 360 plus excellent benefits including…

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Stream Financial Services
• Reward Gateway – discounts for retailers
• Free baked goods
• Westfield Health cashback plan (After 12 months)
• Paid absence up to 26 weeks (After 12 months)

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Team Manager to join a fast‑paced manufacturing business in Bolton. In this role you will lead, develop and support a team to deliver safe, efficient, and high‑quality operations. You'll play a key role in fostering a culture of continuous improvement while driving performance across productivity, quality and cost control.

• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all HSE legislation and site standards
• Proactively identify and reduce risks, hazards and incidents
• Ensure all products meet food safety, integrity and quality standards
• Maintain compliance through accurate documentation, traceability and audit readiness
• Manage controllable costs including raw materials, packaging and waste
• Ensure accurate data recording to support performance monitoring and improvement
• Lead, motivate and develop a diverse team, including agency staff
• Deliver training plans, conduct 1‑to‑1s and drive engagement and retention
• Promote a flexible and collaborative team culture
• Identify and deliver improvement initiatives across performance, efficiency and waste reduction
• Encourage team involvement in continuous improvement activities
• Ensure the site is audit‑ready at all times
• Drive operational performance across efficiency, waste and output
• Use data effectively to inform decisions and communicate results to the team

• Proven leadership experience in a manufacturing or production environment
• Strong coaching, mentoring and team development skills
• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• Strong communication skills
• IT literate (e.g. MS Office; experience with SAP is advantageous)
• Flexible approach to work to meet operational demands

• A proactive, hands‑on leadership style
• Commitment to safety, quality and continuous improvement
• Ability to build positive and respectful working relationships
• Drive to deliver results and improve performance

Monday – Friday 14:00 – 22:00

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as a DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status and any other characteristic.