Production Manager

Production Manager

Full time | Rotating shifts (06hr00 – 14hr00 / 14hr00
-22hr00) | Mon – Fri |Basedin Buxton,Derbyshire(SK17 9RZ
)

Bradburysis a leading UK food business that provides quality cheese to consumers, sourced from regions of the United Kingdom and around the globe, and is highly regarded amongst the retail and food service customer base. The key to our success can be attributed to the winning combination of industry knowledge and experience over our 140-year history coupled with continuous innovation to meet future customer trends and demands.

to organise, facilitate and lead manufacturing activities to ensure excellence within all activities concerning Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People related disciplines. The position reports to the Operations Manager and manages teams of up to 35 production operatives. Our ideal person has strong management and leadership skills, is methodical and forward thinking.

• Ensure a safe working environment for yourself and all personnel within the business, you will adopt, coach and lead all safety initiatives and address concerns with immediate resolutions. Coach and develop business excellence to direct and immediate non-direct reports delivering value to customers, stakeholders and employees ensuring commitment to the principles whilst creating a supporting environment, you will foster teamwork and collaboration with accuracy in communication and alignment.
  
  Monitor team and individual performance, develop new ways of working, drive the initiative and instil ownership to ensure a successful outcome

• Key member of the Operations Management Team reporting into the Site Operations Manager.
• To comply with Health & Safety legislations in line with company policies.
• To effectively manage day-to-day Factory operations & to ensure all manufacturing. performance KPIs are achieved in line with Company procedures.
• Key interaction with all disciplines across site in conjunction with delivering factory performance. To lead and support the site in strategic initiatives to move the business forward.

• Ensure health and safety is prioritised with relevant training and working with H & S. Team ensuring any accidents and investigated promptly and appropriate actions taken. Working with Warehouse and Logistics teams to ensure the customer needs are met. Coach the effective handover of shifts to ensure tasks are completed efficiently. Develop your direct reports in achieving excellence with leadership functionality at the heartbeat of everything we do.
  
  Resolve people related problems, queries and conflicts in a fair, consistent and timely manner seeking support from your line manager and HR where appropriate. Proactively develop improved ways of working and implementing change. Contribute to daily, weekly, monthly meetings concerning business needs and controls. Ensure your people are trained and are competent in all associated activities, task and machine process based.
  
  Areas of responsibility will be audit (internal & external) ready at all times with emphasis on people, process and the environment. Regularly review the training matrix to identify Skills gaps and generate training plans to fill these gaps, there is always a succession and contingency plan in place. Facilitate and coordinate the required training to personnel to ensure there are adequate contingencies in place to overcome shortfalls.
  
  Conversant with business systems this is in relation to current and new operating systems. Work collaboratively with the Sales and NPD departments to ensure smooth and accurate trial productions and first production runs raising any concerns or issues and solutions. MBWA within High Care & Low Care areas. Lead customer site visits involving the operations areas. Assist with supplier site visits involving the operations areas.
  
  Assist with any internal or external audits facilitating any involvement from employees or required paperwork. Regularly review Cost controls and efficiencies for the operations and proactively looking for cost saving initiatives. Investigate and supply correct data and information on variances to WIP & Labour recovery with corrective actions on negative to standard outcomes. Liaise with the Agency to accurately inform them of agency staff plans, agency staffing issues and complete agency pay sheets in a timely manner Working in conjunction to…