Production Manager

Production Manager – Manufacturing

Coventry | £55,575–£56,810 + 7.5% Bonus + Excellent Benefits | 4 on 4 off Continental Shifts

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Leading production and people for a world-class manufacturer at a major, highly invested manufacturing facility in Coventry, West Midlands.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Production Manager, Production Shift Manager, Manufacturing Manager or Shift Manager to join a major global organisation offering impressive facilities, excellent benefits and genuine long-term career progression.

Based at a large manufacturing site in South Coventry, close to Middlemarch Business Park, Coventry Airport and Baginton, you will take ownership of a production area and lead approximately 40–60 people, ensuring safe, efficient and high-quality manufacturing performance.

The role works a 12-hour continental shift pattern: 4 days on, 4 days off, 4 nights on, 4 nights off.

You will like

The Production Manager job itself, where you will take responsibility for people and operational performance across your production area.

This is first and foremost a leadership role: setting direction, developing people, solving problems and making effective decisions within a complex, fast-paced manufacturing environment.

More specifically, you will:

Lead, coach and develop approximately 40–60 frontline production employees

Take ownership of production performance, safety, quality and people

Champion a strong safety culture and safe working practices

Protect product quality and maintain high manufacturing standards

Manage attendance, conduct and individual/team performance

Deliver meaningful 1-to-1s, coaching and employee development

Use production data and KPIs to understand and improve performance

Solve operational problems and make confident decisions

Balance competing priorities within a demanding production environment

Work collaboratively with engineering, operations and other stakeholders

Take ownership and accountability when senior management is not immediately available

You will have

To succeed as Production Manager / Production Shift Manager, you will be an established people leader with experience gained within a sizeable, complex manufacturing, engineering or operational environment.

You will demonstrate:

Strong manufacturing or production management experience

Leadership of sizeable frontline, shop-floor or operational teams

Excellent coaching and people-development capability

Confidence managing performance and difficult conversations

Strong safety, quality and operational awareness

Structured problem-solving and decision-making skills

Experience working with production data, KPIs and performance measures

Confidence making decisions with incomplete information

Ownership, accountability and sound judgement under pressure

Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills

Food or FMCG experience is not essential. Relevant backgrounds could include FMCG, food manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, engineering, process manufacturing, heavy manufacturing or other complex/high-volume production environments. Strong military operations and leadership experience may also transfer well.

You will get

As Production Manager, you will enjoy an excellent package including:

£45,000–£46,000 basic salary

23.5% shift allowance

£55,575–£56,810 total salary

7.5% annual bonus

Private healthcare

Excellent pension – up to 10% company contribution

Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits

Excellent training and professional development

Genuine internal career progression

Long-term opportunity within a major global manufacturer

This represents an excellent opportunity to develop your manufacturing leadership career within a large-scale, sophisticated production environment backed by a highly successful international organisation.

You can apply to this Production Manager opportunity by pushing the button on this job posting (recommended), or by sending your CV in confidence to .

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