You must be exerienced in and provide leadership across a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing operation, ensuring the safe, efficient and consistent delivery of the production plan. The Prodeuction Manager will lead the night shift to achieve demanding output, quality, service and cost targets while maintaining the highest standards of food safety, HACCP, GMP, hygiene and health and safety.
Work closely with Technical, Engineering, Planning, Warehouse and other departments to maintain production continuity and maximise equipment and labour utilisation.
Lead, coach and develop Team Leaders and production colleagues and ensure clear communication of production priorities, targets and standards.
Production Manager will manage key FMCG manufacturing KPIs including OEE, output, yield, waste, downtime, labour efficiency and right-first-time performance, taking immediate action to address losses and performance gaps.
Support with recruitment, onboarding, training and succession planning while developing Team Leaders and creating a strong pipeline of future manufacturing talent.
Drive Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement across the night shift, using production data, root cause analysis and Lean/OPEX methodologies to identify and eliminate waste, bottlenecks, downtime and process inefficiencies.
Production Manager will maintain audit readiness and ensure SOPs, work instructions, 5S, process standards and autonomous maintenance practices are consistently followed. Lead improvement projects that increase productivity, reduce waste and costs, improve OEE and quality, strengthen food safety and enhance customer satisfaction, ensuring improvements are embedded and sustained across the FMCG operation.
Key Skills Required
* Food FMCG production management experience
* High-volume, fast-paced manufacturing experience
* Night-shift and/or 24/7 operational leadership
* Food safety, HACCP and GMP knowledge
* Health & Safety leadership
* OEE and manufacturing performance improvement
* Waste, yield and labour efficiency improvement
* Lean Manufacturing, OPEX and Continuous Improvement
* Root Cause Analysis and structured problem solving
* KPI management and data analysis
* Production planning and labour/resource utilisation
* Quality and right-first-time manufacturing
* Hygiene and audit readiness
* SOPs, work instructions, 5S and operational standard
* Microsoft Office and production reporting systems
Qualifications Required
* HACCP Qualification
* Food Safety Qualification
* Foundation-level Health & Safety Qualification
* Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement / OPEX qualification – desirable
* Relevant Food Manufacturing / FMCG Production Management experience
* Experience working within recognised food safety, quality and GMP standards
Salary description
£40000.00 - £45000.00 per year