Production Manager

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Production Manager at a Leicester based food manufacturing company.

The successful Production Manager will manage, a 24 hour bake-off manufacturing operation to meet and exceed our budgeted cost, quality, service and health and safety targets and drive employee engagement.

You will lead the area production team, be visible and hands-on and own your production area, motivating your team across all 4 shifts, with each shift having approximately 35 members of staff.

In the role you will be responsible for the recruitment, induction, training and development of your teams and for appraising their performance and developing succession plans.

The Production Manager will effectively manage the people in your area by setting clear standards of behaviour and performance and addressing any issues with these appropriately and resolving areas of conflict between people where necessary.

You will conduct investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, performance management and absence management processes and appeals where required in accordance with the company policy.

In this position, the Production Manager will take overall responsibility for health, safety and environmental standards within production area.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with Company Food Safety, GMP and Hygiene policies and procedures at all times and take overall responsibility for quality, food safety and hygiene standards within production area.

You will ensure the Production area exhibits a robust approach to 5S and remains in an audit/tour-ready condition at all times whilst also ensuring all staff have received adequate Q&FS training for the role they perform and are not working without evidence of training. Monitor, audit and take action to redress any non-compliance.

It is paramount that you drive continuous improvement of the operation to improve efficiency and departmental costs, as well as collaborating with external departments (Sales, Marketing, NPD, etc.) to identify areas of Commercial opportunity Develop a high level of understanding of the production area, processes, products and all quality procedures.

This is a permanent role, salary of 50,000 plus company benefits.

For immediate consideration please apply today!

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