Production Manager

Summary: The Production Manager role is focused on overseeing the production and packing areas of a food manufacturing facility near Weymouth, ensuring that production targets are met while managing a team of over 80 staff across two shifts. The position requires a hands-on approach to training and developing staff, maintaining food safety and quality standards, and promoting continuous improvement within the production process. This is a Monday to Friday day-based role reporting to the Operations Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for general management of the production and packing areas.
• Ensure food safety, integrity, legality, and quality is maintained.
• Ensure staff follow all company procedures and health and safety standards.
• Responsible for day-to-day management of factory staff (Assistant Production Managers, supervisors, and factory operatives).
• Liaise with all departments to ensure all orders/products are made and packed to the required safety, quality, quantity, and cost to meet customer requirements and deliveries on time.
• Oversee the planning and organization of staff to achieve successful and efficient completion of the production plan.
• Ensure sufficient/required level of multi-skilled staff are available and planned, and that staff have sufficient training to run lines required.
• Ensure Assistant Production Managers and supervisors have liaised with relevant departments to ensure all equipment, materials, and packaging are available in sufficient quantities/correct time to ensure all processes start on time and operate efficiently.
• Ensure the correct completion of any daily, weekly, and monthly reports/meetings and paperwork required.
• Conduct morning update meetings and attend management meetings as required.
• Monitor productivity rates and initiate projects to improve efficiency and quality. Promote continuous improvement.
• Any other duties as required.

Key Skills:

• Food, Drink, Pharma, FMCG Manufacturing experience.
• Organized and able to work under pressure.
• Previous managerial experience.
• Hands-on approach with a passion for training and developing people.
• Excellent people skills including coaching and developing staff.
• Health and Safety knowledge and experience.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement Techniques.

Salary (Rate): £50,000

City: Dorchester

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Other