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Job Title: Production Manager
Location: Blackpool, Lancashire
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
About us:
The Glasdon Group is a market leader in the design, marketing, and supply of environmental and safety products. With commitment to innovation and excellence, we are a market leader in the design, marketing and supply of environmental and safety products.
About the role:
We are seeking an experienced Production Manager to oversee our production operations in Blackpool. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring our customer focus is maintained by optimising efficient production processes, maintaining high standards, and focussing on continual improvement cycles.
If you are a passionate leader with a strong track record in production scheduling and motivating a large team, we encourage you to apply!
The successful candidate with be provided with full and comprehensive support and training.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan and oversee daily production activities across multiple warehouse and production facilities.
- Lead, manage and motivate a large production team.
- Liaise with Foreman and Chargehands to prioritise workloads.
- Deploy resource to coordinate production with sales forecasts and customer demands.
- Continuously improve and optimise production processes by monitoring KPI's.
- Ensure product quality and customer specifications are maintained to the highest standard.
- Conduct regular appraisal discussions with production team.
- Ensure compliance with Quality Management Systems, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and 45001:2018.
- Liaise with and guide the Product Design team to implement the production of up to 12 new products per year.
- Work closely with suppliers to coordinate and improve subcontract assembly arrangements.
Ideal Candidate Background:
- Experience with production planning within a manufacturing background.
- Results orientated mindset.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Proven track record of managing and leading a team.
- Self-motivated, confident, and proactive.
- Be familiar with commercial computer systems and inventory management software.
- Good IT, literacy, numerical and analytical problem-solving skills.
- Practical skills with an excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and committed to achieving the highest level of customer service.
Perks, Rewards & Benefits:
- 33 days paid holiday (rising to 38 depending on length of service).
- Buy/sell up to 5 days holiday each year.
- Holidays can be booked flexibly in 30-minute blocks.
- Company related performance bonuses.
- Company final salary pension scheme after a minimum of two years' service.
- Pension through NEST within 3 months of start date.
- Life insurance after a minimum of two years' service.
- Private health insurance scheme after a minimum of one years' service.
- Health cashback plan.
- Company sick pay scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Compassionate leave
- Relocation support loans.
- Long service awards.
- Subsidised on-site caf/social space.
- Free on-site parking.
- Special occasion gifts.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- On-site Gym and changing facilities.
- Team building activities / days.
- Flexitime work pattern.
- Company events.
- At cost on-site electric vehicle charging points.
- Paid charity days.
- Charity fundraising events.
- Social activities.
- Promotion opportunities
- Skills development.
- Professional study support.
- Comprehensive training programmes
Terms and Conditions:
- Full-time, permanent position.
- Monday to Friday.
- 7.5 hours per day plus 30-minute lunch break.
- Occasional requirement to work overtime.
- Monthly Pay in arrears by the 28th day of each month.
Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of Production, Warehousing, Planning, Scheduling, Manufacturing, Operations, Process Optimisation, Team Leadership, Management, Forecasting, Demand Planning, Customer Service, Capacity Planning, Performance Metrics, Production Analysis, Works Management, ERP and MRP may also be considered.
The Glasdon Group of Companies is an equal opportunities employer.
