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- Salary up to 45000 per annum
- Days Monday to Friday
- Fantastic opportunity in successful company
- Specialist privately owned manufacturer
On behalf of our client, a packaging manufacturer based in the Rochdale area, we are looking to recruit an experienced Production Manager with good people management skills, who can lead a small established team, who is quality driven and can drive and future proof the business.
The Job
- Directing and managing the day-to-day activities
- Achieving Safety leadership at all levels including shop floor employees.
- Implementing company policies, procedures and initiatives.
- Implementation of the company's annual quality, environmental and health & safety plans.
- Controlling of all aspects of Production processes including their quality, environmental and health and safety aspects, impacts and records.
- Supporting the Sales and Operations Planning process working to Min/Max stock levels and adherence to production plans for on time in full deliveries to customers.
- Providing resources to achieve adherence to annual, monthly and weekly Operational Production Plans for core and value-added operations.
- Developing and implementing annual plans to deliver cost reduction in operational areas.
- Ensuring sufficient skills and competences are available to meet operational objectives.
- Product and reject control and identification.
- Liaising with, Engineering to prioritise and arrange plant maintenance.
- Performing HR related duties such as recruiting, counselling, disciplining and developing employees.
About you
- Experience in managing, preferably in a process or food related industry.
- Continuous improvement in company health & safety performance.
- An understanding of lean principles.
- The creation of new ideas to deliver continuous cost reduction ideas.
- Experience in planning and organising production schedules.
- Determining quality control standards, including standard operating procedures.
- Excellent IT skills, strong presentation, communication and numerical skills.
- Excellent methodical / organisation skills and accuracy.
- Self motivation and an ability to use your initiative and work pro-actively.
Next Steps
If you have the required skills and experience and would like more information, please send your CV in confidence to Chris Chambury at The Recruitment Fix Ltd.
