Poultry Production Manager

Are you an experienced Production Manager looking for a new challenge in a busy factory environment?

A rapidly expanding, successful group that encompasses all aspects of the meat trade is recruiting a Poultry Production Manager for our site in Irlam, Manchester.

Our business, which is a catering butcher, has over 100 years of experience in the meat and farming industries. All products are prepared in the factory daily to each customer's specifications, packaged and labelled to and above legislation, and delivered directly throughout the UK.

We pride ourselves on being a people-focused business. Our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals. We do this by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope, and pace of change.

Our culture is the foundation of our business and is reflected in our Mission, Vision, and Values statements.

The purpose of this role is to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of all aspects of the poultry department, as detailed below:

• Organise and plan the production for the poultry department on day shifts.
• Ensure all orders are produced to the correct specification and complete production records.
• Complete stock rotation and action short dates and ensure that all finished product and work in progress is correctly labelled for traceability with both GRNs and batch codes.
• Adhere to all Health and safety policies, quality standards, and allergen controls.
• Ensure that the poultry area, tumbling room, and seasoning areas are kept clean & tidy.
• Train staff within the poultry department.
• Administrate holiday shift patterns together with the Factory Manager, ensuring that all necessary cover is in place and liaise with HR regarding timekeeping and absences.

We welcome applications for this Poultry Production Manager role from candidates with skills in operations, production, poultry, leadership, training, coaching, time management, HR, KPIs, and reporting, or as an Assistant Manager, Operations Manager, Factory Manager, Production Manager, or Supervisor.

Bring your experience to a growing company that supports your career development - apply today!

• Discounted staff sales
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employee of the Month bonus
• On-site car parking
• Christmas hamper
• Birthday vouchers

Working hours are Sunday to Thursday 07.00-16.00.

This role will require some flexibility in the working hours to meet the needs of the business.

No formal qualifications are required for this Poultry Production Manager role, and full training will be provided; however, it would be advantageous if you have supervisory or management experience in a fast-paced operations or production environment and significant experience supervising or managing staff.

• Experience in the food/meat/poultry industry would be advantageous
• Good communication skills
• The ability to lead from the front
• The ability to develop good working relationships with managers in other areas of the business to deliver common goals in terms of profitability and provision of agreed service levels
• Willingness to embrace change and develop people within your team
• The ability to work to tight deadlines
• A strong commercial understanding of the business

Birtwistle's started life as a family butcher over 100 years ago. Since then, the business has changed dramatically and none more so than in recent years.

In 2003, MJ Birtwistle & Co Ltd was established and marked the start of a new era in our history. Since then, growth has been dramatic, with the business expanding from one site at Worsley to eight sites across the UK.

We're always looking for great people to come and work with us. If you've got the right passion, drive, and will to succeed, then we'll nurture it and give you the opportunities to forge a successful career at Birtwistle's.