Production Manager

Production Manager

Up to £40,000

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a leading food manufacturing business with the recruitment of an experienced Production Shift Manager to work a rotating morning and afternoon shift pattern. This role is responsible for leading a production shift, ensuring people, processes and equipment are aligned to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality output. You will play a key role in driving day-to-day operational performance while embedding strong standards across safety, quality and service.

This is a key leadership role within a fast-paced FMCG environment, offering the opportunity to take full ownership of a production shift and drive performance across people, safety, quality and output.

• Take full ownership of shift performance, ensuring production plans are achieved safely, on time and to specification
• Lead, coach and develop production teams, managing performance, attendance, discipline and training requirements
• Champion health & safety as the number one priority, ensuring compliance with policies, procedures and legal standards
• Drive a strong safety culture, investigating incidents, near misses and unsafe practices
• Maintain high standards of food safety, quality and hygiene, ensuring audit-ready conditions at all times
• Monitor and improve manufacturing KPIs including OEE, downtime, waste, yields, giveaway and labour efficiency
  
  Manage labour costs, productivity and agency usage against agreed budgets
• Oversee material flow and critical production areas to ensure uninterrupted operations
• Identify, escalated and resolve operational, quality or equipment issues in collaboration with Engineering and Quality teams
• Drive waste reduction and continuous improvement initiatives across the shift
• Ensure accurate completion of production, quality and performance records
• Communicate effectively across shifts and departments, completing clear handovers and daily shift reports
• Support customer service targets, taking corrective action where service risks arise

• Strong leaderships skills.
• Experience working within a similar role.
• Excellent communication skills.

• Competitive salary.
• Career development and training opportunities.