Manufacturing Team Manager

• Location:
  Telford area, Shropshire area – commutable from Stoke, Stafford, Wrexham, Crewe, Shrewsbury, etc
• Pay Range: £43k - £48k, target range on Target £5k Bonus, excellent pension, and package
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Client: FMCG Process Manufacturing

• An opportunity for an experienced and motivated Shift Manufacturing Team Manager, working shifts, reporting to the Site Production Manager.
• You are a successful Shift Production Manufacturing Leader, working in manufacturing, leading teams, performance targets, driving safety, quality, service, cost, and people targets.

To remain at the forefront of a highly competitive marketplace, a permanent opportunity has arisen for a proven production manufacturing professional to manage a production/manufacturing area.

On shift, leading a team of up to 20 process and manufacturing technicians.

• The Manufacturing / Production Team Manager will oversee operations across the department, starting with safety, then optimise quality, line efficiency and delivery
• Lead performance proactively, including Performance Improvement Plans for your team
• Coordinating and driving development projects which will lead towards performance improvements, cost reduction, and greater competitiveness and team engagement
• Lead shift operations with safety as the absolute priority
• Drive performance across quality, output, and efficiency
• Lead and develop Shift Coordinators and frontline teams
• Own performance management and continuous improvement
• Deliver improvement projects focused on cost, capability, and competitiveness
• Ensure smooth flow from raw materials to finished product
• Champion GMP standards and best practice manufacturing

• Ideally, with a considerable understanding of all areas of factory operations. Process, manufacturing, and packaging backgrounds considered
• You will also possess FMCG, regulated GMP, Process or fast-paced manufacturing industry experience, with factory knowledge and understanding of the key drivers within manufacturing
• Have a proven record in driving improvements
• As well as a growth mindset, you will be ambitious, able to lead people and can drive objectives, goals, strategies, and measures, through people, your biggest asset!
• Knowledge of lean tools would be awesome! Manufacturing improvements ideal!
• You’ll play a key part in achieving manufacturing process and production goals through hands‑on visible leadership, with safety at the core
• You will help sustain an already outstanding manufacturing process performance, always evolving to innovate and improve service levels through safe GMP practices

• 10% Bonus x multiplier
• Competitive salary and benefits package, pension matched
• An opportunity to work with a family of employees
• Exposure to world‑class processes and manufacturing machinery
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Excellent pension and life assurance
• Long Service Awards
• Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave

Candidates who are a Production Shift Leader, Shift Manager, Manufacturing Team Lead, Shift Team Manager, FLM, Manufacturing Shift Leader, production supervisor, production team leader, or Production Area Manager, Process Manager, may be suitable for this position.