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.

Key Responsibilities:

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, escalate 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

This is what you'll need:

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

And this is what you'll get:

Competitive salary.
Career development and training opportunities.