The Company

Our client is a market leading FMCG manufacturer. Due to restructure, they are now looking to recruit and Production Operations Manager.

The Role

* Will be working a permanent day shift overseeing around 100 staff.

* You will manage the departmental process to meet all appropriate performance metrics including HS&E, Quality, Cost and Delivery, ensuring the production of quality product to the design specification.

* Managing the overall department performance in line with company targets.

* Responsibility for a departmental headcount of over 100 employees, working a mix of shift patterns.

* Includes four direct report Shift Leaders.

* Identify and eliminate waste within area of responsibility together with direct report and supporting departments.

* Lead and facilitate improvement projects. Managing through teamwork and continuous improvement methodology.

* Provide cross functional support to other production areas.

* Main point of contact for supporting departments to review and develop resolutions as well as prioritising planned work activity.

* Lead departmental performance reviews and facilitate any necessary actions.

* Co-ordinate the Shift Leaders and Planning Dept on schedule adherence and capacity requirements.

* Manage and maintain high levels of discipline and consistency.

* Coach and develop subordinates via regular 1 to 1 activity to achieve set objectives.

* Evaluate training and development plans for dept team.

* Engage with union representatives and support on personnel issues to ensure localised concerns or disputes are resolved before formal escalation.

* Identify capital improvement opportunities and provide justification report.

The Person

* Must have experience in a similar role within manufacturing or engineering.

* A structured thinker, completer/finisher with strong motivational, influencing and interpersonal skills and high degree of resilience.

* Extensive leadership knowledge and experience, able to demonstrate sound hands-on operational experience of successfully managing people within a manufacturing environment.

* Excellent continuous improvement experience, able to manage change and improvements in a fast-developing continuous improvement culture environment.

* The ability to manage teams, projects, priorities and able to implement and sustain continuous improvement values.

* Logical problem solver with excellent fault-finding abilities.

The Benefits

* Attractive base salary.

* Working for a forward-thinking growing business.

* Good company T's and C's.

* 15% production bonus