Production Supervisor

Permanent

Bedford

Salary - £26,520 pa (£27,846 after probation)

Hours - Monday to Friday 8:00 to 17.30 (occasional evening or Saturday work)

Our Bedford based client is looking for a Production Supervisor who can multitask, delegate work to their staff and who has good communication skills. The successful candidate will also have good computer and system skills with use of WMS experience preferred, together with reliability and punctuality.

As first line management, the Production Supervisors will be responsible for 6 key elements:

Production Planning - on a weekly and daily basis
Productivity/Profitability of work - on a job by job/client by client basis
People management - including training, development, performance management, etc
Stock management/inventory control - on a client-by-client basis and across their area/unit as a whole
Interdepartmental communication and reporting
Quality - in all the above areas and including LEAN
As such it is the Supervisor's job to verify whether the allocation of time and resource to any element of the work is correct.  They can do this by interrogating the costs, the client management team, and the forecast and actual hours, to help continuously refine and development to resource allocation.

They are responsible for ensuring that, for the work that falls within their area, the business plans/allocates.

the right amount of people/time
the right amounts of space
the key components of the work 
The Supervisors (acting collaboratively) are responsible for all aspects of people management including, but not necessarily restricted to:

selection/appointment
support, training/development
holiday and sickness absence management
disciplinary management - Improvement notice level meetings and some disciplinary meetings
It is the responsibility of the Supervisor to ensure that their work area is well-managed.  This includes ensuring that:

all client stock is correctly located
stock is managed to avoid damage and wastage
stock is correctly reported
that the area is kept clean and tidy and LEAN
Please note that at times due to the volume of applications we may not be able to respond to each person individually.

If you do not hear from us within 7 days we're sorry you have not been successful this time.

Please do not let this stop you applying for other positions you may be suitable for. Good Luck!

1st Choice Staff Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and acts as both an Employment Agency & Business

Please note that at times due to the volume of applications we may not be able to respond to each person individually. If you do not hear from us within 7 days we're sorry you have not been successful this time. Please do not let this stop you applying for other positions you may be suitable for. Good Luck!

1st Choice Staff Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and acts as both an Employment Agency & Business