As the Production Manager you will lead all production activities across a large-scale manufacturing site in Swansea. You'll translate site strategy into operational excellence, ensuring safety, quality, cost, and delivery targets are consistently achieved while building a high-performing, future-ready operations team.

Client Details

Our client is a global manufacturing leader operating in a fast-paced, regulated environment where safety, quality, and continuous improvement are critical. The business invests heavily in its people, processes, and technology, offering long-term career development and the opportunity to make a genuine impact at site and group level.

Description

• Lead and manage all production activities across production operations on site

• Own site production performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and waste

• Translate business and site strategy into clear operational plans and priorities

• Lead, coach, and develop a large operations team (3 direct reports, ~165 indirect)

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives including Lean, 6S, SMED, waste reduction, and OpEx

• Deliver productivity, quality, and safety targets in line with site KPIs

• Support major engineering and capital investment projects

• Optimise working capital through improved inventory management

• Build succession plans, capability development, and training programs across Operations

• Act as a visible leader, role-modelling safety-first behaviours at all times

Profile

You'll be a confident, hands-on production leader with credibility to lead on the shop floor.

You'll bring:

• 5-7+ years' management experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

• Strong background in production leadership within complex operations

• Proven experience delivering Operational Excellence / CI initiatives

• Excellent people leadership and stakeholder management skills

• Strong commercial and financial awareness (budgets, cost control, KPIs)

• Ability to make clear, timely decisions in a high-pressure environment

• Engineering or Business degree preferred (Black Belt / advanced qualifications advantageous)

Job Offer

• Opportunity to shape culture, capability, and performance at site level

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Long-term career progression within a global organisation

• The chance to lead meaningful change, not just manage output