Production Manager

We’re working with a large pan-European manufacturing business which operates Monday to Friday, 24 hours a day that is actively seeking to add an experienced Production Manager to lead one of its site Production teams.
Production Manager - South
40 hours per week Monday to Friday
Location: Nr Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Salary: £(phone number removed)
Your responsibilities will be:
* You will be responsible for operational management, managing daily production activities, optimising processes, and ensuring operational targets are achieved.
* Monitor production processes and workflow.
* Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures.
* Implement process improvements and identify bottlenecks.
* Monitor performance against KPI Boards.
* Encourage and maintain good standards of housekeeping of the factory.
* Cost and Performance Management against production costs, waste and resource utilisation.
* Oversee and drive continuous improvement initiatives and track output, efficiency, downtime, and spoilage rates.
* Analyse operational data to provide production reports for senior management.
* Site Quality and Compliance, ensuring products meet quality standards and customer requirements.
* Maintain compliance with HSE regulations.
* Team Leadership (30+ staff) across 24 hour production, overseeing production supervisors and operators.
* Lead, develop, coach team and share performance feedback.
* Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
To be successful, we would like you to have:
* Proven Manufacturing or Logistics management experience. Knowledge of the Print, Packaging or related industries would be beneficial.
* Experience managing production or manufacturing teams in a time critical and detail focused environment.
* Continuous Improvement experience and qualifications would be highly beneficial.
* Experience balancing labour, equipment, and materials to meet demand and deadlines.
* The ability to resolve operational issues quickly and make sound decisions under pressure.
* IT Literate with the ability to provide business leadership with good quality production data.
* Good planning and organisational skills.
* Excellent communication skills, at all levels (written and verbal) and able to lead by example.
* Use initiative to solve problems and make decisions.
* Possess a proactive, can do attitude.
* Be flexible, reliable, and trustworthy.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Full UK Driving Licence will be required for the role.
This is a great opportunity to take an important manufacturing management role responsible for a key fast moving and time sensitive production unit in a capable SME Business Manufacturing Group.
Unfortunately, we are not able to provide sponsorship at this stage
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed