Production Manager

Job Title: Production Manager

Job type: Permanent

Hours: Monday – Thursday (08:30am – 17:00pm), Friday (08:30am – 16:30pm)

Salary: £50,000 – £55,000 p.a.

Location: Tewkesbury

The Production Manager will be responsible for leading and managing all day-to-day manufacturing operations across the production facility, ensuring products are delivered safely, on time, to the required quality standards, and in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

Responsibilities

• Lead all day-to-day production activities across manufacturing departments to ensure delivery of operational targets relating to safety, quality, output, cost, and delivery.
• Drive a high-performance culture through clear leadership, accountability, communication, and employee engagement across all production teams.
• Manage production planning and workflow priorities to ensure customer delivery commitments and operational deadlines are achieved.
• Monitor and improve key manufacturing KPIs including productivity, scrap, downtime, efficiency, OTD, labour utilisation, and quality performance.
• Work closely with Planning, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and Commercial teams to ensure operational alignment and customer requirements are met.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and optimise manufacturing performance.
• Ensure all manufacturing activities are carried out in compliance with company procedures, IPC standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and support supervisors and team leaders to effectively manage performance, attendance, conduct, training, and development within their teams.
• Drive strong standards of housekeeping, 5S, FOD control, and operational discipline throughout the manufacturing environment.
• Ensure effective management of labour resources, overtime, shift coverage, and operational capacity planning.
• Promote and maintain a strong Health & Safety culture across all production areas.
• Support customer visits, audits, and operational reviews as required.
• Ensure SOPs, process controls, and manufacturing documentation remain accurate, controlled, and effectively implemented.
• Lead investigations into production issues, quality concerns, non-conformances, and operational incidents, ensuring robust corrective actions are implemented.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years experience working as a Production Manager within a manufacturing facility (Essential).
• Strong experience with Production planning & scheduling (Essential).
• Experience working to, implementing and reporting on KPIs (Essential).
• Strong RCA & problem solving skills (Essential).

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