Production Manager

Company: Shillito Executive Search
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Location: Sheffield
Job Description:

We’re working with a prestigious manufacturing business that needs a Production Manager to take ownership of key areas. Not just hitting numbers, but building a team that delivers them consistently.

You’ll inherit a structure of team leaders and supervisors, but the real ask is to raise the standard. Set the tone. Driving accountability as well as optimising performance.

Day to day, you’ll be:

  • Owning output, quality, delivery and cost across your area
  • Managing capacity, planning and resource to meet demand
  • Developing your team; coaching, challenging and building future leaders
  • Driving improvements across process, layout and flow
  • Working closely with engineering and quality to fix problems properly, not repeatedly

This role suits someone who:

  • Has come up through manufacturing and knows what “good” looks like on the floor
  • Is comfortable having difficult conversations and holding people to account
  • Understands lean, CI, KPIs, but more importantly knows how to apply them
  • Can bring structure, discipline and consistency to a team

You don’t need to tick every box on paper. But you do need presence, credibility and the ability to get a team moving in the right direction.

  • If you’re currently a Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager or a strong Shift/Area Manager ready to step up, this is worth a conversation.

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Posted: April 17th, 2026