JOB DESCRIPTION

The Production Manager’s responsibilities will be as follows:

• Reporting to the Managing Director and board, this role will have overall responsibility for the running of the prep room.
• Managing Labour and Production Plans across the site
• Stock management - ensuring correct stock levels for both day and night shifts is business critical.
• Drive a recent ERP implementation on-site to improve both usage and consequent efficiencies which can come off the back of this
• Training of supervisors and staff.
• Providing management information on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Implementing processes and procedures, then making sure staff are adhering to them.
• Leading the audit for the prep room.
• Working with the procurement team on direct and in-direct stock.
• Dealing with other external stakeholders such as the engineers or electricians.
• Managing up to the Operations and Managing Director’s.

The Production Manager’s responsibilities will be as follows:

• Reporting to the Managing Director and board, this role will have overall responsibility for the running of the prep room.
• Managing Labour and Production Plans across the site
• Stock management - ensuring correct stock levels for both day and night shifts is business critical.
• Drive a recent ERP implementation on-site to improve both usage and consequent efficiencies which can come off the back of this
• Training of supervisors and staff.
• Providing management information on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Implementing processes and procedures, then making sure staff are adhering to them.
• Leading the audit for the prep room.
• Working with the procurement team on direct and in-direct stock.
• Dealing with other external stakeholders such as the engineers or electricians.
• Managing up to the Operations and Managing Director’s

Ideally, the successful candidate for the Production Manager role will have the following background:

• Previous experience running a production operation of a similar scale.
• The ability to demonstrate your operational strategy and capabilities.
• To be highly organised.
• To be a pro-active person who identifies issues before they arise.
• Passionate about training and mentoring staff. We like to promote internally where possible.
• Experience working in FMCG, ideally in food manufacturing and under BRC or a similar standard.
• Experience with HACCP would be beneficial