Production Manager

at  Samworth Brothers

ABOUT US

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.
At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

As a Production Manager you will be involved with the planning, coordination and control of manufacturing processes. You will be responsible for effectively managing all aspects of the production to ensure optimum operational performance. You will be expected to identify, own and project manage process and KPI improvements as well as ensuring compliance with all Manufacturing and Health and Safety compliance requirements. As a key role within operations you will be expected to set a clear example of the Group competencies and values and will develop a talent pipeline within the areas under your remit. You will have no direct reports

• To provide clear direction on all aspects of production to constantly improve the efficiency of the site
• To ensure that the teams within operations are fully compliant with training, Health and Safety, Food Safety and all other Legal and Group requirements, staying fully up to date with any changes
• To take ownership of maintaining high quality products and to address issues of quality as quickly and effectively as possible.
• To closely monitor and manage materials to hit agreed targets including our Responsible business programmeTo meet all production plans on time every time