Production Manager

· Adhere and work towards the company core values.

· Adhere to all company policies and procedures outlined in employee handbook.

• Responsibility for the day to day operations of the production department.
• Develop efficiency procedures to ensure effective use of materials, machines and manpower to produce quality products on time and within budget.
• Use Continuous Improvement methodologies and encourage this attitude to working practices to drive improvements in productivity and quality.
• Achieve KPI targets on productivity, waste, quality and cost.
• Strict time/temperature controls in place to reduce forms of abuse or mishandling of product.
• Lead, motivate, develop and performance manage the production department.
• Implement job rotation and delegation
• Ensure all available resources are utilised with maximum efficiency - documented rota system produced at least 1-2 weeks in advance.
• Plan Temporary manning levels to meet production schedules.
• Ensure a "clean as you go" policy is adopted and oversee the production area is kept clean and in line with this policy.
• Sign off on cleaning check sheet
• Communicate effectively with all departments to resolve any issues which may impact on production. e.g. time requirements for deliveries, unexpected downtime, production finish time etc.
• Weekly/daily team meetings to update on changes business changes and key information relating to packing performance.
• Monitor packing statistics and manage performance daily to achieve optimum target.
• Ensure all production equipment is properly maintained and serviced.
• Encourage team to report damages, faults or problems with equipment.
• Develop team capabilities through identifying training needs and build skills matrix.
• Responsible for ensuring all H & S issues are raised and dealt with appropriately, all accidents/near missus reported to senior management and logged in accordance with UK Safety laws.