Production Manager Location: Stoke on Trent Salary: Circa £45k plus company car allowance A local food manufacturing company are now looking for a Production Manager to join their team. Production Manager – Job Role: * A hands-on role managing a team of production operatives. * Coordination and implementation of all aspects of Wire Rope, Petroleum Jelly, and Rust Prevention plants. * Ensuring that all manufacturing, filling and bulk loading schedules are achieved and completed in a safe and timely manner to satisfy customer demand and OTIF requirements. * Ensuring operational activities are managed to cost, quality, time, safety and integrity standards. * Manage plant operations to compliance standards including Local, Country, Business, Global, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and HSSE legislation, policy and standards. * Ability to provide technical support and guidance for wire rope, petroleum jelly and rust prevention operations. * Legionella inspection – responsibility for the routine checks of the cooling tower. * Develop and maintain good working relationships with cross-functional departments. * Support with the embedding of Right First Time (RFT) behaviours into production, and support of Continuous Improvement (CI) activities to achieve best LEAN manufacturing practice. Production Manager– Person Requirements: The ideal candidate MUST come from the Food Manufacturing Industry as a Production Manager. You will also have the following skills, qualifications or experience: * Food, FMCG, Chemistry, Engineering or Process Operations degree or equivalent experience. * Experience of production operations in Food, FMCG, lubricant or chemical industry. * Good communication, team working, decision-making skills, with a good level of HSE awareness. * Knowledge of six sigma and SAP would be advantageous. These are your benefits: —Competitive Salary, Holiday Entitlement above Statutory, Annual Bonus Scheme, Pension Scheme, Free On-site Parking, Free Supply of Workwear and PPE, Free Eye Test Vouchers, Employee Assistance Program, Discounted Private Medical Cover. For more information please call Paul Gorton on (phone number removed). LER (SG) Ltd are acting as a 3rd party on behalf of our client. All applications will be held on our database for current and future positions. We will endeavour to get back to all applicants but if you have not heard from LER within 10 working days then your application has been unsuccessful but please feel free to contact us for an update