Production Manager Up to £40,000 Yolk Recruitment are supporting a leading food manufacturing business with the recruitment of an experienced Production Shift Manager to work a rotating morning and afternoon shift pattern. This role is responsible for leading a production shift, ensuring people, processes and equipment are aligned to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality output. You will play a key role in driving day-to-day operational performance while embedding strong standards across safety, quality and service. This is a key leadership role within a fast-paced FMCG environment, offering the opportunity to take full ownership of a production shift and drive performance across people, safety, quality and output. Key Responsibilities: Take full ownership of shift performance, ensuring production plans are achieved safely, on time and to specification Lead, coach and develop production teams, managing performance, attendance, discipline and training requirements Champion health & safety as the number one priority, ensuring compliance with policies, procedures and legal standards Drive a strong safety culture, investigating incidents, near misses and unsafe practices Maintain high standards of food safety, quality and hygiene, ensuring audit-ready conditions at all times Monitor and improve manufacturing KPIs including OEE, downtime, waste, yields, giveaway and labour efficiency Manage labour costs, productivity and agency usage against agreed budgets Oversee material flow and critical production areas to ensure uninterrupted operations Identify, escalate and resolve operational, quality or equipment issues in collaboration with Engineering and Quality teams Drive waste reduction and continuous improvement initiatives across the shift Ensure accurate completion of production, quality and performance records Communicate effectively across shifts and departments, completing clear handovers and daily shift reports Support customer service targets, taking corrective action where service risks arise This is what you'll need: Strong leaderships skills. Experience working within a similar role. Excellent communication skills. And this is what you'll get: Competitive salary. Career development and training opportunities.