W Talent Manufacturing is supporting a leading manufacturing company based in Leicestershire who are now looking to recruit a highly talented, Shift Production Manager to drive manufacturing and OTIF improvements across the site. My client is dedicated to delivering a high-quality service to customers worldwide and have recently gone through a strong growth period over the past 2 years. Key Responsibilities: · You will be accountable for shift performance, including KPI deliverables covering safety, quality, productivity, and cost. · Managing the Production department and safely achieving the plant operational targets within budget. · Developing and maintaining engaged Production Teams, to ensure the people, process, and plant are continuously improving and optimized. · Input to the Site Operational strategy to ensure optimisation of the people, plant, and processes. · Freedom to act within the role's responsibilities and budgets and set communication principles, as agreed with the Operations Manager. · Drive a culture of Health and Safety, ensuring that all accidents are adequately investigated. · Manage and enable all Risk Assessments and Standard Operating Instructions to be reviewed and updated as per the agreed review timescale, or when a change is required. · Develop and communicate the manufacturing plan to the team. · Define clear metrics for each manufacturing area and ensure all Production Team Leaders drive improvement in those metrics through regular review and agreement of key actions. · Create ownership within each production department with the goal of each area being self-managed (people management, planning, and continuous improvement) by the team leaders. · Drive standards on the shopfloor through regular review and target setting to achieve the objectives and results required. · Work with the Process Engineering Manager and the Quality and Development Manager to optimise formulations and support technical and aesthetic developments. · Empower, engage, manage, organise, and develop the department Team leaders and their team members, in a safe working environment with optimal working conditions. Key Requirements: To apply for the Shift Production Manager position based in Leicester, you will ideally have 5 years of managerial or supervisory experience with the ability and desire to work 6am - 2pm Monday to Friday. Other requirements include; · Strong leadership skills and focused on training & development of production employees. · Technical Competence and understanding of Production Machinery would be an advantage. · Ability to work in a manufacturing industry and the pressures associated with high-volume manufacturing. · Excellent people manager with change management experience, ideally from a unionised environment. · Excellent planning and organisational skills, including data analysis. · Cable of allowing and empowering teams to create their scope and direction. · Able to manage, direct, engage, and drive a diverse group often with conflicting interests to achieve a common goal. What's on Offer: · Monday to Friday, 6am - 2pm. · Salary up to £45k DOE · 33 days holiday · Enhanced company pension · Employee Assistance programme · Private medical · Life assurance