Production Manager

Production Manager Salary: £43,155 Location: Ingliston Fixed Term: up to 6 monthsAre you an experienced Manager looking for your next opportunity? Our client, a well-established business based in Ingliston, is seeking a motivated and hands-on Production Manager to lead their team and ensure smooth day-to-day operations within their busy production environment.Job Purpose Responsible for ensuring the mill team carry out the efficient operation of all aspects of the feed mill production system, including all relevant Health & Safety and quality control procedures relating to the production of compound animal feed are adhered to in order to deliver business objectives. Deputising for the Mill Manager as required.Key Responsibilities* Lead the mill supervisors to ensure the implementation of Health and Safety policies and procedures ensuring compliance with legislation and aligned to best practice.* Lead the mill supervisors, driving consistently excellent performance to deliver KPI's for Safety, Quality, Service and Cost. * Responsibility to ensure that feed is made and handled in a way that all Food safety standards and requirements are adhered to, maintaining standards of good practice to minimise any food safety risk to both the birds consuming the feed and the end consumer.* Responsible in ensuring mill supervisors are capable to make core decisions during day to day activities and complex matters are escalated to you and the mill management team where necessary. * Manage supervisor performance, setting targets, undertaking regular appraisals. Dealing with absence, capability and disciplinary matters.* Flexibility to work alternative shift patterns as required. * Lead the mill supervisors to ensure all operational areas required are aligned to allocate resources to meet changing business and customer needs. * Ensure where required, the mill supervisors and their shift conduct basic level routine maintenance and assist the engineering team where possible to minimise production downtime.* Ensure the mill supervisors are co-ordinating the activities of workers and the daily operation of the feed mill. This will involve daily stock takes and completion of statutory records and production sheets.* Ensure the supervisors have the capability to work with other operational areas to ensure the efficient flow of information so all internal and external customer requirements are met.* Lead and implement key projects and initiatives as required in order to deliver business objectives.* Drive continuous improvement, proactively reviewing current methodology and opportunities to improve the sites efficiency, safety, quality and performance.Qualifications & Experience* GCSE Level 4 or equivalent in Maths and English preferred. * A Level/Higher grade pass in English and Maths preferred. * Relevant management qualification preferred. * Qualification/Apprenticeship in a relevant field preferred. * Strong experience within a team-based manufacturing/production environment, working with strict safety and quality control procedures and KPI's. * Good experience of proactively working within a lean manufacturing site.Key Competencies & Skills* Leading & Supervising: Motivates and empowers others and makes prompt clear decisions which may involve tough choices or considered risks. Takes responsibility for actions.* Working with People: Demonstrates an interest and understanding of others, adapts to the team and builds team spirit, listens, consults and communicates proactively and effectively.* Supporting & Co-operating: Works effectively as part of a team and collaboratively with other operational areas to meet increasing productivity and quality targets.* Relating & Networking: Establishes good relationships with customers and staff, builds wide and effective networks of contacts inside and outside the organisation relating well to people at all levels. Manages conflict.* Persuading & Influencing Makes a strong personal impression on others, gains clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating. Promotes ideas on behalf of self or others.* Presenting & Communicating: Speaks clearly and fluently. Expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly. Responds quickly to the needs of their audience and to their reactions and feedback. Projects credibility.* Creating & Innovating: Produces new ideas, approaches or insights, produces a range of solutions to problems. Seeks opportunities for organisational improvement. Devises effective change initiatives.* Applying Expertise & Technology: Develops job knowledge and expertise through continual professional development and drives continuous improvement by suggesting changes to current methodology in order to improve efficiency and performance.* Planning & Organising: The ability to prioritise and use own initiative in order to meet the demands of a fast-paced work environment.Interested?