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Production Manager - Craigavon | Lead safe, efficient and high-quality production
Ready to step into a role where your leadership directly shapes production performance, food safety and continuous improvement? As Production Manager in Craigavon, you'll lead manufacturing activities to ensure products are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.
Salary / Benefits
- £50,000 per annum
- 29 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays (pro rata)
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance cover
- Employee discount scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Monday-Friday working pattern
- 40 hours per week
About your next employer
You'll join a business with a strong food manufacturing focus, delivering consistently across batch production with a multi-temperature approach. This is a role for a hands-on leader who wants to drive operational excellence, strengthen standards and improve day-to-day performance.
About you
You'll bring:
- Proven experience as a Production Manager within food manufacturing
- Strong understanding of batch manufacturing processes
- Effective people leadership, including coaching and developing supervisors and teams
- Knowledge of HACCP, BRCGS and relevant food safety/quality standards
- Experience managing production KPIs and driving corrective actions
- Strong organisational and problem-solving ability
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and production reporting systems, with ERP/manufacturing system experience
Nice to Have Skills
- Experience within chilled, frozen or ambient food production environments
- IOSH or NEBOSH Health & Safety qualification
- Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement qualification
Preferred Education and Experience
- Strong background in food manufacturing leadership, with significant Production Management experience and practical knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP/BRCGS).
What you'll do
- Plan, organise and oversee daily production to meet customer demand, quality, safety and cost targets
- Monitor production performance and implement corrective actions to reduce waste, downtime and losses
- Lead, motivate and develop supervisors and production teams, strengthening accountability and continuous improvement
- Partner with Quality/Technical to investigate and resolve quality issues and customer complaints
- Support compliance across allergen controls, traceability and cleaning procedures
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and problem-solving techniques, using KPI data to track progress
If you're an operations-focused leader with a passion for quality and continuous improvement, apply now and take the next step as Production Manager in Craigavon.
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Job Info:
- Company: VANRATH
- Position: Production Manager - Craigavon
- Work Location: Craigavon
- Country: GB
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