Main characteristics
- Location
- Stockport, Manchester
- Company
- Cogent Staffing
- Salary
- £50000/annum
- Employment type
- Permanent
- Category
- Manufacturing / Surveying
Job summary
Our Stockport based client is currently recruiting for a Manufacturing manager.They manufacture top bread brands such as Kingsmill, Allinsons and Sunblest. across their various manufacturing facilities.
Key Accountabilities
* Actively engage individuals and teams in the Safety First culture, managing people effectively through robust leadership skills and in compliance with AB internal policies and procedures
* To lead and facilitate individuals and teams to deliver optimal levels of performance on cost, resource, service requirements.
* To drive product quality through all systems available and people
* To contribute to the optimization of a production plan, operating the production plant in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
* Ensure that development and training needs of individuals are consistently applied to create a proactive environment of learning through relevant documentation (learning logs)
* To actively encourage individuals and teams to continuously challenge and improve manufacturing processes.
* To optimise work cross-functionally providing insight and control over the bakery infrastructure.
Essential experience
* Proven leadership and management experience
* Be able to demonstrate people and performance experience.
* Graduate/Graduate Calibre Minimum of 2 years successful experience in comparable environment, with experience in a line management role.
* Analytical approach to problem solving and numerate
* The ability to take a logical approach to decision making
* Experience and evidence of accepting and driving ownership and accountability
* Experience and evidence of improving line and team performance
* Experience and evidence of continuous improvement Competent and confident communication skills
* The ability to learn new skills and develop personally The ability to demonstrate wider business understanding
Advantageous
* Preferably be a graduate in a Manufacturing related discipline or equivalent.
* Bakery background or similar
Package
* Circa £50,000 including shift allowance.
* Working a continental shift pattern including days, nights and weekends
* Great progression and career opportunities
Cogent Staffing is an equal opportunities recruiter, and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation, or age