Production Manager - 40k - Food

Fantastic opportunity for an experienced Production Manager to join a thriving Food manufacturing company (one of the largest in Ireland, and the most Modern).

This proves to be a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to progress their career and widen their knowledge in a leading organisation.

Office is based in Warrenpoint - Permanent role

Night shift role - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Salary

Fully Negotiable + Additional Fantastic Benefits and Perks

Responsibilities:

• Managing daily production processes to ensure efficiency targets are met on each day of production.
• Ensuring all products prepared and produced according to specifications and meets all our quality requirements.
• Ensuring all Quality and Production operations carried out to the production schedule to meet quality and efficiency targets.
• Minding day to day good housekeeping practices on Night Shift to make sure waste is controlled and at minimum level.
• Leasing with other departments such as Quality and Purchasing to make sure service levels targets are met.
• Controlling ingredient and packaging flow. Making sure yield and waste targets are met.
• Cooperate with Supervisors, team Leaders on Production Line Leaders to ensure smooth running of daily production.
• Providing regular production information and performance reports to the Manufacturing Manager.
• Reporting any maintenance related issue or a potential structural and equipment issue to senior management team in timely manner.
• Making sure all paperwork filled with correct information on each production day on Night Shift.
• Monitoring & Training of new and existing staff on Night Shift.
• Providing first line support to Night Shift operatives to keep daily operations free from bottle necks.
• Communicating with daytime Kitchen supervisor, mixing operators and Kitchen runners in timely manner to make sure ingredient supply to line is efficient and ingredient rotation is correct.
• Checking all the ingredients and Mixes daily to make sure product & ingredient rotation is correct and NO WASTE.

The Ideal Person:

• Experience in effective Production management.
• Food industry experience

For further information on this opportunity, or any other position in Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Jack Groves via Vanrath in the strictest confidence.

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