Production Manager Naas
- Naas, Co Kildare
- €40,000-60,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Job type Permanent
Location NAAS Kildare
Salary € 40,000-60,000The RoleProduction Manager - PermanentJob Purpose: Plan, lead, direct, and monitor all production and maintenance activities to
maximise the use of the organisation's resources to deliver finished goods to
customer demand and meet established production specifications and
schedulesReports to: Operations Manager
Location: Naas, Co KildareDays of work: Mon to Friday
Hours of work: Evenings 15:30 to 12 midnight
Shift Allowance: 20%
Specific Quals: Food manufacturing Diploma and advantage
Number currently on team: 10
Team Structure: Manager - Supervisor- Team Lead - Lead Op - Gen OpKey Responsibilities:
Responsibilities associated with this role include, but are not limited to:
- Direct and manage all production activities to ensure the daily and weekly production plan is
- Provide a high level of leadership and management to the production team to ensure that
- Actively manage to promote a culture of staff engagement focusing on teamwork, problem
- Construct production work rosters in an effective manner to ensure the efficient and timely
- Review the weekly production plan and identify any potential risks or production constraints
necessary, implement contingency plans to proactively negate any risks identified
- Monitor productivity rates against agreed set targets. Initiate root cause analyses where
actions to be taken
- Oversee recruitment and make provision for the training and development of production
- Identify, train, and develop strong leaders into key roles to provide for a robust team
- Ensure there is adequate cross training and labour cover for key positions to account for any
such as sickness, injury, or other types of absences
- Ensure all disciplinary incidents and staff absences are dealt with in a professional and timely
- Effectively communicate with all team members on a regular basis and provide
addition to daily and weekly structured meetings
- Conduct employee Performance Appraisals and establish training and development plans
- Maintain and apply detailed standard operating procedures (SOP's) and schedules for all
safety standards
- Provide key performance indicator data as required and comply with all internal and
customer audits and visitsEnvironment & Waste ManagementHealth & SafetyThe PersonQualifications/ Skills/ Experience:
- A competent professional with proven experience of managing and leading a team within a
- 3 years people management experience
- A strong ability to engage and motivate staff
- Competent in Microsoft Office
- Experience using manufacturing software beneficial
- Strong problem solving capabilities
- Experience of working within a compliance driven environment to BRC level or equivalent
- Proven experience of driving improvements in site standards
- Experience of managing within set budgets, measuring and reporting on key operational
- Experience of managing external third-party service providers
- Experience of conducting training on both a 1:1 basis and in small groups
- Strong spoken and written English skills
- Planning and organising of staff, time and work schedules
- Ability to communicate across a wide range of interested parties including direct reports,
- Excellent attention to detail
- Committed to working in a manner that meets the demands of the factory's operation. This
weekend working