Production Manager

Production Manager Huddersfield | Up to £60,000 + Bonus

Elevation Recruitment Group is working with a global manufacturing business to recruit an experienced Production Manager for their Huddersfield facility. This is a site-critical role with full accountability for production output, people leadership, quality and safety across a multi-line operation.

The Role

Reporting into the Operations Director, the Production Manager will oversee Shift Management and Production Teams across two sites. You will be responsible for hitting output targets, driving a culture of continuous improvement and maintaining the highest standards in quality and safety.

Key responsibilities of the Production Manager include

Managing all manufacturing activities across site, ensuring product is delivered on time and in full against schedule

Building and executing production schedules across daily, weekly, monthly and annual horizons

Owning KPI performance across output, machine efficiency, yields and labour cost

Leading, coaching and developing the Shift Management team, including multi-skilling and training matrix management

Driving lean and CI initiatives across the operation, reducing waste and improving productivity

Maintaining sites to audit-ready standard and supporting ISO audit activity

Investigating quality issues and implementing preventative measures

Taking full accountability for Health and Safety across all production areas

The Person

Proven background in production or operations management within a high-volume, multi-line manufacturing environment

A hands-on leader who can operate at pace and balance floor-level credibility with commercial awareness

Strong people management skills with experience developing shift-based teams

Experienced in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, comfortable reporting at senior level

Proficient in production planning and Microsoft Excel

About Elevation Recruitment Group

Elevation Recruitment Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy that helps people build long-term, successful careers. We work across a wide range of industries and disciplines with a focus on making recruitment feel more human, more honest and more effective. We are specialists in every function and experts in every hire. Check out our website to find out more.