Production Manager - ref. c98019723

Must have Lean manufacturing experience

Managing approx. 15-20 staff, the successful person will use their lean skills to deliver a high performance culture, ensuring a safe working environment with excellent Health and Safety.

• Continuously strive to improve standards of health and safety, quality and security
• Act as the point of contact on site for all issues, escalating when necessary to the relevant senior team
• Ensuring that the site team maintain an "Audit Ready, All the Time" production environment
• Ensure Quality procedures are fully understood and consistently applied
• Ensure the site delivers against productivity targets, KPIs and OPIs
• Organise and participate in the recruitment, management and training of colleagues, nurturing a culture that is consistent with Navigator values, monitoring performance and developing the capability of the team
• Have a clear understanding of the company's policies and standards, ensuring that this understanding is cascaded with their team

• Proven production management experience in ideally a food, drink or pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Lean manufacturing / GMP / OEE experience
• Familiarisation with BRC standards and SEDEX ethical audits is desirable
• Excellent people skills
• Excellent communicator

This role will suit a person that may have previously worked as a Production manager, Production supervisor, operations manager, Team leader and is commutable form Bridgwater, Taunton, Honiton, Weston super mare, Highbridge