Production Manager

Production Manager

Are you an experienced Production Manager who knows how to get the best from people, processes and production? 🏭

📍 Normanton, West Yorkshire

💷 £37,000 – £39,000 per annum

⏰ Working hours to be discussed at interview

📄 Permanent

We’re looking for an experienced Production Manager to take control of day-to-day manufacturing operations, leading production teams while driving quality, efficiency, safety and continuous improvement.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you’ll be responsible for complex, multi-stage production processes and ensuring production plans and despatch requirements stay firmly on track.

🎁 What’s in it for you?

✔️ 33 days paid holiday

✔️ Enhanced sick pay of up to 13 weeks (after qualifying period)

✔️ Staff discount on mattresses

✔️ Free onsite parking

✔️ Staff canteen facilities

🔧 What you’ll be doing

Managing daily production schedules, resources and KPIs

Leading and developing Production Supervisors and production teams

Driving improvements in quality, cost and efficiency

Identifying bottlenecks, waste and downtime – and tackling them

Managing staffing levels, recruitment, onboarding and training

Coaching, mentoring and managing employee performance

Monitoring rejects and supporting corrective actions

Ensuring production meets demand and despatch

requirements

Maintaining excellent health & safety, housekeeping and risk-assessment standards

Producing production reports and keeping senior management informed

Working closely with Procurement, Distribution and other departments

✅ What we’re looking for

You’ll need excellent people management skills alongside a strong technical understanding of production processes.

You should also be IT literate, comfortable preparing reports and have a solid understanding of health & safety responsibilities, including risk assessments.

A Health & Safety qualification such as IOSH Managing Safely is desirable.

Think you can lead from the front and keep production performing? We want to hear from you.

10 Recruitment are delighted to be working on this vacancy for our client. However, we are looking to shortlist immediately, so please apply today to avoid missing this opportunity. You can contact us on (phone number removed) or check out our website for other jobs we are currently working on