Production Manager
Kerry Group
- Listowel, Co Kerry
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead, manage and motivate a team of 60+ people, through a team of 5 supervisors, promoting a collabrative and positive working environment.
- Instill a 'Safety First, Quality Always' approach and creating a high-performance culture where continuous improvement is embraced.
- Provide clear direction and undertaking all management responsibility for team members; 1-2-1's, conducting appraisals, coaching, managing absence and poor performance / non-conformity.
- Ensure that Key Performance measures of safety, quality and auditory standards and are always monitored and achieved.
- Drive cost control measures in output, quality, yield, labour utilization, and waste
- Positively communicate and coordinate with other functions to progress issues concerning production planning, processes, procedures or equipment to ensure delivery of all customer orders to time, quality and cost specifications.
- Through the utilisation of lean manufacturing techniques, strive to exceed the company targets in productivity, efficiency and quality on a continuous basis
- Report and act upon plant or machinery breakdowns with maintenance technicians
- Ensure that internal delivery processes are adhered to support dispatch time windows
- Lead the follow-up and lessons learned process when customers raise concerns. Identify and eliminate root cause using robust countermeasures. Sustain the corrective actions to eliminate repeat issues
- Proven track record of leading and motivating large teams to succeed by utilising appropriate management styles, leading by example, setting objectives and defining responsibilities to give a clear sense of direction and purpose.
- Passionate about managing performance, leading, developing and ultimately empowering people,
- Significant experience within a high-volume, high pace GMP manufacturing environment, preferably dairy or food manufacturing. Experience of drying processes is highly desirable.
- A degree in Food Science or related discipline is desirable but not essential.
- Strong IT Systems and methodology experience (SAP, MS Office packages, Lean Processes, Continuous Improvement etc.)
- Highly organised and analytical with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving
- Experience and knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and ideally, food safety standards.
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.