Production Manager - Oakland International

Permanent

Redditch

Posted 3 days ago

Job description:

Company Overview

Oakland International began as a small family business in 1998 and has grown into a company employing more than 750 people. It is recognised as a Top 100 Local Employer and among the Top 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain.
Summary

As Production Manager, you will oversee production activities and support effective operations across the supply chain.
Your impact: By maintaining quality and improving processes, you help colleagues deliver reliable products and services to customers.
Responsibilities

To lead, motivate and manage the performance of the Production Team to surpass the team KPI’s using the management information, processes & policies to achieve them.

Providing daily / weekly team briefings.

Encouraging direct reports to contribute to continuous improvement suggestions.

Setting quarterly objectives for your Team.

Responsibility for people management processes such as Return to Work interviews, probation reviews, annual appraisals, involvement in disciplinary investigations and meetings.

Supporting the recruitment and selection process of new employees and responsibility for the management of agency staff.

Responsibility for the training and development of the team including performance reviews and regular 1:1’s.

Support and guide Supervisors in people reviews and appraisals.

Develop Personal Development Plans for Production Supervisors and support on-going progress.

To maintain, improve and manage a safe working environment including the timely completion of accident investigations and any actions required. Ensuring that team members are fully aware and comply with all Health and Safety standards, company and legal requirements. E.g. COSHH, HACCP, MHE compliance.
Responsible for ensuring absence is managed effectively across the team including return to works and absence review meetings.
Responsible for monitoring and reporting of non-compliance instances with third parties.
To identify and implement process improvements to drive efficiency and service.
Ensure the Warehouse is “tour ready” at all times.
Engage teams in continuous improvement initiatives.
Constantly review and improve reporting and systems to ensure individual and team competence is kept at a maximum.
Ensure warehouse Health & Safety processes and systems are complied with.
Maintain personal and staff discipline, attendance, time keeping and staff morale.
Ensure correct PPE is worn at all times within the Production Warehouse team.
Work cross functionally within logistics and the customer to continuously improve service.
Adhere to and promote policies and procedures of Oakland International
Lead and contribute to discussions within department, company, customers to solve problems and make decisions.
Obtain, evaluate and where applicable develop methods of producing information to aid decision making.
Liaise with Senior Management to ensure wage deadlines and any personal issues are resolved in an efficient and timely manner.
Responsible for understanding, communicating and driving the department key performance indicators, including errors, labour cost and agency usage and taking action on any overspends and absence.
Leading the consistent application of the Company People Management Process. Essential
Proven experience managing production teams in a fast-paced FMCG, food manufacturing
or logistics environment.
Strong working knowledge of food safety, hygiene and health & safety compliance
requirements.
Track record of managing shift-based and agency labour, including rota and overtime
planning.
Experience owning KPIs, cost, and quality performance for a production area.
Confident leading continuous improvement and change management initiatives.
Strong people management skills, including training, development and performance
management.
Desirable
Lean / Six Sigma or continuous improvement qualification
Experience across multiple production areas or brands

Benefits:

Company pension
Discounted or free food
Free parking
On-site gym
On-site parking
Referral programme

Work Location: In person

Job Features

Job Category	Warehouse
Weekly working hours:	40
Salary	Array
Responsible for:	n/a
Authorised by	KH

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Data controller: Oakland International Limited
Seafield Lane, Beoley, Redditch. B98 9DB

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The organisation may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by former employers, information from employment background check providers and information from criminal records checks. The organisation will seek information from third parties only once a job offer to you has been made and will inform you that it is doing so.

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The organisation needs to process data to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you. It may also need to process your data to enter into a contract with you.

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Your information may be shared internally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the HR and recruitment team, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the business area for which you may be considered and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for the performance of their roles.

The organisation will not share your data with third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and it makes you an offer of employment. The organisation will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you, employment background check providers to obtain necessary background checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service to obtain necessary criminal records checks.

The organisation will not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

How does the organisation protect data?

The organisation takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

For how long does the organisation keep data?

If your application for employment is unsuccessful, the organisation will hold your data on file for 6 months after the end of the relevant recruitment process. At the end of that period, your data is deleted or destroyed.

If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment. The periods for which your data will be held will be provided to you in a new privacy notice.

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As a data subject, you have a number of rights. You can:

access and obtain a copy of your data on request
require the organisation to change incorrect or incomplete data
require the organisation to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes of processing, and
object to the processing of your data where the organisation is relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for processing.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact Donna Frost, HR Advisor at the Data Controller office address, or by emailing HR@oakland-international.com
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