Production Manager

Job Title: Production Manager           

Job type: Permanent

Hours: Monday – Thursday (08:30am – 17:00pm)

            Friday (08:30am – 16.30pm)

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 p.a.

Next Generation have been appointed to recruit for a Production Manager to work for a well-established manufacturing business who supply into multiple industries. Based in Tewkesbury the Production Manager will be responsible for leading and managing all day-to-day manufacturing operations across the production facility, ensuring products are delivered safely, on time, to the required quality standards, and in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

Duties of the Production Manager:

• Lead all day-to-day production activities across manufacturing departments to ensure delivery of operational targets relating to safety, quality, output, cost, and delivery.
• Drive a high-performance culture through clear leadership, accountability, communication, and employee engagement across all production teams.
• Manage production planning and workflow priorities to ensure customer delivery commitments and operational deadlines are achieved.
• Monitor and improve key manufacturing KPIs including productivity, scrap, downtime, efficiency, OTD, labour utilisation, and quality performance.
• Work closely with Planning, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, and Commercial teams to ensure operational alignment and customer requirements are met.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and optimise manufacturing performance.
• Ensure all manufacturing activities are carried out in compliance with company procedures, IPC standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and support supervisors and team leaders to effectively manage performance, attendance, conduct, training, and development within their teams.
• Drive strong standards of housekeeping, 5S, FOD control, and operational discipline throughout the manufacturing environment.
• Ensure effective management of labour resources, overtime, shift coverage, and operational capacity planning.
• Promote and maintain a strong Health & Safety culture across all production areas.
• Support customer visits, audits, and operational reviews as required.
• Ensure SOPs, process controls, and manufacturing documentation remain accurate, controlled, and effectively implemented.
• Lead investigations into production issues, quality concerns, non-conformances, and operational incidents, ensuring robust corrective actions are implemented.

The successful candidate for the Production Managers position will have the following experience:

• A Minimum of five years experience working as a Production Manager within a manufacturing facility (Essential)
• Strong experience with Production planning & scheduling (Essential)
• Experience working to, implementing and reporting on KPI’s (Essential)
• Strong RCA & problem solving skills (Essential)

Due to the high number of applications, we receive, we are sometimes not able to respond directly to each candidate. If you haven’t been contacted within 14 days of your application, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Next Generation and the relevant client related to this vacancy.

Next Generation work in partnership with businesses across the UK who operate within Manufacturing, Logistics & Commercial sectors. We provide permanent and contract opportunities engaging with talented candidates looking to make their next career move.