The Role

Our client, located in Naas, is looking to hire a Production Manager to join their team.

This is a newly created role and the ideal candidate will Plan, lead, direct, and monitor all production and maintenance activities to maximise the use of the organisation’s resources to deliver finished goods to customer demand and meet established production specifications and schedules

Key Responsibilities::

• Manage all aspects of the performance of the production facility maximizing efficiencies and labour utilisation
• Generation of all production / management data (such as downtime, waste, process sheets, non-conformances, on hold logs) and dealing with accordingly
• People management of the production team with regards to resourcing, manpower and performance management
•  Maintain constant adherence to all company, customer and legal requirements regarding Food safety and Quality assurance
• Chair the daily production meetings with relevant area supervisors, maintenance, quality and material supply teams
• Ensure production parameters are optimised to produce quality product to specification each time
• Ensure a continuous improvement mindset is implemented and applied in all processes
• Ensure all costs are monitored and controlled to ensure operations are within budgets
• Manage attendance, timekeeping, overtime, annual leave and monthly payroll
• Conduct employee appraisals and probationary performance reviews as well as ongoing performance management
• Deal with employee issues and disciplinary in conjunction with the Plant Manager / HR department
• Offer suggestions / new initiatives to a changing / developing process and defining SOP’s required
• Ensure handling and use of all ingredients / finished product targets a zero wastage approach and reduces and write off risk to the business
• Drive a culture of excellent adherence to Health & Safety of all employees through the maintenance of a safe working environment
•  Liaise with customer service department to maintain/improve customer service levels
•  Ensure the manufacturing facility is Audit ready every day

The Person

Qualifications/ Skills/ Experience:

• Third level education is desirable
• Minimum of 5 years in a similar position in an industry with high volume product
•  Previous experience working within the dairy industry a distinct advantage Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills required and project management experience
• Excellent leadership and people management skills

The Package

€50,000 + 20% shift allowance

Pension, Healthcare

Hours - 3.3pm - 12am