Production Manager

Production Manager
£42,000 £45,000 + Benefits
Full Time 37.5 Hours per Week Early Start (6:00am)

Blackwood

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Production Manager to join a well-established and fast-paced manufacturing operation based in the Blackwood area.

Reporting directly to the Operations Director, this role is ideal for a highly organised and analytical individual who thrives in a production environment and enjoys coordinating workflow, driving operational performance, and managing production priorities to achieve throughput and delivery targets.

This is a slightly different Production Manager role to the traditional people-management-focused position. While you will coordinate and allocate work across approximately 75 operational staff, the focus is heavily centred around production planning, operational flow, bottleneck management, and ensuring production targets are achieved efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage production schedules across multiple work centres
• Coordinate workflow and allocate work to support operational throughput targets
• Identify bottlenecks and implement solutions to maintain production continuity
• Create and manage project plans to support operational delivery and efficiency
• Monitor operational performance and analyse production data to drive improvements
• Work closely with senior leadership to ensure customer and business requirements are achieved
• Produce operational reports and performance updates
• Ensure high standards of safety, quality, and compliance are maintained
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across operations

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Previous experience within a production, manufacturing, operations, or planning environment
• Strong analytical and organisational skills
• Experience creating project plans and managing operational priorities
• The ability to problem solve quickly within a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Confidence working with KPIs, operational data, and reporting
• A proactive, structured, and can-do approach
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook

Benefits

• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Company sick pay scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• On-site parking

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one s identity. All of our employee s points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.