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Production Group Leader
Location: Carrickmacross
Hours: Monday-Thursday 12:00am-7:30am and Friday 10:00pm-7:30am
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a business committed to Operational Excellence
- Lead and influence change within a dynamic manufacturing environment
- Work with experienced cross-functional teams
- Develop your leadership capabilities and career within a growing organisation
- Play a key role in delivering business performance and continuous improvement initiatives
We're looking for a Production Group Leader to join our manufacturing operation and play a key role in delivering operational excellence across the production stream. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about building high-performing teams, continuous improvement, and delivering results.
Working within our Operational Excellence (OPEX) framework, you'll lead a cross-functional team to achieve safety, quality, cost, delivery, and people objectives while driving a culture of engagement and continuous improvement.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Leading and developing a high-performing production team
- Championing Health & Safety, Food Safety and Quality standards
- Delivering production targets through effective people and process management
- Driving continuous improvement using Lean Manufacturing principles and OPEX tools
- Organising and optimising labour to maximise operational efficiency
- Managing maintenance activities to minimise downtime
- Supporting and delivering site improvement projects with cross-functional teams
- Standardising processes and ensuring adherence to established ways of working
- Using problem-solving methodologies to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions
Essential
- Previous experience managing teams within a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Excellent written, verbal and numerical skills
- Fluency in English
- Experience analysing and interpreting production performance data
- Understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement tools
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and best practice production techniques
- Ability to solve problems using structured methodologies
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office
- Ability to identify opportunities for improvement and drive change
- Flexible, adaptable and able to perform in a changing environment
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Desirable
- Experience in a similar Production Team Leader or supervisory role
- Experience standardising processes and implementing operational improvements
- Knowledge of Operational Excellence (OPEX) systems and methodologies
Please be aware that visa sponsorship is not available for this vacancy. Candidates must be authorised to work in the UK at the time of application.
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