Quickslide Ltd
Production Shift Manager
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Location: Brighouse
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £45,000 - Negotiable
Main Responsibilities
- Manage shifts effectively, delivering safe, efficient and high-quality production.
- Prioritise people, materials and resources to meet production plans and customer requirements.
- Improving the department for tomorrow by driving continuous innovation and progress.
- Understand how production decisions affect the wider business, balancing quality, efficiency and customer delivery.
- Develop supervisors, team leaders and operators, helping them grow in confidence and capability.
- Challenge poor standards, recurring issues and inefficient ways of working.
- Use data and performance insights to identify root causes and make informed decisions.
- Embed improvements and make sure positive changes are sustained over the long term.
- Champion a culture where safety, quality and accountability are part of everything the team does.
- Help shape the future of production as Quickslide continues to invest in automation, technology and systems-led manufacturing.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Production, you'll be responsible for leading production performance across your shift, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, labour efficiency, people development and continuous improvement are all managed to a consistently high standard.
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This isn’t a role for someone who’s content with simply overseeing the production line. We're looking for a leader who can improve the way production operates, using data, systems, process knowledge and strong people leadership to drive performance, reduce waste and develop a high-performing team.
You'll work in an environment where decisions are driven by data, customer expectations and continuous improvement, always looking for opportunities to raise standards and strengthen the operation for the future.
Success in this role will be measured through both day-to-day operational performance and your contribution to continuous improvement.
This role is for someone who wants to make Quickslide better, not simply maintain what already exists. So, if you're ready to lead a high-performing team and help shape the future of our manufacturing operation, we'd love to hear from you.
The Necessary Skills, Qualifications And Experience Include
- Proven experience leading production teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Experience managing supervisors, team leaders or large production teams.
- A track record of improving productivity, quality, labour efficiency or operational performance.
- Confidence using production data, KPIs and performance insights to make informed decisions.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to coach, motivate and develop others.
- Experience identifying root causes, solving problems and embedding lasting improvements.
- A good understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, 5S or similar improvement methodologies.
- A strong commitment to health, safety and quality, with high standards across every area of production.
- Commercial awareness and an understanding of how production decisions affect customers, efficiency and business performance.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships across Production, Quality, Maintenance and other support teams.
- A proactive approach, with the drive to spot opportunities, take ownership and make things better every day.
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