Production Manager working Mon-Fri Days, to cover a factory in Pontypool and also Bath, competitive salary on offer.
The Business
* An £18m t/over business, one the leading and fastest growing packaging plants in the UK.
* Business set up in ’08 and has grown by 20% each year since.
* We manufacture for a host of global brands such as Disney, BskyB, Chubb, Polypipe, Sephora, Halfords, Range and many other leading brands.
* Highly profitable
* Significant investment plan over 4 years, with £4m capex completed and a further £2m planned.
* 110 employees. Factory Pontypool & Bristol.
* Design, Manufacture and Distribution in house.
* Stable employer, strong growth experienced.
Role:
* Production manager (Days).
* Management of days production facility of Pontypool & Bath plant.
* The manufacturing unit is a very busy operation under 1 roof. 100,000aq feet. Involves, printing, taping due cutting and speciality gluing as well as regular case making.
* Requires a mentally tough, agile, individual who is able to think very quickly on their feet.
* Factory consists of around 20 large machines and managing the flow of work to ensure continuity of flow and optimisation of the available space is a must.
* We process 7 full arctics of material through the plant each day.
* We operate a lean system with typically 4 days of raw materials and 2 days finished stocks. The operation runs just in time.
* We work to tight deadlines and production is close to capacity currently.
* Reporting to MD