Production Stream Manager, Production Stream Manager

Hyde, England, United Kingdom

5/16/2025

We are seeking for an experienced Production Stream Manager, with a strong focus on innovation, sustainability and continuous improvement, to join our leadership team in Hyde.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, this is a highly demanding senior role within our business, therefore you should have proven senior management experience gained within a FMCG environment.

An effective people manager, you will be a strong leader and role model, exemplifying a best practice approach across all areas such as, performance management, objective setting, coaching and mentoring etc.

Job Title: Production Stream Manager

Location: Hyde

Salary: Competitive

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Production team to ensure that all requisite production, safety, quality, profitability and continuous improvement targets and standards are met.
• Use the principles of OPEX to develop a team who can deliver the goals of the business while meeting customer expectations
• Build a culture of behaviour-based safety with team members and reduce hazards, risks, and incidents by observing the behaviour of the team and determining what follows when this behaviour occurs.
• Ensure that all team members have the appropriate training to do their required task in a safe manner and build a high performing team
• Adopt appropriate OPEX tools and upskill the team creating a culture of learning.
• Set standards, raise standards, and confirm standard work across safety, quality, environmental, manufacture and asset management.
• Embrace “Go for Zero” by promoting positive behaviours, root causing near misses and coaching Group Leaders to manage safety in their areas
• Address escalations promptly.
• Communicate the progress against targets regularly up and down the organisation ensuring that KPI’s are being maintained at the required rate.
• Setup 5s standards and ensure work zone ergonomics are optimised
• Manage projects in accordance with the site goals and gap up activity timelines.
• Optimise labour and waste and everything that impacts OEE.
• Promote RFT manufacture and do not pass on poor quality
  
  

You Will Need

• To be an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and with the ability to effectively liaise with a wide variety of stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in a FMCG Industry and understanding of safety, quality, environmental and asset management systems.
• Experience in Manufacture / Continuous Improvement / OPEX.
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
• Natural coaching ability.
• Intermediate Food Safety
• Level 3 HACCP and IOSH managing
• Safety or equivalent experience level.
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Career development opportunities within a growing, forward thinking business
• Competitive annual leave and enhanced Sick Pay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• End of Year Thank you Gift and Lunch, Refer a Friend Scheme, Stars Awards, Wellbeing Initiatives, Long Service Awards
• Subsidised Canteen, Free site Car Parking, Life Assurance and many more
  
  

For more details check the attached Job Description and send your application today to join our dynamic team!