Production Manager

Nantwich
To £50,000 plus Excellent benefits including…

• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Regular social events
• Volunteer and charity initiatives
• Free medical cover (after 6 months' employment)
• Free eye test (after 6 months' employment)
• Rewards scheme (after 6 months' employment)
• Pension scheme: 4% employee / 5% employer contribution
• 31 days annual leave including bank holidays

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead all production activities within a BRC‑compliant food manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for delivering operational excellence, ensuring the highest standards of product quality and food safety, and driving continuous improvement across the site.

You will play a key leadership role, managing production teams across two shifts while developing people, improving processes, and ensuring customer and compliance requirements are consistently met.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and coordinate production activities across two shifts to meet production plans, KPIs, and customer requirements.
• Ensure full compliance with BRC standards, food safety, hygiene, and site procedures.
• Monitor and control operational efficiency, reducing downtime, waste, and costs while maximising productivity.
• Ensure all products are manufactured to specification and customer expectations.
• Work closely with Quality Assurance teams to address non‑conformances and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain rigorous adherence to food safety, HACCP, and hygiene standards at all times.
• Lead, motivate, and coach shift managers to achieve high performance and engagement.
• Conduct performance reviews, identifying training and development needs.
• Promote a positive, safe, and inclusive working environment where employees are encouraged to contribute ideas.
• Manage attendance, discipline, and employee relations in line with policy.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Proven leadership and people management skills with experience managing teams.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and problem‑solving abilities.
• Results‑driven, able to balance performance targets with quality and compliance.
• Resilient and adaptable, with the confidence to make sound decisions under pressure.
• Demonstrated success in delivering process, efficiency, and quality improvements through continuous improvement initiatives.

Experience & Qualifications

• Previous management experience within food manufacturing or FMCG.
• Strong understanding of BRC standards and food safety principles (desirable).
• Formal food safety or HACCP qualifications (desirable).
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent health & safety training (desirable).

Shift Pattern:

• Monday to Thursday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
• Friday: 8:00am - 1:00pm

At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Defence Equipment, Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Our commitment:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

Please note that calls to and from the offices of Morgan Ryder Associates Ltd. may be monitored or recorded. This is to ensure compliance with regulatory procedures, record business transactions and for training purposes.