Production Department Manager - Nights
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 April 2026
LOCATION
Knaresborough
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Manufacturing
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion
SKILLS
Department Management
Shift Management
Production Management
Warehouse Operations
Budget Management
Leadership
Coaching
Problem Solving
FULL DESCRIPTION
Knaresborough
Production
Competitive Salary & Excellent Benefits Package
40 Hours per week
Permanent
Night shift - Monday to Thursday, 7pm to 5am
Closing date: 29 April 2026
Job reference: 154977
About this role
Our Department Managers know how to work at pace and regardless of which department they work in they all have the same goal - to deliver great food to our customers. It's fast and ever-changing - are you up for the challenge? Reporting into the Production Manager you would also be responsible for:
- Leading your team to successfully deliver your lines KPI’s and drive business performance
- You will coach, develop and lead your staff and establish a continuous improvement culture
- You will work closely with internal and external suppliers and will build strong, effective relationships ensuring that the site is legally compliant
- You will ensure that all levels of waste are recorded, and are accurate including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and potential efficiency; accuracy and waste recording; downtime; product weights; and staff efficiency
Shift: Night shift - Monday to Thursday, 7pm to 5am
About you
As well as tons of resilience you must have:
- Experience of a Department Manager/Shift Manager or equivalent
- Experience in a large scale production/warehouse operation, ideally across Food Manufacturing
- The ability to coach and encourage your team and help them explore opportunities to continuously improve how they do their job
- The ability to problem solve, and implement process changes in order to improve operational performance
- Experience of managing budgets and controlling costs
- Strong leadership and coaching skills in order to engage motivate and develop large teams with varying skill sets
In return for your hard work we will offer you:
- Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
- 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
- Additional 10% discount More Card for a friend or family member
- Career progression and development opportunities
- Free parking
- Market leading pension and life assurance
- Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
- Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
- Long Service Awards
- Optional Payroll charity donations
- Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave
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