Production Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 5 May 2026
LOCATION
Thrapston
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Manufacturing
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SKILLS

Leadership Operations Management Continuous Improvement Health & Safety Management KPI Management Team Development Food Manufacturing Experience Coaching

FULL DESCRIPTION

Production Manager

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] Group – Thrapston | Competitive Salary & Excellent Benefits | 40 hours/week, Permanent

About this role

Our Production Managers have a big job, it's down to them to ensure our manufacturing operation runs smoothly, ensuring we deliver great quality products to our customers, on time. It's demanding, pacey and ever-changing. Reporting into the Site Manager, you will manage a team of Shift Managers who are responsible for a large number of operators and technicians.

You will also be responsible for:

  • Ensuring the Health & Safety of all colleagues whilst maintaining and making improvements in all areas
  • Maintaining a balanced scorecard against KPIs to drive further growth across the site
  • Maximising profits and drive performance improvement
  • Working with our current teams to drive the Continuous Improvement Strategy, through colleague involvement and engagement

Why not take a look around one of our Manufacturing sites? Click here.

About you

As well as strong leadership skills you will also:

  • Be working as a Production Manager/Operations Manager, or equivalent, within a large scale, fast-paced production environment - ideally across Food Manufacturing.
  • Have a proven track record in an operational management role in particular delivering results, with a strong emphasis on leading, motivating and developing.
  • Have experience in leading and coaching managers to drive forward results and step change operational performance would also be a great advantage, and would be in line with the expectations of our current managers
  • Have a good working knowledge of the tools and techniques of Continuous Improvement and how to integrate them into a business

Rewards and Benefits

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
  • Subsidised staff canteen
  • 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

About us

You’ll find a great big welcome here at [Employer hidden] Group - the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets.

At [Employer hidden] Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.

We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our [Employer hidden] Group website.

Location

Thrapston, United Kingdom, NN14 4QS

Our Process

Our resourcing team are on hand to help with any questions about your application and you can reach them by e-mailing [contact hidden].

  1. Find an opportunity that's right for you
  2. Online Assessment (Customer Assistant roles)
  3. Let's find out more
  4. Interview
  5. Final Stage
  6. Decision
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