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Production Manager

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Manchester Production team at Greggs and really help to shape exciting and dynamic Supply Site

We can offer you:

  • 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day

  • Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary

  • Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year

  • Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants

  • Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme

  • You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages

  • Defined contribution management pension scheme

  • Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

  • Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products

  • Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits

  • Career progression and learning and development

  • Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing

  • Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers

  • Cycle to Work scheme

  • A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge

  • Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

About the role

  • This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
  • We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
  • The base location for this role is Manchester Supply Site, M11 Ideally, you’ll live within one hour travel of this area

What you'll do

  • Supporting Supervisors and  team leaders to lead and motivate a team of production operatives.
  • Develop Supervisors and Team Leaders to achieve Succession Planning.
  • Coach and inspire your department, including employee engagement and best practice in the manufacturing industry.
  • Working with the Site Manufacturing Manager to ensure we meet labour and ingredient targets
  • Drive continuous improvement for your department and team. 
  • Working to the values and being an effective team member contributing cross functionally to initiatives where appropriate
  • Play your part in meeting the objectives on the site business plan and ensuring these objectives are translated into Supervisor, team leader and operative PDRs.

About you

You will fit right into this role if you:

  • Are a strong team player, able to build good working relationships at all levels
  • Can demonstrate a proven ability to provide excellence in customer service
  • Are results focused with strong planning, prioritising and organisation skills
  • Can multi-task and work with multiple priorities at pace, delivering results within tight timescales
  • Have confident  IT skills including Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams
  • Are self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and using own initiative
  • A good communicator, able to operate at all levels clearly and concisely with the proven ability to communicate complex data terminology so it is understood by the data owner and the business
  • Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together
  • Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good
  • Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.

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