Production Manager

About us:

Spectra Packaging is the UK’s leading independent manufacturer of plastic bottles and closures. Working alongside many leading high-street brands in the cosmetics, toiletries and personal care sectors, domestically and throughout Europe, we employ nearly 200 staff from our state-of-the-art factory in Halesworth in Suffolk.

Our business is built on a culture of sustainability and responsibility. We passionately believe in leading by example, providing thought leadership and environmental solutions to minimise our impact and help our customers make better choices.

Spectra is a growing company embracing a friendly and inclusive working environment. Our business supports gender equality and development from within, maintaining an open and supportive management structure.

As Production Manager, your role will be to manage the staff in the moulding department and to facilitate the smooth running of the production process. This will involve leading teams, ensuring quality levels required are maintained, address production related issues and maintain production outputs, ensuring efficiency and output targets are met.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the department, in terms of production output, resources, maintaining high quality levels and production processes.
• Take responsibility for the quality of production and ensuring the adherence to company procedures.
• Effectively manage, motivate, and develop staff within the department.
• Ensure effective communication is provided to shift supervisors, verbal or written.
• Ensure that health and safety rules and regulations are adhered to along with reporting and acting on issues in line with the company’s health and safety policy.
• Identify training needs and provide support for training as required.
• Undertake a proactive role in continuous improvements.
• Manage staff holidays & overtime cover where required.
• Monitor department’s KPI’s and performance; generating accurate reports.

You will be:

• An experienced leader, with a minimum of two years’ experience in a supervisory capacity, with proven ability to motivate and support staff.
• An excellent communicator, forging strong positive working relationships with others, leading by example.
• Hard-working, self-motivated, with a positive ‘can do’ attitude.
• Able to manage your own time, plan your own workload and meet set targets and prioritise effectively.
• Conscientious with a sharp eye for detail and a pride for delivering excellence consistently.
• Proactive in using own initiative in finding solutions and making team improvements.
• Proven decision maker, with the confidence and logic to make the right decisions.
• Honest, reliable and accountable.
• Able to pick up processes and operations effectively.
• Motivated to learn new skills and keep abreast of industry changes.
• Flexible, adaptable and open to embracing change as well as the ability to facilitate change.
• Safety and quality conscious.

This is an exciting time to be joining an expanding, privately owned company with ambition and vision to succeed.

This position offers a competitive salary, development training and opportunities, 6% employer pension contribution with employee contribution, 32 days paid holiday (including bank holidays), additional holiday for long service, attractive EAP scheme, employee events and free onsite parking.

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to:

Recruitment, Spectra Packaging Solutions Ltd, Antonine Way, Sparrowhawk Road, Holton, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8RX

Or email: recruitment@spectra-packaging.co.uk

Closing date: Friday 23^rd May 2025

We are an equal opportunities employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.   We base all employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.