Manufacturing Shift Manager

As an Manufacturing Shift Manager at Warburtons, you will play a pivotal role in driving excellence, innovation and efficiency across your production area - whether that's bread, crumpets or our new pancake operation. Leading a dedicated team, you'll lead and oversee daily production activities, and champion our commitments to quality and safety. Our Site Did you know there are two bakery sites in Bolton (Bolton & Variety), a distribution hub, a newly built Innovation Centre, Test Bakery, and our Head Office? With major site and group initiatives underway, including our significant pancake line investment, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. Extra Dough At last and by no means least, you will want to know what your breads worth:

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us and we know it will be to you so you have the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave.
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions of 7%
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
  
  Strong communication skills - able to give clear, simple direction that others can easily understand and act on
• Confident decision-making - makes practical decisions at pace to keep work moving forward
• Effective coaching approach - builds capability through support, guidance, and constructive feedback
• Motivational leadership style - keeps teams focused, positive, and productive
• High emotional intelligence - able to read situations and adapt behaviour calmly and appropriately
• Understanding of HSE compliance activities within the workplace
• Experience of Lean, Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement methodologies
• Background in monitoring equipment compliance, with the ability to identify and resolve issues quickly
• Understanding of site-level planning activities
• Proven capability in coaching and developing teams to achieve KPIs and targets, while nurturing future talent