Production Manager

Production Manager

Arla Foods Oswestry, SY10 8NL

Ready to help a global dairy cooperative deliver high-quality, nutritious products to millions - while driving sustainability, innovation and operational excellence at a key production site?

As a Production Manager at Arla Foods Oswestry, you’ll take ownership of day-to-day production performance, setting clear direction on shift, coaching your people, and driving the standards that protect our quality, safety and output.

How you will make an impact

In this role, you’ll lead the day-to-day running of production on shift, turning plans into safe, high-quality output. You’ll keep performance on track, remove barriers for the team, and work closely with key partners to continuously improve how we operate.

• Lead with clarity and calm under pressure, creating focus and confidence on shift. Builds trust through visible, fair and consistent people leadership
• Take ownership to improve how things run, and brings others with them
• Ensure compliance with food safety, health & safety, and regulatory standards
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through the use of lean techniques such as A3, 5why and 5s.
• Monitor KPIs and implement strategies to improve performance
• Develop, coach, and mentor team members to build capability and engagement culture

What will make you successful

You’ll bring relevant experience leading people in a high-paced manufacturing environment, with a strong grasp of safety, quality and performance management. You’re comfortable using data and KPIs to prioritise, solve problems and improve standards, and you enjoy working closely with colleagues across production, engineering and quality to get results together.

What Will Make You Successful

• Proven experience as a Production Manager within FMCG or food manufacturing
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• In-depth knowledge of production processes, quality systems, and HSE standards
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in developing a culture of engagement and ownership at shift level

What do we offer?

At Arla, you’ll join a market leader with a collaborative, high-performance culture where colleagues support each other to deliver safe, high-quality products every day. We’re committed to professional development and promoting from within, and you’ll have the opportunity to build your leadership capability while working on meaningful improvements that make things better for our customers, the farmers who own us, and the world around us.

• Competitive salary
• Annual pay review
• Employer pension matched up to 6% (12% total contributory)
• 4x annual salary life assurance
• Flexible benefits including the option to buy up to 5 days’ annual leave and access to Reward Gateway discounts
• Strong career development and training opportunities (internal and external)

Would you like to join us?

If you want to help shape performance on the shop floor and build a team that delivers day after day, then seize this opportunity. Please apply as soon as possible, as we will process applications on a continuous basis and close the recruitment once the right candidate is found.

For additional information, please contact Talent Partner Jess Thwaite 

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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