Production Manager – Manufacturing Coventry | £55,575–£56,810 + 7.5% Bonus + Excellent Benefits | 4 on 4 off Continental Shifts You will like Leading production and people for a world-class manufacturer at a major, highly invested manufacturing facility in Coventry, West Midlands. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Production Manager, Production Shift Manager, Manufacturing Manager or Shift Manager to join a major global organisation offering impressive facilities, excellent benefits and genuine long-term career progression. Based at a large manufacturing site in South Coventry, close to Middlemarch Business Park, Coventry Airport and Baginton, you will take ownership of a production area and lead approximately 40–60 people, ensuring safe, efficient and high-quality manufacturing performance. The role works a 12-hour continental shift pattern: 4 days on, 4 days off, 4 nights on, 4 nights off. You will like The Production Manager job itself, where you will take responsibility for people and operational performance across your production area. This is first and foremost a leadership role: setting direction, developing people, solving problems and making effective decisions within a complex, fast-paced manufacturing environment. More specifically, you will: Lead, coach and develop approximately 40–60 frontline production employees Take ownership of production performance, safety, quality and people Champion a strong safety culture and safe working practices Protect product quality and maintain high manufacturing standards Manage attendance, conduct and individual/team performance Deliver meaningful 1-to-1s, coaching and employee development Use production data and KPIs to understand and improve performance Solve operational problems and make confident decisions Balance competing priorities within a demanding production environment Work collaboratively with engineering, operations and other stakeholders Take ownership and accountability when senior management is not immediately available You will have To succeed as Production Manager / Production Shift Manager, you will be an established people leader with experience gained within a sizeable, complex manufacturing, engineering or operational environment. You will demonstrate: Strong manufacturing or production management experience Leadership of sizeable frontline, shop-floor or operational teams Excellent coaching and people-development capability Confidence managing performance and difficult conversations Strong safety, quality and operational awareness Structured problem-solving and decision-making skills Experience working with production data, KPIs and performance measures Confidence making decisions with incomplete information Ownership, accountability and sound judgement under pressure Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills Food or FMCG experience is not essential. Relevant backgrounds could include FMCG, food manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, engineering, process manufacturing, heavy manufacturing or other complex/high-volume production environments. Strong military operations and leadership experience may also transfer well. You will get As Production Manager, you will enjoy an excellent package including: £45,000–£46,000 basic salary 23.5% shift allowance £55,575–£56,810 total salary 7.5% annual bonus Private healthcare Excellent pension – up to 10% company contribution Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits Excellent training and professional development Genuine internal career progression Long-term opportunity within a major global manufacturer This represents an excellent opportunity to develop your manufacturing leadership career within a large-scale, sophisticated production environment backed by a highly successful international organisation. You can apply to this Production Manager opportunity by pushing the button on this job posting (recommended), or by sending your CV in confidence to . UK_MS