Production Director - East Anglia - up to £65k pa (depending on experience)

Salary: up to £65k pa (depending on experience)

An East Anglian based printer is searching for a Production Director to ensure that staff members meet production needs while producing a high-quality product for the customer. Overseeing all aspects of production policies, objectives, and initiatives, you will schedule and ensure proper utilisation of facilities and personnel for production. This position requires a highly-skilled, organised, detail orientated, self motivated, flexible individual to work within strict deadlines in a challenging, fast paced environment. Working closely with the production manager, you will ensure expectations are met on timeliness, quality and profitability, safeguarding the reputation of the client from design to delivery. Your wealth of experience will come in handy when required to troubleshoot and resolve any issues during the production process. Being successful in this role will depend heavily on a strong commercial acumen and financial understanding. A key expectation for this role is to adopt best practices in all areas to drive efficiency and enable new product opportunities. You will initiate lean manufacturing plans and processes which minimise costs through effective utilisation of manpower, equipment, facilities and materials.

• Oversee all aspects of production policies, objectives, and initiatives.
• Schedule and ensure proper utilisation of facilities and personnel for production.
• Ensure expectations of timeliness, quality, and profitability are met.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues during the production process.
• Adopt best practices to drive efficiency and enable new product opportunities.
• Initiate lean manufacturing plans and processes that minimise costs.
• Lead the department with strong managerial, interpersonal, and team player skills.

Senior management experience within the printing industry, strong commercial acumen, financial understanding, and a proven track record of driving efficiency and profitability.