**Please note your application will not be considered if you do not have the relevant experience**
Print & Direct Mail Production Manager
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
£38,000 - £42,000 + Excellent Benefits
We're exclusively recruiting on behalf of a long-established and highly respected print and communications business as they look to appoint a new Production Manager.
This isn't a business looking for someone to simply keep production ticking over. They're looking for someone with fresh ideas who can improve processes, increase efficiency, and put their own stamp on the operation.
If you enjoy developing people, streamlining production and driving continuous improvement, this is an opportunity to make a genuine impact within a successful and growing business.
Whether you're already a Production Manager or an experienced Production Supervisor, Shift Manager or Team Leader ready for the next step, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
You'll oversee a team of approximately 18 people within a business of around 25 employees, managing the day-to-day operation across both the print production and fulfilment departments.
The business operates across two key areas:
- Digital Print & Direct Mail production
- An established e-commerce fulfilment operation processing around 2,000 website orders each month
Working closely with the leadership team, you'll ensure production runs safely, efficiently and on time while continually looking for ways to improve performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing and developing the production team
- Planning and scheduling work to maximise efficiency
- Ensuring customer deadlines are consistently achieved
- Liaising with Sales and Account Managers
- Leading Health & Safety across production
- Driving continuous improvement and operational efficiencies
- Monitoring quality, productivity and workflow
- Supporting and developing an experienced production team
About You
We're looking for someone who enjoys improving operations just as much as managing people.
You'll ideally have experience within:
- Direct Mail
- Digital Print
- Commercial Print
- Transactional Print
- Mailing & Fulfilment
Experience with personalised or variable data, mailing or enclosing equipment would be advantageous, but isn't essential.
More importantly, you'll be someone who can:
- Build strong relationships with production teams
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency
- Introduce practical process improvements
- Organise and prioritise production effectively
- Lead by example and motivate others
What's on Offer?
- £38,000 - £42,000 salary (based on experience)
- Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (some flexibility may be required around these hours)
- 23 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, increasing with service
- Company pension
- Life Assurance
- Employee Ownership Trust profit-share bonus after the qualifying period
- Paid volunteering day each year
- Regular team lunches
- A genuine opportunity to influence how the production operation develops and to be involved in important decision-making within the business
If you're looking for a role where your ideas will be valued and you'll have the freedom to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.
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Pay: £38,000.00-£42,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Profit sharing
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
