Lincolnshire, UK
Production manager
at Matthew Cox
Matthew Cox is looking for a production manager to join its team in Lincolnshire, UK.
The role
Matthew Cox is looking for an experienced production manager to help shape the future of a sustainable and creative manufacturing business making plans for the next 100 years and more.
As production manager, you oversee the bespoke manufacture of in-house and semi-outsourced furniture and lighting and help set standards for our team, processes and products.
You orchestrate a synchronised operation committed to making furniture and lighting that stands the test of time. You sensitively balance day-to-day operational demands with the longer-term plans for the workshop and its members. Alongside other members of the senior team, you have a significant influence on decision-making within the business and a key role in strategic planning for sustainable growth.
We work in Stamford, Lincolnshire which is regularly named one of the best places to live in the UK.
Hours: 9-5pm Monday to Friday
Salary: £40-45k + profit share + benefits
Key responsibilities
Project management:
- delivering projects on time and on budget
- preparing and monitoring the workflow schedule
- understanding the value of an accurate and complete time recording system to achieve optimum efficiency and maximise our team’s efforts
- optimising systems to manage and support the team including Monday, Xero, etc.
- ensuring stock is well managed
- optimising our infrastructure
- overseeing efficient logistics and maintenance
People:
- inspiring and supporting the workshop team to maintain high standards for production and team culture
- optimising the production environment with health, safety and happiness in mind
- tuning into training needs/future potential in the team
- planning all aspects of the training and development in collaboration with the head of making
Profit:
- understanding how to use accounting system sales, cost of sales and time records allocated across individual profits to measure workshop performance
- analysing productivity and profit within the workshop and using the data to help shape processes, infrastructure and pricing
- advising on pricing within the business and contributing to the development of the quoting tool
Quality:
- ensuring consistent quality of products supplied with appropriate care information
- developing and implementing manufacturing processes and techniques to ensure reliable quality across all levels of experience in the workshop
Innovation:
- contributing to our 100 year plan
- handling our R&D submissions
- working with academic organisations and industry bodies to constantly improve the quality of our products
Essential for role:
- understanding of value-led culture
- excellent grasp of manufacturing models and financials
- enthusiasm for technology
- love of innovation
- commitment to purpose-led business
- problem-solving
- critical thinking
- enthusiasm for design
- creative and curious mindset
- empathy
Our values
Positivity – I fulfil my role in an engaged, enthusiastic and empathetic way.
Simplicity – I challenge and refine processes while communicating with clarity and kindness.
Quality – I strive for the highest standards in my work while supporting others to do the same.
Always out of the ordinary is the guiding principle for our company and although that line was conceived with furniture design in mind, it applies to every part of our company. Diversity, originality and authenticity are ideas that are intrinsic to everything we do. As are the principles of fairness and open-mindedness.
Building a brilliantly diverse team means encouraging applications from all underrepresented groups including minoritised/marginalised ethnic groups, all gender identities and expressions from the LGBTQA+ community, candidates with a disability, those who practise different faiths and beliefs. If you’re not a British or Irish citizen you’ll need permission to work in the UK and you can email us for more information.