Senior Supervisor (Manufacturing)

**Senior Supervisor (Manufacturing)**

Based Huncoat, Nr Accrington

Negotiable Salary DOE & Excellent Benefits

We're looking for an ambitious and motivated future leader to join our fast-paced seating manufacturing operation in Huncoat, Accrington. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong leadership potential who wants to build a long-term career in manufacturing and develop their skills within a successful, established business.

You'll oversee multiple production cells and lead a team of Supervisors, gaining valuable experience across people leadership, production performance, continuous improvement and operational management.

Whether you're an experienced Supervisor ready for your next challenge or a graduate/postgraduate with strong leadership potential and a genuine ambition to progress in manufacturing, we'd like to hear from you.

**The Role**

• Working closely with the wider manufacturing team, you'll help drive day-to-day performance while developing your leadership capability.

• Lead the day-to-day running of the production cells, ensuring safety, quality and productivity targets are achieved.

• Manage, coach and develop a team of supervisors, supporting performance, training and employee development.

• Promote a strong Health, Safety and Environmental (SHE) culture and maintain high housekeeping standards.

• Drive continuous improvement through Lean Manufacturing principles, including 5S, Kaizen and KPI management.

• Ensure effective workforce planning, resource allocation and cross-functional working to meet production demands.

• Work collaboratively with departments including Quality, Purchasing, Stores, Despatch and Design to deliver excellent customer service.

**About You**

• A genuine ambition to develop a long-term career in manufacturing leadership.

• Experience leading, supervising or coordinating people, ideally within a manufacturing or operational environment.

• Strong communication, coaching and interpersonal skills.

• A confident and positive approach to working with people at all levels.

• Good problem-solving and organisational skills.

• An interest in Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement and operational performance.

• Experience using KPIs and data to understand and improve performance.

• Good IT skills, ideally including experience with MRP/ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics 365.

**Benefits Include;**

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• 24 days' holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

• MediCash Healthcare Plan

• Subsidised Canteen

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Bright Ideas Scheme

• Employee of Quarter / Year Award.

• Free Life Assurance

• Family Fun Day

• Social Events

**If you're interested in finding out more about the role and The Senator Group, please

**"The Senator Group is committed to supporting inclusion and diversity and we encourage applications from different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, disability, gender and all other underrepresented job seekers".**

Salary: Negotiable Salary DOE & Excellent Benefits