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Manufacturing ManagerVPK Packaging UK and Ireland · Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
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Manufacturing Manager

🗓️ Posted 2026-10-04 Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland Full-time Hybrid Manufacturing Transport Logistics
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 4,583 EUR–6,667 EUR/mo

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Manufacturing Manager to lead our Limerick manufacturing operation across Corrugator, Conversion, and Engineering functions, managing a workforce of approximately 95 employees. This is a senior leadership role for someone who thrives on developing people, driving performance, and creating a strong, engaged manufacturing culture.

Responsibilities

  • ● Lead, coach, and develop production and engineering leadership teams
  • ● Build a high-performance culture with clear accountability and ownership
  • ● Drive employee engagement, succession planning, and team development
  • ● Create strong collaboration across Operations, Engineering, Planning, Logistics, and Quality
  • ● Lead manufacturing performance across safety, OTIF, waste, quality, OEE, and productivity
  • ● Champion continuous improvement initiatives including Lean, TPM, SMED, and 5S
  • ● Drive a proactive maintenance and asset reliability culture
  • ● Ensure the operation delivers against customer expectations and site objectives

Requirements

  • ● We're looking for a strong operational leader who can balance people leadership with manufacturing excellence.
  • ● Required Skills
  • ● Proven experience leading large manufacturing teams within a fast-paced production environment
  • ● Strong leadership and man-management capability with the ability to motivate and develop teams and flexibility to work across the two shifts as well as "office hours"
  • ● A collaborative leadership style with strong communication skills
  • ● A data-driven mindset with strong problem-solving capability
  • ● Preferred Skills

Benefits

  • ● Company based pension scheme
  • ● Income protection scheme
  • ● Death in Service scheme
  • ● 1000 voucher in December
  • ● days holiday, plus public holidays
  • ● Access to Employee Assist Programme
  • ● Access to HSF Health Plan
  • ● Equal Opportunity Statement
  • ● We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.