Production Apprentice

Production Apprentice

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Location Manchester
Department Supply chain
Job type Regular
Time type Full time
Team Supply Chain - UK Manufacturing & Production - Shift B
Start date 01/09/2026
End date 18/09/2026
POSITION SNAPSHOT
  • Role: Production Apprentice
  • Location: Manchester, Salford
  • Contract: Permanent

WHO ARE WE

PZ Cussons is a FTSE250 listed consumer goods business, headquartered in Manchester, UK. We employ around 2,600 people across our operations in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Since our founding in 1884, we have been creating products to delight, care for and nourish consumers. Across our core categories of Hygiene, Baby and Beauty, our trusted and well-loved brands include Carex, Childs Farm, Cussons Baby, Imperial Leather, Morning Fresh, Original Source, Premier, Sanctuary Spa and St. Tropez.

Sustainability and the wellbeing of our employees and communities everywhere are at the heart of our business model and strategy, and captured by our purpose: For everyone, for life, for good.

The Role:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Production Apprentice to join our Agecroft Factory in Salford. This is a great opportunity to work as part of a team in an FMCG environment by operating process and production machinery and equipment to meet daily production plans by achieving required hourly plan achievement whilst maintaining the highest health, safety, environmental and quality standards that are operational across the site

Reporting Relationships

  • Reports to the duty Team Leader / Shift Manager

  • Work within a shift production team

  • Close liaison with planning to ensure effective scheduling and delivery of materials

  • Close liaison with warehouse manager

  • Close liaison with Quality/Technical Services

  • Close liaison with CI Manager

Job context & scope

Safety

  • Support the Team Leader to drive a proactive safety culture i.e. Hazard Spots reported, actioned and completed.

  • Actively strives to achieve daily production figures through timely intervention, remedy and escalation reporting of all issues

  • Completes allocated actions resulting from internal and external H&S Audits to ensure all external accreditations are maintained.

  • Completion of all mandatory H&S training

  • Maintains and raises hygiene standards to GMP requirements.

Quality

  • Ownership of maintaining required standards, as assessed via internal and external audits.

  • Completes actions resulting from internal and external quality Audits to ensure all defined audit scores are met

Delivery

  • Actively takes ownership for hourly scores and performance of production line

  • Works collaboratively to support others

  • Works with the team to meet daily and weekly production KPIs including OEE, PA, GMP audits, safety inspections etc, and review quarterly

People

  • Completes regular performance reviews

  • Reads and understands all internal training and work instructions

SAP

  • Understanding and use of the SAP system and all relevant transactions

  • Completion of transactions to desired standard

General

  • Completes all other relevant reasonable tasks as requested by duty manager

Equal Opportunities: 

At PZ Cussons, we value diversity and make sure everyone feels included. We want our team to reflect society and our global customers. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and your unique perspective helps us develop brands and create new products for our consumers. 

If you need extra support during this process, please inform us so that we can accommodate your needs appropriately. It is important to us that all candidates feel recognised and have a good experience with PZ Cussons as part of our commitment to inclusivity. 

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