Owen Daniels

Graduate Manufacturing Management Trainee

About the Employer

Job Description

Graduate Manufacturing Management Trainee


Permanent Position

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Growing Manufacturing Business

Birmingham


Owen Daniels are partnered with a leading engineering business based in Birmingham. This opportunity is suited to a motivated individual to develop a career within the manufacturing management team of a leading engineering business.


Graduate Manufacturing Management Trainee

Job Description

  • Preparation of monthly production plans
  • Monitor performance versus production plans
  • Supervision of production performance
  • Calculation of appropriate stock holding levels
  • Work closely with HR to support the training, development, and appraisal of production-based supervision
  • Provide assistance to production-based supervision in optimising performance
  • Identify, champion and execute improvement opportunities
  • Support supply chain management
  • Liaise with the Sales function to support KPIs in respect of service delivery
  • ERP Super-user
  • Participate in new employee inductions and training
  • Support effective H&S practices


Graduate Manufacturing Management Trainee

Essentials Qualifications & Skills

The successful candidate MUST have:

  • Minimum Grade A / 7 in GCSE English
  • Minimum Grade A / 7 in GCSE Maths
  • Strong Excel Skills – ability to create spreadsheets, input formulae, reference cells, pivot tables, conditional formatting etc as well as an ability to learn new functions and implement
  • Work Experience – any part or full-time experience for at least three consecutive months


Graduate Manufacturing Management Trainee

Person Specification

We seek applications from aspiring individuals eager to build a career in Manufacturing:

  • Confident
  • Curious and willing to question norms
  • Numerate and analytical
  • Strong Excel skills
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Motivation: A clear commitment to advancing your career in a manufacturing business