Value Stream Shift Manager, Packing

Job Introduction

Value Stream Shift Manager, Packing
 
36 hrs per week, late shift, 1400-2230, Mon-Fri
9-day fortnight, every second Friday off (1200-2030 on working Fridays)

A Little About Us
Dechra are a growing, global specialist within the world of veterinary pharmaceuticals. Our expertise is in the development, manufacture, marketing and sales of high-quality products exclusively for veterinarians worldwide. It’s a great time to join our modern Skipton facility and further investment for the Skipton site means that we’re in an exciting period of positive change for the business.
  
Here at Dechra, our values are embedded within our culture and thrive within our family of almost 2000 colleagues globally. From manufacturing to marketing, (D)edication, (E)njoyment, (C)ourage, (H)onesty, (R)elationships and (A)mbition are at the heart of our everyday operations and the way we do business.

We are Dechra, a growing, global specialist in veterinary pharmaceuticals. Our expertise is in the development, manufacture, marketing and sales of high-quality products exclusively for veterinarians worldwide.

Your Next Adventure
Are you a natural leader who thrives in a fast‑paced, hands‑on environment? Do you love bringing out the best in people while keeping operations running safely, smoothly, and efficiently? If so, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Value Stream Shift Manager to lead our production shift and help shape the future of our manufacturing operations. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact — on your team, on our processes, and on the quality of products that reach our customers.

What You’ll Be Doing
As our Value Stream Shift Manager, you’ll be the heartbeat of the shift — guiding your team, solving problems, and ensuring we deliver safely, on time, and to the highest standards.

You’ll lead a motivated production team by creating a positive, engaging environment where people feel supported, recognised, and encouraged to perform at their best. This includes developing your team, managing attendance and welfare, driving performance through coaching and appraisals, overseeing training plans, communicating clearly through shift briefings, and handling recruitment and employee relations matters.
 
You’ll champion a strong safety culture by leading investigations, maintaining excellent housekeeping, ensuring compliance with risk assessments, encouraging hazard reporting, and delivering regular safety communications. Quality will be central to your role as you raise and own deviations, ensure adherence to SOPs and batch documentation, support audits, and monitor telemetry to maintain Right First-Time performance. 
 
You’ll keep production running efficiently by aligning plans through S&OP, managing resources effectively, completing SIC documentation for OEE analysis, and driving schedule adherence. Alongside this, you’ll support continuous improvement by completing Oracle transactions, reducing waste, improving yield, minimising batch rejects, managing consumables to budget, and contributing to CAPEX, NPD, and wider improvement initiatives. 
 
Success in this role means consistently meeting safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets, fostering an engaged and motivated team, maintaining strong GMP and H&S compliance, reducing waste and downtime, and achieving high levels of schedule adherence and Right First Time performance.

Who We’re Looking For
A self‑motivated, enthusiastic leader who brings energy, integrity, and a passion for continuous improvement. Someone who can balance day‑to‑day operations with a long‑term mindset — and who genuinely enjoys working with people.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience supervising production teams
• Strong people management and ER experience
• Background in low–medium volume, manual/semi‑automated production
• Solid understanding of Health & Safety
• Experience in a regulated GMP environment
• Strong communication skills across all levels
• Ability to manage workload and prioritise effectively

Desirable Extras

• Experience with Oracle or similar systems
• Data analysis skills to support improvement projects
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies
• Experience leading project teams and driving change

Why You’ll Love It Here
We provide veterinary professionals with the tools to support the welfare of animals worldwide. A true career with real purpose, that’s something you can proudly shout about.

We work across a 9-day fortnight at our Skipton site. This means every second Friday will be your day off, allowing for those longer weekends so you can spend more time with family and friends, offering a great work-life balance.

We also care deeply about our employees, you’ll have full access to our Employee Assistance programme (EAP) which ensures you have confidential emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support 24/7 365. This ensures that you are well-equipped to deal with life’s many challenges. In addition to this, we also offer:

• Healthcare Cash plan (covers the cost of dental, prescriptions, therapies)
• Headspace App (positive mental wellbeing app, up to 5 users per account)
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount on pet food
• Free fruit on Mondays
• Free on-site parking (including free electric charging)
• 5 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Option to buy a week’s holiday each year
• 8% Employer pension contribution

What’s Next?
We’ll take care of you from here on. Firstly, thank you for taking the time to express interest in this opportunity and Dechra. If you’re interested, please apply in the first instance.

We take pride in ensuring you have a positive experience with Dechra and the recruitment process. Our team are friendly and approachable. We won’t ghost you…..we’ll always provide updates and feedback regardless of the outcome, even if the update is, “there’s no update”.

What’s The Interview Process?
Typically, you’ll receive an initial phone call from the recruitment team to understand more about you and your current work situation. Most of our roles have a two-stage interview process (MS Teams and a face-to-face interview). We may ask you to complete a personality questionnaire ahead of time so that we can learn a little more about you ahead of the interview. 
  
Our interview style is conversational and friendly. In addition to this, we always look for competency-based, structured answers to our questions, so feel free to prepare ahead of the interview.

For further information on your application, reach out to recruituk@dechra.com