Manufacturing Team Manager Full Time NEW

With your experience in either logistics, supply chain management, transfusion science, or pharmaceuticals, you’re going to have a key role in helping us save lives.

Our Regional Manufacturing Manager will depend on your support to deliver a valuable service, from planning and implementation of policy through to meeting business objectives and implementing service developments. You’ll help meet a range of performance requirements including quality and productivity targets and reduction of waste and take specific responsibility for an assigned area.

Essentially, you’ll prioritise, organise and manage the work and staff of the Manufacturing department. That will include making sure that the teams’ output meets patient and product safety standards by working to internal and external quality requirements and operating within the boundaries of Good Manufacturing Practice.

The working pattern will be covering the late shift, working Wednesday – Sunday 1500 – 2300, 1600 – 0000, 1700 – 0100 etc. These hours are up for discussion and a degree of flexibility will be expected. Part time working will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be required to Support the Regional Manufacturing Manager in the delivery of the service including planning, implementation of policy, business objectives and service developments.

Your responsibilities will include: –

• Assisting in meeting the performance requirements of the service including quality and productivity targets and reduction of waste having a specific responsibility for a delegated area.
• Managing the team, equipment, resources and workload within relevant area of responsibility.
• Undertaking specific projects or improvement initiatives as identified by the Regional Manufacturing Manager.

You will be required to provide cover in times of operational difficulty, with reasonable notice.

You will be required to participate in an out of hours rota which may include evening, weekend or public holiday working

About You

Experience and Knowledge

• In depth knowledge of transfusion science and/or extensive experience of logistics and supply chain management or working in a pharmaceutical environment
• Supervisory experience
• Experience of working with quality standards in an environment governed by policies and standards.
• Experience of dealing with data and records and explaining technical information to non-specialists
• Understanding of the wider healthcare community
• Understanding of relevant policies, standards and guidelines relating to work area e.g. Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
• Evidence of involvement in projects, improvements or implementing new policies or processes
• Experience of working with Information Technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Qualifications And Training

• Degree plus postgraduate diploma level qualification OR equivalent experience demonstrated within a healthcare environment.
• Management qualification or evidence of management training and development OR equivalent relevant experience
• Commitment to continued learning and development and willing to undertake additional qualifications e.g. relevant Masters
• Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)

About Us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.

Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do.

By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference – Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we’ll save and improve more lives than ever.

You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

What We Offer

• This shift attracts an attractive unsocial hours payment, which will increase the salary considerably
• Flexible working options we promote flexible working where the role allows. We’re happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you.
• Generous annual leave – 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• Inclusive pension scheme – the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns). Further details and outline of benefits can be found at:
• Supportive learning culture – we’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
• Health and wellbeing support we offer confidential services including occupational health, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing resources. Our support is available to all colleagues and we endevour to provide tailored workplace adjustments where possible.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process.

You can find more information about accessibility, our culture, and how we support applicants on the NHSBT Careers website:

To learn more, please see the job description and person specification. These can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking ‘Apply’ if you are viewing this advert on another site.

Next steps

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 17 May 2026

This vacancy may close sooner than the advertised deadline if we receive a high volume of applications, so we recommend applying early

The assessment process for this role will include: a single interview and a video presentation (topic will be provided on invitation to interview) Interviews are anticipated to be held on W/C 1 June subject to confirmation.

For informal enquiries please contact

Name: Farai Katsande

Job Title: Regional Manufacturing Manager London & SE

Contact Details: Email farai.katsande@nhsbt.nhs.uk