Job Description

We're on the lookout for some more, hard-working team players to join our busy production team here in our Milton Keynes factory!

The business

International Dance Shoes is one of the world's leading brands of Ballroom and Latin American dance footwear. The company was founded in 1981 and over the years we've become firmly established across the world, with shoes worn by top professional competitive dancers and social dancers of all ages, and we're also suppliers to BBC's famous 'Strictly Come Dancing'!

In 2020 we won a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for outstanding achievements in export growth. Some of our biggest markets are the USA, Germany, Italy, China, Japan, Ukraine, Australia and Poland. We sell both direct to dancers online, and via a network of distributors and independent stores.

What makes us different from most of our competitors is that we make our shoes here in the UK, with our factory/HQ in Milton Keynes, positioned just south of the UK's traditional shoemaking hub of Northampton and just north of London. A team of around 30 people are responsible for carefully hand-crafting footwear of exceptional quality using innovative components and materials. Our factory floor is a hive of activity, as is the floor above where our offices are. We're a family business with a mix of first and second generation, with an incessant drive and enthusiasm to maintain our values of innovation, style, and comfort in our shoes, as well as our family business feel.

The role

The Production Operative will work within our hard-working production team, which has several areas all contributing to the same goal of efficiently producing beautiful looking, high-quality dance shoes. Areas we're looking for help in include the below, and which area a successful candidate will work in will depend on their skills set/training:

- Preparation - preparing insoles/soles & heels by making insole/sole units and covering heels

- Assembly - working on lasting shoes, moulding parts of shoes

As things are very busy, you could be involved in various areas so the ability to be able to pick up new skills and being willing to learn and work with new people is crucial. Quality is paramount within the business so whereas there is a need for efficiency in our production team - an eye for detail is also vital.

Applicants with a manufacturing background are desirable (more so if you have experience with footwear) but if you don't have such experience, then you'll just need a passion to learn new skills and develop a new career in an established international business which is working hard to grow and be the very best we can be!

Personal Profile

Needs to be a motivated, hard-working, reliable team-player that can work under pressure

Must have the ability to take instructions and work both independently and within a team

Be willing to learn new skills and be adaptable, working in various roles across the factory

Be organised, with good time management and be a good communicator

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 12.21 per hour

Benefits:

Casual dress On-site parking
Language:

English (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person