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Food Production Team Leader (Permanent)

Yesterday by Thorn Baker Group : Thorn Baker Industrial

Job Location:
United Kingdom -England -East Midlands -Leicestershire -Fleckney
Salary:
£33,500 - £33,500/annum

Thorn Baker Industrial Recruitment are looking for an experienced Food Production Team Leader to work for a leading Leicestershire based bakery/food manufacturer

This is a permanent position direct with our client

The Job:

Provide leadership and take responsibility for the operatives in your area.

  • Safety: Maintain and improve health & safety standards for the area
  • Quality: Ensure safety & quality of products produced
  • Delivery: Daily plan completion
  • Cost: Ensure the area is run in an efficient manner
  • Morale: Manage people in your area and training

Key Tasks:

Safety

  • Promote safe working practises.
  • Identify and report near misses.
  • Support incident investigations.

Quality

  • Monitor and improve Quality standards.
  • Monitor and improve GMP and hygiene standards.
  • Follow Technical advice to ensure Quality Management Systems are fully implemented and products made are safe and meet relevant legislation and customer requirements.

Delivery

  • Communicate production plan to your team.
  • Monitor progress against the plan throughout the day. Report any deviations from the plan.
  • Achieve 98.5% customer service level.
  • Support NPD trials and new product launches.
  • Specific areas: Manage the receipt, filing and issuing of customer orders to the lines.

Cost

  • Monitor WIP and finished product stock holding and rotation
  • Meet KPIs for service level, waste, efficiency, labour costs

Morale

  • Lead by example
  • Training – bakery operator role specific
  • Training – new product launches
  • Training – safety and quality
  • Identify skills gaps
  • Holiday planning
  • Investigations and disciplinaries
  • Carry out any reasonable request made of you by your manager.

Salary is £33,500 pa

Working hours - rotating day shifts between 6am-6pm (eg 6am-3pm one week, 8am-5pm next week, 9am-6pm week after)

The person:

  • Previous food production team leader experience is required - any non food will be rejected
  • Positive, flexible and can-do attitude
  • Problem solving skills
  • Organisational and time management skills
  • Good communication and influencing skills

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