Food Production Team Leader

Fleckney

£33500/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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