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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