Part of your remit will be to work closely with other departments across our Retail site such as Health & Safety, Food Safety and Quality, Sales, Maintenance, HR and Logistics. On a daily basis you will report into the Operations Manager to provide feedback on the previous days’ production, resourcing and KPIs.
- Oversee and lead the production process, ensuring the optimisation of output, cost and efficiency whilst minimising waste
- Achieve KPIs including efficiencies, resourcing, quality, yield/giveaway, customer specifications, compliance and on time delivery
- Foster a teamwork culture to build the production team, address poor performance, instil good communication channels to build a trained and flexible team
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, making recommendations where necessary, adopting a continuous improvement culture using LEAN manufacturing methods
- Optimise machinery performance by ensuring all equipment is operated, cleaned and maintained correctly
- Develop a culture of being Audit ready by maintaining and developing training and working practices which are compliant with Company standards, accreditation bodies eg BRC, customer requirements and statutory compliance
- Generate and analyse production reports to present at Production Meetings
- Facilitate external and internal audits
- At least two years’ experience in a production role in a food manufacturing/processing environment.
- Excellent knowledge of food safety regulations and quality control standards
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Good knowledge of continuous improvement/lean manufacturing principles and practices
- Competent in Microsoft Office
- Adaptable to changing demands and priorities
- Excellent time management skills
Desirable
- Qualification in Food Science, Engineering, Operations Management, or related discipline