Shift Leader

Shift Manager – Packaging

Salary: £39,000 - £42,000 depending on experience, plus £9,063 shift allowance, and benefits listed below.

Function: Supply Chain - Production

Location: Manchester

Contract: Permanent

Latest Closing date: 28th June 2024. Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

HEINEKEN UK is the nation’s leading pub, cider and beer company and the name behind a host of brilliant brands, from Inch’s to Birra Moretti and many more.

Are you looking for your next chapter? At HEINEKEN UK, we make great beers and ciders, however also offer exciting and dynamic careers. Take a look at our open roles to find out if we’ve got the opportunity for you. We’re looking for people to help us evolve for the future. If you’re ready to brew a better career, apply today.

What’s the role?
As a Shift Manager, you will be leading a shift team to deliver the packaging KPI targets for the site. In this role safety will be your number one priority – you will actively contribute to our Zero Accident Culture through leading by example. You will lead with a passion for quality by ensuring your people have the skills and capability to complete Quality assurance and control checks as required. You will constructively lead Daily Control System meetings and shift handovers. With a desire to learn, you will build up a full understanding of the role and how it fits into the broader Heineken supply chain. This understanding will allow you to actively contribute to improving the financial impact of operational performance – your responsibility will be monitoring and minimising raw material and product loss and controlling stock levels accurately. This is a people manager role and requires an individual who exhibits the behaviours outlined in our Leadership Expectations - That’s an important part of the role!

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for a leader who is self motivated, positive and ready to engage and lead a team of experience technical operators. You’ll be in charge of encouraging and ensuring they have the right skills, behaviours, development and support to drive brilliant results. On top of that you’ll have:

• Previous experience in packaging

• TPM Knowledge

• Previous experience of people management with a supportive leadership style

• High attention to detail with health and safety as priority

Our benefits:

As part of the team, along with your salary you’ll also receive;

• an annual bonus,

• double matched pension (up to 10%),

• 35 days holiday

• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers!

• Comprehensive Opportunities to develop.

You’ll also get the opportunity to get involved with one of our colleague networks where groups of colleagues from all over the business work together to ensure we’re always working towards being a diverse and inclusive company.

The application

If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply before the closing date listed at the top of the advert.

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us as recruitment@heineken.co.uk.

In all likelihood the ideal candidate for this role won’t meet every single requirement in this advert, in fact we all need the opportunity to grow and develop in role. We understand some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every single qualification. The team at HEINEKEN would encourage you to submit an application if the advert has peaked your interest rather than ruling yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs. You never know, you may be exactly what we’re looking for!

Who We Are:

We’ve 150 years of brewing history and are proud of this legacy. Yet we’re sure our best days are ahead of us. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play as we dream big, set bold ambitions and push the boundaries. We support colleagues on this journey with development opportunities and unique experiences to help them reach their full potential.

Apply today to discover Your Future, Untapped.