Team Leader

Location: Chessington, Surrey KT9 1TW

Salary: Depending on experience

Shift pattern: 4 on 4 off Day Shift

Hours: 07:00am - 07:00pm

Reports to: Area Manager

Accountabilities

• Safety - To ensure all employees and agency work in a safe environment, every day. If an accident or incident occurs, I act.
• People - To develop and train a well-balanced multiskilled team. Proactively driving performance of team and developing our talent pool for ongoing success.
• Quality - Manufacture safe and legal food and maintain an environment which nurtures this. Proactively reducing non-conformity and driving process improvements. To demonstrate and lead by example whilst working collaboratively and cross functionally.
• Delivery - Achieve business KPI metrics focused on customer service and product quality with an emphasis on continuous improvement opportunities.
• Cost - Achieve business KPI metrics focused on yield/car cass utilisation, labour and line efficiencies with an emphasis on continuous improvement opportunities.
• Focusing on SPQDC
• To be committed to the manufacture of safe and legal food and maintain an environment that supports this process
• Attend and present in Tier 2 meetings, sharing key KPIs, escalating issues, contributing to resolutions and reviewing performance
• Creating a clear handover for the following shift, highlighting any areas of focus
• Working cross functionally with the Technical, Hygiene, Engineering and Supply Chain teams to ensure production runs smoothly, collectively resolving any issues that may arise
• Ensure the factory is set up within the first 15 mins of shift to meet the production plan. Oversee all factory operations including goods in, production, assembly and dispatch
• Promote and raise standards in regard to Quality, Food Safety and Health & Safety. Ensure the site is always audit ready following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Labour planning and allocation to ensure we have the right resources to fulfil the production plan, including booking agency workers and scheduling overtime, managing absence and holiday
• People Management - leading a team in achieving the weekly targets, correcting failures, creating training plans for team member development

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage a team and work cross functionally with a number of key stakeholders
• Strong People Focus, with the ability to manage a team and foster a proactive and positive culture
• 2+ years in leadership roles responsible for small teams
• 2+ years in FMCG, preferably within the Food Industry
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices
• Daily ambient/chilled supply experience advantageous