Area Manager

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The Role

Join a thriving seafood company as an Area Manager, where you'll take charge of a key department, driving excellence in operations and inspiring a high-performing team. In this pivotal role, you'll lead the way in continuous improvement, optimizing processes, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring exceptional product quality.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact, shape the future of your department, and grow within a forward-thinking organization that's committed to sustainability and excellence in the seafood industry. If you're ready to lead from the front and deliver outstanding results, this role is for you!

Salary Range: From £40,000 per year depending on experience

Duties Include:

• To coach, develop and support your team to deliver excellent results.
• To champion Sofina Company values, (Integrity, Respect & Accountability) promoting a positive workplace culture
• To drive & lead the CI agenda in your area, challenging all processes.
• To utilise department KPI's to Prioritise production and packing schedules to deliver production goals, identifying and driving opportunities for continuous improvement
• To act as a professional and trusted advisor to the Head of Operations and site Management team on all production and packing / distribution matters relating to the Livingston site.
• Any other reasonable request
• To own the Production & Packing crew guide for your area, ensuring the delivery of required numbers, managing absence and holiday cover within your area in line with company policies & ways of working
• To liaise with HR & L&D Departments to ensure a robust talent, training and development process is embedded for the Production team on site, including the onboarding of new colleagues
• Accountable for managing employee relations across your area including absence, conduct and performance, working closely with the HR department to work in line with Sofina people policies
• Accountable for ensuring the food safety, legality, and quality of finished in your area. Continually challenge and improve systems, processes people, structure, and machinery.

Skills & Experience Required:

• NEBOSH Certificate qualified (desirable)
• Level 3 Food Hygiene (or equivalent)
• HACCP Level 3 (or equivalent)
• Extensive experience of production & packing leadership; with exposure to FMCG environments, BRC audit standards and being 'audit ready.'
• Experience working in a chilled fish factory (desirable)
• A working understanding of Microsoft Office

The Benefits:

• Online Benefits Hub
• Canteen
• Death in Service Benefit
• 8% Matched company pension
• On-site parking
• Referral programme