Manufacturing Shift Manager

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We are committed to improving diversity and equality throughout Weetabix especially within our Recruitment processes.

We are always looking to enhance our current teams with diverse skills, experience, backgrounds and personalities ; so if your skills and experience look a little different and you believe you can add value to the role and/or Weetabix, then we would love you to drop us your CV or apply! No candidate will ever meet 100% of the desired qualifications, skills and/ or experience, but we are ambitious to attract the right talent for how we want our business to grow.

You might not be right for the role, yet but we are always looking for talented people!

Closing date: 17th December

Interview process: 2 Stage Interview process, inclusive of an Assessment Day

Working pattern: 24/7 Shift Pattern

The recipe!

The role aims to oversee the secure production workflow, guiding materials from their arrival to the completion of finished products within the designated factory. You'll achieve this through strong team leadership, ensuring that safety, quality, productivity, cost-effectiveness, timely delivery, and employee morale meet key performance indicators.

• Ensure compliance with legal, food safety, health, safety, environmental, and people policies
• Manage KPI targets and results for the factory
• Directly manage and support your team to meet objectives through coaching and adherence to standards
• Oversee training and development to maintain required skills within the team
• Effectively allocate resources to meet budget and production goals
• Report on shift results regularly and ensure delivery of the production plan
• Manage improvement projects and encourage continuous process enhancement within cross-functional teams
• Accountable for team performance development through coaching and accountability measures

Requirements

Non-negotiables:

• Demonstrated expertise in successful facilitation and coaching
• Proven experience in high-level team management within a FMCG setting or a comparable industry, preferably with direct involvement in manufacturing
• Familiarity with business improvement methodologies and tools
• Possession of IOSH Managing Safely certification or a willingness to pursue it
• Alignment to Weetabix values
• Are always curious to finding new ways to do business!
• Have the ability to demonstrate how you keep up to date in your field of expertise

Nice to haves:

• Working knowledge of D365
• Level 3 Food Safety and HACCP

Benefits

Check out our website for more information: https://weetabixfoodcompany.co.uk/careers/

Competitive salary & Annual Flexible benefits & Shift Allowance

• Annual bonus 5%
• Double matched ER contributed pension scheme
• Annual Salary review
• Healthcare plan
• Access to 24/7 counselling service (in partnership with Grocery Aid)

Please Note: Our company policy is not to advertise salaries as we want to benchmark all candidates based on skills and experience that need to be evidenced upon application and screening.

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