Production Manager
Posted 3 days ago
- Eythorne, Kent
- Any
- External
- Expires In 3 months
Production Manager - Days, Evenings & Night shift
We drive our own success Permanent
£46,000 - £51,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Bonus scheme, Private Healthcare, Pension, Flexible benefits package, Excellent career progression across the Bakkavor Group
Why join us?
We're constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more. We believe in fueling ambition and guiding success. In supporting everyone with talent and drive to own what they do, realise their potential and build a brilliant future for themselves at Bakkavor.
What we do .
In our Tilmanstone Salads site we produce first class Salad's products including leafy salad bags, leafy salad bowls, takeaway salad meals, prepared vegetables & side dishes for one of our most prestigious customers in our state-of-the-art factory.
About the role.
We are recruiting for a dynamic and hands on Production Manager for our Tilmanstone site.
The successful candidate will deliver high standards of food safety and quality, ensuring product produced is in line with customer specification, quality manufacturing and food safety standards and that GMP and Health and Safety is owned and embraced throughout the team.
You will ensure you and your team are adequately enabled and demonstrate a culture which encourages Continuous Improvement whilst embracing and bringing to life the Bakkavor Values, engaging all colleagues to be and to do their very best.
You will plan, organise, and measure labour and material requirements within their area to ensure that both short and long-term agreed targets are met. You'll ensure the workforce is well informed on relevant business news and to encourage effective cross-functional links.
You will be expected to lead a shift or multiple areas within Factory Operations, and deputise for the Factory Manager as required, and will require the same knowledge of food manufacturing processes/standards as a Factory Manager to be a credible deputy.
Key Responsibilities:
Pro-actively managing Health & Safety
Leading and driving standards of quality, food safety, hygiene and housekeeping within your area through Good Manufacturing Practice (G.M.P.)
Managing performance of your teams
Owning the training & development of all levels of team including managers.
Managing the NPD process within your area
Challenging and introducing new KPIs to drive performance.
Planning, organising and measuring labour and material requirements
Managing the communication process to ensure that the workforce in their area is well informed on relevant business news
Supporting and encouraging the Bakkavr values and a positive culture within your area, whilst fostering good employee relations
The recruitment of direct reports and an involvement in all staff recruitment within your area
Accountabilities
Health & Safety - To pro-actively manage to ensure that a safe working environment exists for all employees in the operation and that as a minimum the operation meets the standards set out in the Group Health & Safety policy.
Quality Standards - To lead and drive standards of quality, food safety, hygiene and housekeeping within your area through Good Manufacturing Practice (G.M.P.) to ensure that both Business and customer standards are kept and audit requirements are fully met.
NPD Process - manages the NPD process within their area of responsibility to ensure that all trials run successfully and through to product launch
Performance Improvement through use of KPIs - Challenges and introduces new KPIs to drive performance. Ensures Team delivers agreed KPIs across the operation Ensuring systems are in place to collect the necessary data to measure performance against the agreed KPIs. Develops and implements PIPs and identifies areas for improvement.
What you will need
You will ideally have experience working in a food manufacturing environment and will have led teams in a fast paced manufacturing business.
You will understand retailer expectations and how we meet them.
You will be a great leader capable of inspiring and engaging your team, understanding the pressure of a factory environment.
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You'll enjoy: Bonus (up to 10% of annual salary - company performance dependant)
Private healthcare
A stakeholder pension scheme
Personal accident Insurance
Free independent mortgage advice
Employee assistance programme
A range of voluntary benefits
Holiday purchase scheme
Additional life assurance
Dental & hospital cash plans
Discounted tutoring for children
Access to financial learning tools
Affordable loans via your salary
Proud to be and loyal service awards
Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions
Proud to be Bakkavor.
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
Find out more and apply.
Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.
Category: Manufacturing
Location:
Tilmanstone, GB, CT15 4NL
Date: 14 Nov 2024
Req ID: 21963
TPBN1_UKTJ
We drive our own success Permanent
£46,000 - £51,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Bonus scheme, Private Healthcare, Pension, Flexible benefits package, Excellent career progression across the Bakkavor Group
Why join us?
We're constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more. We believe in fueling ambition and guiding success. In supporting everyone with talent and drive to own what they do, realise their potential and build a brilliant future for themselves at Bakkavor.
What we do .
In our Tilmanstone Salads site we produce first class Salad's products including leafy salad bags, leafy salad bowls, takeaway salad meals, prepared vegetables & side dishes for one of our most prestigious customers in our state-of-the-art factory.
About the role.
We are recruiting for a dynamic and hands on Production Manager for our Tilmanstone site.
The successful candidate will deliver high standards of food safety and quality, ensuring product produced is in line with customer specification, quality manufacturing and food safety standards and that GMP and Health and Safety is owned and embraced throughout the team.
You will ensure you and your team are adequately enabled and demonstrate a culture which encourages Continuous Improvement whilst embracing and bringing to life the Bakkavor Values, engaging all colleagues to be and to do their very best.
You will plan, organise, and measure labour and material requirements within their area to ensure that both short and long-term agreed targets are met. You'll ensure the workforce is well informed on relevant business news and to encourage effective cross-functional links.
You will be expected to lead a shift or multiple areas within Factory Operations, and deputise for the Factory Manager as required, and will require the same knowledge of food manufacturing processes/standards as a Factory Manager to be a credible deputy.
Key Responsibilities:
Pro-actively managing Health & Safety
Leading and driving standards of quality, food safety, hygiene and housekeeping within your area through Good Manufacturing Practice (G.M.P.)
Managing performance of your teams
Owning the training & development of all levels of team including managers.
Managing the NPD process within your area
Challenging and introducing new KPIs to drive performance.
Planning, organising and measuring labour and material requirements
Managing the communication process to ensure that the workforce in their area is well informed on relevant business news
Supporting and encouraging the Bakkavr values and a positive culture within your area, whilst fostering good employee relations
The recruitment of direct reports and an involvement in all staff recruitment within your area
Accountabilities
Health & Safety - To pro-actively manage to ensure that a safe working environment exists for all employees in the operation and that as a minimum the operation meets the standards set out in the Group Health & Safety policy.
Quality Standards - To lead and drive standards of quality, food safety, hygiene and housekeeping within your area through Good Manufacturing Practice (G.M.P.) to ensure that both Business and customer standards are kept and audit requirements are fully met.
NPD Process - manages the NPD process within their area of responsibility to ensure that all trials run successfully and through to product launch
Performance Improvement through use of KPIs - Challenges and introduces new KPIs to drive performance. Ensures Team delivers agreed KPIs across the operation Ensuring systems are in place to collect the necessary data to measure performance against the agreed KPIs. Develops and implements PIPs and identifies areas for improvement.
What you will need
You will ideally have experience working in a food manufacturing environment and will have led teams in a fast paced manufacturing business.
You will understand retailer expectations and how we meet them.
You will be a great leader capable of inspiring and engaging your team, understanding the pressure of a factory environment.
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You'll enjoy: Bonus (up to 10% of annual salary - company performance dependant)
Private healthcare
A stakeholder pension scheme
Personal accident Insurance
Free independent mortgage advice
Employee assistance programme
A range of voluntary benefits
Holiday purchase scheme
Additional life assurance
Dental & hospital cash plans
Discounted tutoring for children
Access to financial learning tools
Affordable loans via your salary
Proud to be and loyal service awards
Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions
Proud to be Bakkavor.
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
Find out more and apply.
Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.
Category: Manufacturing
Location:
Tilmanstone, GB, CT15 4NL
Date: 14 Nov 2024
Req ID: 21963
TPBN1_UKTJ