Production Team Leader

Production Team Leader – North Walsham

Contract Personnel are looking for an experienced Production Team Leader for a well-established, family run food and drink business to join their friendly team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and lead the manufacturing team to meet daily production goals, ensuring safety, efficiency, product quality, and hygiene standards.
• Conduct daily briefings, solve work problems, and monitor shift performance and KPI’s
• Prepare reports, maintain records, and ensure hygiene standards are upheld
• Provide cross-department support to maximise performance and handle any administrative tasks.
• Oversee resources to maximise production output and ensure adherence to safety regulation.
• Identify training needs and ensure skill levels within the team are sufficient.
• Review performance trends and address efficiency issues.
• Ensure adherence to business processes, quality, and food safety standards, and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Handle Optical sorting checks, downtime reporting, and waste minimisation.
• Support Health and Safety policies, promote a zero-tolerance approach to non-compliance, and ensure a safe working environment.
• Contribute to environmental initiatives and stock management, ensuring accurate stock rotation and resolving discrepancies.  

Requirements:

• Strong organisational skills ability to plan ahead.
• Proven leadership skills, with the ability to drive team performance.
• Good communication skills and ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Basic IT skills and numeracy/literacy skills.
• Food hygiene training to level 2
• Experience in FMCG or food manufacturing (preferred, not essential)
• Food Manufacturing NVQ Level 2/3 (desirable)

Schedule: Monday to Friday 9:00am – 5:30pm

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Free parking
• Death in service benefit
• Half price legal costs
• 35 days hols inc bank hols.
• A dynamic and supportive work environment with growth opportunities.

About Contract Personnel:

Contract Personnel are one of East Anglia’s longest standing, leading, independent recruitment agencies – established in 1989. Offering Temporary and Permanent recruitment solutions, they will always keep you updated about all of the current trends and key pieces of advice from the world of recruitment.