Shift Operations Manager

This company is a prominent player in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry, based in Worksop. They are a large business with a diverse and inclusive workforce, dedicated to delivering top-quality products to their customers.

Client Details

This company is a prominent player in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry, based in Worksop. They are a large business with a diverse and inclusive workforce, dedicated to delivering top-quality products to their customers.

Description

• Expertise in a fast moving goods environment with a passion for continuous improvement and a site wide mentality which extends beyond production to all areas of the business.
• Lead, coach and support Team Leaders to drive operational excellence within our Kitchen, always striving to meet and exceed targets for tonnage, cost and number of happy and healthy dogs!
• Report daily and weekly KPI's, offering a detailed account of variances to the production plan, Health & Safety, people and engineering priorities.
• Drive accountability and the culture for safe working practices in partnership with the Health & Safety Lead and shift leadership team.
• Be accountable for and drive standards on food safety and legislation requirements and in-house quality standards always with our end customers in mind.
• Identify training needs for the team and individuals and ensure adequate coaching and training to enhance flexibility by following an agreed training plan including mandatory compliance training and in-house on the job skills training.
• Promote a continuous improvement environment, identify constraints or bottlenecks and pull a team together to identify and resolve the issue and partner with your counterparts to drive the solution.
• Drive the continuous improvement of operational metrics, performance, and improvements.

Profile

• Strong experience within the fast-moving consumer goods market (FMCG), preferably gained in the food industry within a team orientated culture
• Awareness of continuous improvement concepts and practices.
• Understanding of Health and Safety best practice and current legislative requirements
• A good level of experience gained in a high-speed volume manufacturing environment
• Supervisory experience with broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation
• Pragmatic, adaptable, resilient and humble
• Well-practiced planning, organisation and scheduling skills
• Someone who loves the pace and excitement of FMCG manufacturing
• Ideally financial and budget control experience
• Hungry for a challenge and keen to build something from the ground up
• Easily approachable with good interpersonal skills, with creative thinking and analytical skills
• Results driven and action oriented
• Problem solving skills and priority setting

Job Offer

• 257.5 hours of holiday per year, plus an additional 8 hours per year of service (to a total of 5 years)
• 39 hours of pre-booked days to support good wellbeing and self care.
• £500 personal learning & development budget
• Employee discount
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension