Shift Operations Manager

Worksop Permanent £50,000 - £70,000 per year View Job Description
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.
  • Location: Worksop
  • Join this leading business on their exciting growth journey 🐶

About Our Client

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.

Job 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.

The Successful Applicant

  • 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

What's on 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
Contact
Rebecca Rhodes
Quote job ref
JN-062024-6453446
Phone number
+44 113 243 7761

Job summary

Job function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
Production, Manufacturing
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Worksop
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Rebecca Rhodes
Consultant phone
+44 113 243 7761
Job reference
JN-062024-6453446