Shift Manager

Job Title: Shift Manager

Location: North Wales, Wirral, Merseyside

Salary: £42,000

The Company:

My client is a market leading food manufacturer that has seen impressive growth in its sector over the last few years. An opportunity now exists for a Team Leader to play a key part in driving change.

The Candidate:

We’re looking for a graduate calibre individual who can drive change, who thrives on responsibility and who wants to make a real difference.

You’ll have a significant amount of high-speed production management experience in FMCG or food manufacturing along with a strong track record of performance improvement on both a personal and organisational level.

You’ll be a role model for your team, always delivering the very highest standards and working with openness, honesty and integrity. Your well-developed influencing skills will make you successful in this key role.

The Role:

* Communicate and consistently implement Company policies (H&S, Housekeeping etc)

* Liaise with engineering to ensure plant is operating to optimal standard and ensure action is taken as appropriate

* Accountable for KPI’s on an hourly/daily basis.

* Use and promote CI techniques to deliver agreed KPI’s

* Manage the performance and behaviour of all team members in line with current procedures.

* Conduct investigations in a timely manner (H&S, food safety, conduct issues)

* Labour management – recording of holidays etc.

* Control breaks to maximise throughput & hygiene.

* Ensure plant, labour and materials are available to meet the daily production plan

* Accurately record hourly waste, efficiency and yield by line and action any non-conformances

* Ensure accurate recording of all downtime on OPE sheet and where required generate five why analysis and ensure appropriate action is taken

* Input OPE information onto toolkit database at end of shift & verify

* Propose and implement corrective actions to link in with Company Quality team activities and all audit requirements

* Train, coach and develop all staff as required and maintain skills matrix process

To apply, please send a copy of your CV quoting ref LO/16403 to Lois or for a confidential discussion, please contact me on (phone number removed) or (phone number removed)