Bakery Shift Manager

About Us

Newly Weds® Foods is a leading, privately owned global food ingredients business and has been innovating since 1932. The European division is a market leader in the manufacture of coatings, seasonings and functional ingredient systems.

Today, Newly Weds® Foods is a world leader in food ingredient technology. A network of R&D, manufacturing and service facilities around the globe allows us to serve our customers’ needs in more than 68 countries. But despite our size and scope, we’ve continued to be an independent, family-owned business answerable only to the demands of our customers. That’s why we continue to invest in infrastructure, human resources and capacity to keep pace with our customers’ needs and expectations.

The Role

Main Function

To Lead The Team To Ensure The Process Is Optimised On All The Parameters Of Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Personnel And Environment. (QCDSPE). This Specifically Entails

• The use of the correct resources in an efficient manner.
• To ensure that all production schedules are followed and are achieved.
• At all times ensure health and safety practices are adhered to at all times within your area.
• Instil the highest levels of motivation and work satisfaction within the staff.
• To achieve the specified quality standards at all times.
• To ensure the working area meets all site GMP standards.
• Ensuring the environmental standards are employed at all times.
• Improving the production processes. Proactively looking at ways to improve on Quality, Cost, Delivery, safety, Personnel and environment. (QCDSPE).
• The achievement of Production targets across all shifts.

Accountabilities- Or what you have to do (QDSCPE)

Quality

• Work in close liaison with operations shift team, Engineering team, IT, Planning, Quality, R & D on QCDSPE targets to develop Improvements to lines or process.
• Work closely with Quality to resolve Pest control NCF, Quality NCF & Customer complaints ensuring Root Cause analysis is conducted and robust preventions are put in place and communicated out.

Delivery

• Co-ordinate and facilitate all production requirements for the Bakery & Gluten Free Crumb, Gluten Free Blend working closely with the stakeholders the principle ones are.
• Planning & Customer service
• Engineering
• Quality
• R & D
• Regularly review SOP Procedures and look at CI Initiatives to improve standard performance.
• Ensure staff level and Skill level meet the needs of the process Area
• Hold weekly Briefs with the teams updating on department performance and Customer complaints, Product NCF, Health & safety Tool Box talks, General brief.

Safety

• Working with the Health & safety Advisor on Reviewing Risk assessments and updating as necessary reporting any Near Misses working together to find solutions.
• Daily shift Safety Walks

Cost

• Ensure product’s are Made Right First time
• Work with R & D teams on new product development and trials ensuring trial reports are completed so that Records maintained and agree on product process, communicate to bakery manager any products that do not conform to SOP process so that products are costed correctly.

Personnel

• Work with HR department on key issues with teams and manage the issues to ensure all staff are treated fairly and consistently.
• Time keeping
  • RTW – ensure any request for Occupational health are requested
  • Engagement & behavioural values workshops
  • Staff Training & Matrix
  • Disciplinary are managed and monitored to ensure the staff are meeting the behavioural and competence required to meet the standards as expected from them for the Job Role they are employed in.

Working with the recruitment specialist identify open job vacancies and be available to attend interviews to recruit for the open positions.

Environment

Work closely with other Process Areas to support portability of staff to meet the needs of the different Areas as and when needed

Close out all Site NCF’s Actions with Robust Preventative measures working with relevant departments

Who do you work with?

• OEM (owner equipment)
• Plant Manager
• Operations Team
• Engineering Team
• Quality Team
• Health and safety Advisor
• Logistics and warehouse Team
• R & D Team

Competencies required

• Leadership
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Influence and assertiveness
• Drive for achievement
• Self-Motivated
• Focus on the right thing

Company Values

• “Collaboration” Be One Team
• “Flexibility” Be Adaptable and Proactive
• “Inspiration” Be A Role Model
• “Integrity” Do The Right Thing (First Time, Every Time)
• “Efficiency” Eliminate All Kinds of Waste (Time & Materials)
• “Responsibility” Take Ownership and Accountability

D shift (Days), 0700-1900.

Salary range is £40,000 - £45,000 plus 18% shift allowance.