Production Team Leader

Production Team Leader - Nights Location: Salisbury Salary: £38,000 Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off - Nights Are you a dynamic and results-driven leader with a passion for manufacturing excellence? Join our team as a Production Team Leader and be a key player in our continuous drive for quality, efficiency, and safety in our bread manufacturing process. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a dedicated team in a fast-paced environment while enjoying a competitive salary and a unique shift pattern. Key Responsibilities: Labour Management: Ensure labour costs are at or better than budget for manning and efficiency. Optimize labour numbers across your area to maintain budgetary targets. Material and Yield Management: Achieve or surpass budget expectations for material usage and yields. Downtime Reduction: Maintain downtime at or below budget levels. Reporting: Ensure shift manufacturing reports are accurate and timely. Team Development: Develop and maintain team skills matrices, ensuring that all team members are trained and assessed as competent. Quality Assurance: Aim for zero withdrawals/recalls and contribute to Year-on-Year (YoY) improvement in target complaints per million. Reduce product holds on the line. Audit Compliance: Achieve 'Green' status daily for Audit & GMP compliance in your area. Safety Leadership: Demonstrate leading and lagging safety performance, reducing total accidents YoY for the line. Attendance Management: Maintain attendance at or above target levels. Disciplinary and Communication: Enforce standards of discipline, handling issues in line with company policies. Administer positive attendance management protocols, including first day calls, return to work interviews, and investigations. Effectively communicate with your team to ensure clarity of objectives and consistency of message. Support the delivery of improved employee engagement plans. Promote teamwork, ensuring fair and consistent treatment of all employees on the line. Develop strong peer relationships for effective cross-functional problem-solving. Recognize and reward success through the Shining Examples scheme. Process Management: Oversee the entire bread manufacturing process, from mixing and fermentation to baking and packaging. Utilize machinery such as conveyors, checkweighers, ovens, flow wrappers, mixers (vertical, spiral, horizontal, continuous), packaging machinery, high tippers, and metal detectors to ensure efficient production. Personal Development: Adopt a proactive approach to your own self-development. Develop key team members identified as having potential, including designated deputies. Requirements: Proven experience in a similar production or manufacturing leadership role. Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and machinery. Excellent communication and team management skills. Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Benefits: Competitive salary of £38,000. Unique 4 on 4 off night shift pattern. Opportunity to lead a dedicated and skilled team. Continuous professional development and career progression opportunities. If you are a proactive leader with a commitment to excellence and a passion for manufacturing, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team and contribute to our success! TPBN1_UKTJ