Food Bakery Team Leader

Thorn Baker Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Thorn Baker Recruitment seeks an experienced Food Production Team Leader for a leading Leicestershire bakery/food manufacturer. This permanent role requires taking responsibility for operatives, maintaining safety, quality, and cost targets while leading and training the team.

Shifts run on a 6am-6pm rotating pattern, with a salary of £33,500 per annum. The successful candidate will oversee safety, quality management, GMP, and hygiene standards, drive improvements, and support NPD and new

Qualifications

• Previous food production team leader experience required.
• Good knowledge of GMP and hygiene standards.
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Safety: Maintain and improve health & safety standards for the area.
• Quality: Ensure safety & quality of products produced.
• Delivery: Communicate production plan and monitor progress against it.
• Cost: Manage area to meet KPIs for waste and efficiency.
• Morale: Lead by example and develop team through training.

Skills

Team leadership

Health & safety

Quality control

Cost control

Staff training

Communication

Job description

Thorn Baker Industrial Recruitment are looking for an experienced Food Production Team Leader to work for a leading Leicestershire based bakery/food manufacturer

This is a permanent position direct with our client

The Job:

Provide leadership and take responsibility for the operatives in your area.

• Safety: Maintain and improve health & safety standards for the area
• Quality: Ensure safety & quality of products produced
• Cost: Ensure the area is run in an efficient manner
• Morale: Manage people in your area and training

Key Tasks:

Safety

• Promote safe working practises.
• Identify and report near misses.
• Support incident investigations.

Quality

• Monitor and improve Quality standards.
• Monitor and improve GMP and hygiene standards.
• Follow Technical advice to ensure Quality Management Systems are fully implemented and products made are safe and meet relevant legislation and customer requirements.

Delivery

• Communicate production plan to your team.
• Monitor progress against the plan throughout the day. Report any deviations from the plan.
• Support NPD trials and new product launches.
• Specific areas: Manage the receipt, filing and issuing of customer orders to the lines.

Cost

• Monitor WIP and finished product stock holding and rotation
• Meet KPIs for service level, waste, efficiency, labour costs

Morale

• Lead by example
• Training – bakery operator role specific
• Training – safety and quality
• Identify skills gaps
• Investigations and disciplinaries
• Carry out any reasonable request made of you by your manager.

Salary is £33,500 pa

Working hours - rotating day shifts between 6am-6pm(eg 6am-3pm one week, 8am-5pm next week, 9am-6pm week after)

The person:

• Previous food production team leader experience is required - any non food will be rejected
• Positive, flexible and can-do attitude
• Problem solving skills
• Organisational and time management skills
• Good communication and influencing skills