Gluten-Free Bakery Shift Lead | Lead, Improve & Deliver

Finsbury Food Group; Mamhilad; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity Leave

Pension Scheme

Death in Service

Employee Assistance

Retail Discounts

Company Shop

Refer a Friend

Recognition Awards

Learning & Development

Site-to-site visits

LinkedIn insights

Job summary

Ultrapharm Ltd, part of Finsbury Food Group, is hiring an experienced Manufacturing Shift Lead for our Pontypool bakery. You will lead a high‑performing team in a gluten‑free environment, driving safety, quality, cost, and delivery while supporting people development and continuous improvement.

You’ll coach, onboard, and manage performance, oversee labour, and champion Lean methodologies and problem solving to achieve site KPIs and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience coaching and developing teams to hit performance targets.
• Experience with continuous improvement and Lean manufacturing.
• Strong problem-solving skills with root cause analysis.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety and Food Safety requirements.
• IOSH Managing Safely and Level 3 Food Safety or willingness to achieve.
• FDQ Level 3 Diploma for Proficiency in Food Industry Technical Management (mandatory) with company support.
• Knowledge of BRC requirements and customer codes of practice.
• Experience working with targets, deadlines and KPIs.
• Comfortable using IT systems and Microsoft Office; on-site training provided.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop your team to deliver Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and People targets.
• Coach onboarding and development; manage performance and attendance; support succession planning.
• Manage labour; respond to production changes; drive safe, efficient production.
• Drive Lean and structured problem-solving; lead performance meetings; ensure actions are followed through.
• Communicate with the team via huddles, briefs and shift handovers; align with production plan.
• Resolve issues with site leaders; maintain operational excellence; champion Health & Safety and Food Safety.
• Be ready to deputise for the Manufacturing Lead and share best practice with other sites.

Skills

Leadership experience

Coaching

Lean manufacturing

Problem solving

Health & Safety

Food Safety knowledge

FDQ Level 3 Diploma in Food Industry

BRC knowledge

KPI management

IT & MS Office

Organisational skills

Communication

Mentoring/Development

Proactive improvement

Independent working

Education

IOSH Managing Safely

Level 3 Food Safety

FDQ Level 3 Diploma for Proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Ultrapharm Ltd, part of Finsbury Food Group, is hiring an experienced Manufacturing Shift Lead for our Pontypool bakery. You will lead a high‑performing team in a gluten‑free environment, driving safety, quality, cost, and delivery while supporting people development and continuous improvement.

You’ll coach, onboard, and manage performance, oversee labour, and champion Lean methodologies and problem solving to achieve site KPIs and operational excellence.