Production Shift Leader

Acu-IT.net; Market Drayton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in dairy production is seeking a Shift Lead for its Market Drayton facility. This role focuses on coaching and developing team members to meet operational targets while enhancing performance through leadership and collaboration. The successful candidate will implement development plans and encourage operational excellence initiatives.

Benefits

Up to 10% annual bonus

Salary sacrifice pension scheme with matching

Life assurance at 4x salary

33 days holiday per year

Health care cash plan

Access to Muller Rewards platform

Qualifications

• Experience in managing and developing teams.
• Strong coaching and facilitation skills.
• Understanding of Operational Excellence principles.

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver development plans for the team.
• Coach team members in problem-solving.
• Manage performance reviews and employee relations.

Skills

Coaching

Problem-solving

Leadership

Operational Excellence

Education

Level 3 Fit for Leadership Apprenticeship Programme or equivalent

Job description

Company Description

Mller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Mller, which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Mller develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Mller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocers Top 100 list of Britain's Biggest Brands and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.

Job Description

We are recruiting a Shift Lead within the Production Department at our Market Drayton Butter Plant.

The purpose of the role is to enable the team to deliver targets and continuously improve performance by coaching and developing our people.

Responsibilities

• Creating and delivering development plans.
• Coaching front line team members, enabling them to solve problems.
• Ensuring activities are aligned with overall business objectives.
• People management, including performance reviews, development, coaching, and handling employee relations issues.
• Collaborating with other teams to improve our business.
• Applying Operational Excellence principles and tools, coaching the team accordingly.

Key Tasks

• Creating and delivering development plans.
• Creating succession pathways within and across the organization.
• High-level problem-solving and facilitation skills.
• Visiting workstations to identify issues (go, look, see).
• Coaching team members to solve problems.
• Using PDCA techniques to resolve problems thoroughly and promptly.
• Encouraging the team to seek out improvement opportunities and lead operational excellence projects.
• Owning and delivering operational excellence initiatives, recognized for these efforts.
• Identifying waste and opportunities for improvement in all activities.

Learning & Development

• Site and department induction.
• Operational Excellence Advanced.
• All Dairy Technical Competency Workshops.
• Train the Trainer (including coaching and facilitation).
• People Essentials.
• Developing Teams Using Pathfinder.
• Level 3 Fit for Leadership Apprenticeship Programme or equivalent modules.

Compensation & Benefits

In return for your contributions, Mller offers a competitive salary package and a wide range of benefits:

• Up to 10% annual bonus.
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme with Muller matching up to 4%.
• Life assurance at 4x your annual salary.
• 33 days holiday per year.
• Health care cash plan.
• Access to thousands of rewards via the Muller Rewards platform.