Production Supervisor

Fresh Kitchen; Bicester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

31 days annual leave

Wagestream access

Extra annual leave option

Health & wellbeing access (GP/physio)

Life assurance

Sysco Perks discounts

Staff product discounts

Company pension

Job summary

Fresh Kitchen in Bicester, Oxfordshire, is seeking a Food Production Supervisor to lead production teams in a hands-on role, working 40 hours weekly from Wednesday to Sunday 4pm–1am, with peak-season flexibility. You will ensure food safety standards and drive continuous improvement on site at the Sysco facility.

The role involves product trials, development of new lines, and delivering timely production data to support costings, with a strong focus on accuracy and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Experience in food production with knowledge of food safety legislation, HACCP and BRC principles.
• Ability to lead by example and maintain high standards in a production environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with IT literacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership to production colleagues and support the leadership team.
• Drive compliance with food safety standards and daily production planning.
• Facilitate product trials and contribute to development of new product lines.
• Produce regular production data and performance reports for costings and management.

Skills

Leadership

Attention to detail

IT literacy

Communication skills

Food safety knowledge

HACCP awareness

BRC principles understanding

Job description

Job Description

Food Production Supervisor

Salary: £36,089 per year plus excellent company benefits

Shift details: working Wednesday to Sunday from 4pm until 1am with an element of flexibility required during peak season

40 Hours per week

Bicester, Oxfordshire

If you are as ambitious as we are and you’re looking for an opportunity to progress your career within Food Manufacturing,join us as the Production Supervisor providingleadership support for our Production colleagues based at Fresh Kitchen (Sysco) site in Bicester.

This Production Supervisor role is a hands‑on Production Operative role where you will beinvolved in a wide variety of tasks from an operational and compliance perspective. You will have high standards and expected to lead by example. Sharing knowledge ofprevious experience of food production to confidently be an example of relevant food safety legislation, HACCP and BRC principles at all times. This is a varied opportunity, where you will support in achieving exemplary service but also in actively setting a positive, upbeat, safe environment for our colleagues.

This role will be customer facing, both internally and externally, the successful individual will be expected to be pro‑active and have the ability to resolve day to day queries escalating to the technical manager and production manager when required. This position will give you anopportunity to support the leadership team with product trials, organoleptic and microbiological testing and actively involved in the development of new product lines.

To join us in this role you will bestrongly self‑motivated withan eye for detail and good observation skills. The key to success is to be accurate and concisemaintaining a solutions driven mindset using product knowledge for ensuring that compliance with the specification is achieved to the necessary specifications against the daily/weekly production plan for customer, legislative & food safety requirements. You'll have excellent written and verbal communication skills in addition toIT literacy to provide regular production data and performance reports to assist in business management and product costings.

In addition to a competitive monthly salary, 31 days annual leave (inc. statutory) and company pension, you can also look forward to the following benefits:

• Wagestream – Access to an app that gives you early access to your earned salary and supports financial wellbeing
• The option to purchase additional annual leave
• Help at Hand - Access to 24/7 GP appointments, physiotherapy and a range of health and wellbeing services for you and your family
• Life assurance
• Access to Sysco Perks offering discounts across a wide range of products and services – from gym membership to your weekly supermarket shop
• The ability to purchase our products at hugely discounted prices