Production Supervisor

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

Benefits offered by this job

Wagestream

Additional annual leave

24/7 GP access

Life assurance

Sysco Perks discounts

Product discounts

Job summary

Fresh Kitchen, located at the Sysco site in Bicester, is seeking a Food Production Supervisor to lead the production team, ensuring product quality, safety compliance and smooth daily operations.

You will support in product trials and development, maintain HACCP/BRC standards, and deliver accurate production data and reports to management. The role is on-site with a varied shift pattern and a strong emphasis on teamwork and safety.

Qualifications

• Experience leading production teams in a food manufacturing setting.
• Knowledge of current food safety legislation and GMP practices.
• Familiar with HACCP and BRC principles in daily operations.
• Able to generate and interpret production data and reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership to production colleagues at Fresh Kitchen (Sysco) site in Bicester.
• Ensure daily/weekly production plans meet quality and safety standards.
• Lead by example to maintain high standards of cleanliness and compliance.
• Support product trials and development of new product lines.

Skills

Leadership

Food safety

HACCP

BRC principles

Communication

IT literacy

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