Supervisor

Cook Trading Limited; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company in Sittingbourne is looking for a Supervisor to oversee the Mix & Weigh team. In this role, you'll ensure that all food components meet safety and quality standards while providing effective leadership and training for your team. The role offers multiple benefits, including paid breaks, free meals, and a commitment to sustainability. If you're passionate about food and teamwork, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Paid breaks

Free cooked lunch for all employees

Free car park

Paid leave for special occasions

Staff profit share

Wellbeing program

30% staff discount

Access to discounts and free food perks

Team meals, events & away days

Qualifications

• Experience working within a kitchen in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to train team members in their roles.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all components of the dish meet specifications and quality.
• Sign off on paperwork and update internal database.
• Communicate team targets and new products effectively.
• Train all team members on necessary skills and safety.
• Organize and review team workload for efficiency.
• Update Head Chef on team progress and concerns.
• Lead the team with consistency and fairness.

Skills

Good communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Catering (or equivalent)

Job description

Supervisor - Mix & Weigh

Location: Sittingbourne, Kent - COOK Classic

Hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm

Pay rate : £31,471.44 per year - ( £15.13 per hour including paid breaks)

Your Team

Our Mix & Weigh team are the step between cooking and dishing and the step that ensures our customers food is safe and other teams workflow doesn’t stop. By safeguarding our products, monitoring chill times and doing the final checks before dishing, you help create our Remarkable products. Not only that, you provide a service that ensures our customer get consistency every time they enjoy our delicious food.

Responsibilities

• Use your knowledge of our food to ensure that all components of the dish are of the correct specification and high quality.
• Sign off all relevant paperwork and ensure information on unity (internal database) has been inputted correctly
• Communication is key. Ensure that you keep your team up to date with new products coming through the kitchen and team targets are communicated – everyone needs to be working towards the same goal.
• You must ensure that all members of your team (including agency workers) are trained in all aspects of their role. This includes, all machinery, health and safety, and all relevant work instructions.
• Organise the teams work load, review frequently and liaise with your team and other departments to ensure the best utilisation of staff and equipment
• Update the Head Chef regularly on the teams progress and raise any concerns you have without unnecessary delay
• Team Leadership - Develop good relations through fair and consistent leadership Conduct all necessary 121 meetings with your team whilst continually showcasing and living by our Essential Ingredients

Good to Have

• Good communication skills
• NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) in Catering would be great, but not essential however, you will need experience of working within a kitchen and fast paced environment.

If you tick most of these boxes but not all—don’t stress. We’re all about potential.

Excellent Benefits including

• Paid breaks
• free cooked from fresh lunch for all employees
• Free car park
• Paid leave on your birthdays, moving house, become grandparent or your child starts school for the first time
• staff profit share
• Wellbeing program
• 30% staff discount
• Access to CookieJar Smart Spending discounts and free food perks.
• Team meals , events & away days
• Be part of a B-Corp-certified business that values sustainability, people, and the community.

And many more ‿.

What Cook is About

We’re a proudly independent, family-owned B Corp, which basically means we care. A lot. About our food. About our people. And about doing the right thing—even when it’s not the easy thing.

Our vision for COOK has always been that we are a place where EVERYONE is welcome. We want everyone to feel like they belong at COOK. We all have different roles, different abilities and different personalities. By collaborating we can do remarkable things. Whatever your story, if you would like to grow with COOK please apply.