Team Leader

Paradigm Employment Services LTD; Dyserth; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Holiday & insurance cover

Career progression

Professional development

Company events

Job summary

Paradigm Employment Services LTD in Dyserth, United Kingdom, seeks a Team Leader to support a leading FMCG producer in a fast-paced, quality-driven environment.

You will lead a shift, drive KPIs, ensure safety compliance, manage training, and coordinate the workforce to meet production targets while minimising waste and ensuring timely materials ordering.

Qualifications

• Experience in a food manufacturing environment with proven leadership.
• Proactive problem-solving with strong troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent teamwork and communication across departments.
• HACCP and allergen awareness.
• Well organised with ability to prioritise deadlines.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safe working environment and ensure compliance with health, safety and fire policies.
• Drive the KPI's for your area of responsibility and motivate the team to meet targets.
• Monitor product quality and minimize waste while reporting issues daily.
• Ensure materials (packaging and product) are ordered accurately and on time.
• Oversee training and competency for nominated staff.
• Coordinate day-to-day workforce activities within a defined operation area.
• Complete checks, CCPs and yield information with documented reasons.
• Escalate and seek corrective action for breakdowns to minimize downtime.
• Carry out machine changeovers and setups per procedures.
• Support continuous improvement to boost efficiency, hygiene, quality, and safety.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Communication

HACCP awareness

Allergen awareness

Organisational skills

Continuous improvement

Driving licence

Job description

Team Leader

We are excited to offer an excellent opportunity for a Team Leader to join a leading global producer within the FMCG sector. This role provides the chance to work alongside a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment, with a strong focus on quality, sustainability, and continuous innovation.

Main Responsibilities for the successful Team Leader:

• Promote and ensure a safe working environment is always maintained, the area is fully compliant with Company Health & Safety and Fire policies, procedures and all legislative requirements. Report any accidents to the Shift Manager.
• Driving the KPI's for your area of responsibility. Challenge and motivate the team to deliver measures in a consistent manner.
• Encourage the team to monitor product quality and reject any unsuitable products while ensuring waste is minimized and reported accurately to the supervisor daily.
• Ensure all materials (packaging and product) are ordered timeously and accurately.
• Take accountability for nominated employees training, by ensuring they are skilled in their role and have been signed off against relevant procedures.
• Day-to-day control and co-ordination of the workforce within a defined area of the operation.
• Complete and take accountability for checks and tasks, including CCP's.
• Completion of Defacto and Redzone.
• Complete all yield information. Ensure reasons are documented and record information needed to improve.
• Promptly escape issues including breakdowns, which are impacting production and seeking corrective action/resolutions.
• Ensure all paperwork is completed accurately and in a timely manner, for all relevant tasks carried out.
• Support continuous improvement in all areas of the operation where greater efficiency, hygiene, quality and safety could be achieved.
• Ensure compliance with Defacto system procedures, including completion of work orders.
• During the shift identify and communicate immediately to the Engineering Department, any issues that occur, to ensure they are resolved to minimize production downtime.
• Carry our product changeovers and set machines in accordance with company procedures.
• Carry out all other reasonable management requests on an ad hoc basis.

Main requirements for the successful Team Leader:

• Experience within a food manufacturing environment with proven leadership and management experience and be able to demonstrate people and performance experience.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving with good troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent teamwork skills with the ability to work effectively with Engineering, and Quality teams.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• HACCP and Allergen awareness
• Well organised, with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet tight production deadlines
• A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on reducing downtime and improving performance.
• Full UK driving licence.

What we offer to the successful Team Leader:

• Basic salary £34,000+ overtime
• Monday to Friday- 14:00pm-10:00pm
• Pension/ and Holiday/ insurance cover.

Clear progression plan for professional and career growth within a key industry sector.

Support for continued professional development.

Company Events and many more!

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative, forward-thinking organisation that values talent, fosters career progression, and empowers its team to make a real impact.