Team Leader

2 Sisters Food Group Limited; Rhiwderin; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 33 days holiday per year

Staff shop

Subsidised hot food canteen

Onsite free parking

2 Sisters highstreet discount platform

Job summary

2 Sisters Food Group Limited’s Rogerstone site seeks a proactive Team Leader to drive accountability and continuous improvement in a busy production environment. You will lead a skilled team, manage attendance and performance, and sustain GMP, HACCP, and traceability standards while delivering against production plans.

Join a major UK food manufacturer offering progression, strong safety culture, onsite parking, staff shop and a discount platform.

Qualifications

• Supervise and develop a high-performing production team.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety, GMP, and HACCP.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in FMCG or fast-paced production environments.
• Formal leadership qualifications preferred (ILM or equivalent).
• Lean manufacturing and CI experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver production plans and achieve KPIs including productivity, labour efficiency, yield, waste and service.
• Optimise labour, materials and resources to maximise performance and minimise cost.
• Monitor, investigate and resolve performance gaps through problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Maintain accurate production, stock and traceability records.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team to achieve objectives.
• Manage attendance, performance and colleague engagement in line with policies.
• Support training, succession planning and onboarding of new employees.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Problem-solving

Communication

Continuous improvement

Lean manufacturing

Education

ILM or equivalent leadership qualification

GMP & HACCP knowledge

Food safety systems knowledge

Job description

The Team Leader will drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, operational

excellence, and colleague engagement, ensuring all activities are completed in line with

company, customer, and legislative requirements.

Why 2 Sisters?

When you join 2 Sisters, you will become part of one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover of £2.5billion+, over 17,000 people and covering more than 20 sites. Our Rogerstone factory is one of the largest in Europe, specifically designed for producing chilled recipe meals.

What you'll get

Immediate start; opportunities for progression; up to 33 days holiday per year; staff shop; subsidised hot food canteen; onsite free parking; 2 Sisters highstreet discount platform.

Job Description

Operational Performance & Resource Management.

• Deliver production plans and achieve agreed operational KPIs including productivity, labour efficiency,
• yield, waste and customer service.
• Optimise labour, materials and resources to maximise operational performance and minimise cost.
• Monitor, investigate and resolve performance gaps through effective problem-solving and continuous
• improvement & operational excellence.
• Maintain accurate production, stock and traceability records.

People Management

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team to achieve business objectives.
• Manage attendance, performance and colleague engagement in line with company policies.
• Support training, succession planning and the successful onboarding of new employees.
• Promote a positive culture built on accountability, communication and teamwork.

Quality, Service & Product Integrity

• Ensure products meet all quality, food safety and customer requirements.
• Maintain compliance with GMP, HACCP, CCP and traceability standards.
• Drive a right-first-time culture and lead corrective actions arising from quality issues.
• Ensure the area remains audit-ready and compliant at all times.

Health, Safety & Sustainability Management

• Lead a proactive safety culture, ensuring compliance with all Health & Safety standards and procedures.
• Identify, manage and reduce operational risks, hazards and incidents.
• Ensure team adherence to safe systems of work, PPE and legislative requirements.
• Support environmental and sustainability objectives through responsible resource and waste
• management.

Qualifications

• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience within a manufacturing or operational environment.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop teams to deliver business and KPI objectives.
• Strong understanding of Health & Safety, Quality, GMP and Food Safety requirements.
• Effective communication, problem-solving and continuous improvement skills, with good IT and numeracy capability.
• Be able to drive performance improvements
• Experience within FMCG, food manufacturing or a fast-paced production environment.
• HACCP qualification and knowledge of food safety systems.
• Formal leadership qualification (e.g. ILM or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Operational excellence. and continuous improvement tools.

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