Team Leader - Level 2

Custom Culinary; Wincanton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food ingredients company seeks a Team Leader for its Wincanton facility. This role involves leading a production team, managing daily operations, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Ideal candidates should bring prior food production experience and strong people management skills.

Qualifications

• Essential people and food production management experience.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
• Experience with LEAN framework is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team and ensure familiarity with daily operations.
• Responsible for daily KPIs and escalate when necessary.
• Promote food safety, health & safety, and quality standards.

Skills

Resolution focused mindset

People management experience

Food production experience

Good IT skills

Excellent communication

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Team Leader - Level 2

Griffith Foods Wincanton, Murray Way, Wincanton, Somerset, United Kingdom Req #3053 Tuesday, May 21, 2024 We blend care and creativity to nourish the world.

Griffith Foods is global product development partner, we specialize in high-quality food ingredients. We serve global food companies and regional food companies worldwide.
As a family business, we’ve valued people above all else for 100 years. Griffith is renowned for true, collaborative innovation. Our people care. We’re committed to helping our customers create better products - and a better, more sustainable world. Learn more about Griffith Foods on www.griffithfoods.com

Purpose:

Our Team Leaders hold an important role for us within the Production and Warehouse areas. As Team Leader, you will lead from the front, taking ownership of your shift and people. You will ensure your team is set up for the day and the necessary support is in place. Ideally from a food manufacturing background, your previous knowledge and experience of blending people management and production requirements will be key to your success.

Responsibilities:

Planning your people and materials to effectively meet your daily targets

Take a supervisory roles of the shift’s operational structures, allocating duties based on skills and experience

Be responsible and accountable for daily KPIs, and knowing when to escalate

Support the communications between Production and other departments

Monitor and support ongoing development of Operatives, promoting the training pathways and encouraging the advancement of knowledge amongst operatives

Uphold our food safety, health & safety, and quality standards, holding others accountable for their actions and promoting best practice

Lead the people management of your team including recruitment, absence management, workload allocation, and timesheet management

Skills and qualifications:

A resolution focussed mindset

People management experience is essential

Food production experience is essential

Good IT skills

Excellent communicator in both written and spoken English

Experience of working with the LEAN framework is desirable

Working at Griffith Foods

We are a caring family company where everyone has the opportunity to grow, follow their own personal Purpose and find fulfillment in their work. We support each other, demonstrate mutual respect and nourish people’s well-being.
We believe in doing the right thing, especially when it is hard to do and recognize that our success depends on our customers’ success consequently, we work together, leveraging our skills, knowledge and ideas to create exceptional products and solutions.
We value diversity at our company and celebrate our cultural and personal differences, knowing that together, we create a unique source of strength. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability you may contact us at [emailprotected]