Team Manager - Days - 6 month Secondment

Yeo Valley Organic; Highweek; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Yeo Valley Organic is seeking a Production Team Manager for the Newton Abbot site to lead our Days shift on a 6-month secondment. You will guide and develop a Production Operation team, ensuring safe, high-quality output and driving improvements in efficiency and cost.

You will partner with other functions to plan, prioritise and deliver, uphold quality standards, and foster a culture of continuous improvement, coaching staff and building leadership capability across the team.

Qualifications

• Experience managing production teams and driving safety culture.
• Knowledge of CI techniques (5S, RCA) and auditing.
• Dairy science qualification or related field.
• Health & Safety qualification (IOSH or equivalent).
• Experience with external auditors.
• Coaching and development of staff.
• Asset care and autonomous maintenance experience.
• Change management experience.
• Quality control/assurance experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop one Production Operation team.
• Ensure materials and products produced to high standards in a safe environment.
• Improve quality, efficiency and production costs through team engagement.
• Collaborate with other functions to plan, prioritise and deliver.
• Lead continuous improvement activities applying CI principles.

Skills

Leadership

Influence

Problem solving

IT proficiency

Communication

Education

Dairy science qualification

Health & Safety qualification (IOSH)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

So, what will I be doing?

At Yeo Valley, we're passionate about nurturing and nourishing people and the planet by making great food the right way, forever. At our Newton Abbot site where we make our delicious Ice Creams and Desserts, we are looking for a Team Manager to lead our Production Team on Days shift. This is a 6 month secondment opportunity.

As Production Team Manager, you'll be responsible for leading and developing one of our Production Operation teams, while also building on and developing your own key leadership skills.

You’ll ensure our raw materials, prepared and finished products are produced to the highest standards in the safest environment. As well as making sure things are running smoothly, you’ll always be looking for ways to improve the quality, efficiency and production costs through engaging and supporting your team members and collaborating with other functions.

This fixed term position is working Days shifts 6:00 to 18:00, 4 days on 4 days off.

Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Leading the team to ensure effective delivery of our products
• Leading Health & Safety within the area of responsibility, engaging the team to ensure compliance and improve the safety culture
• Developing the team to achieve targets. Engaging them and promoting autonomy to enable them to achieve their KPI's; safety, quality, deliver, cost
• Working collaboratively with other functions to ensure that work plans are agreed, prioritised and delivered
• Supporting and supervising in the following: Preparation of, receiving, handling and issuing of raw materials and the dispatch of finished product;
• The use of a computer and software packages (Microsoft bias);
• Using hand-held devices and relevant software systems;
• Leading and developing the team to improve the quality, efficiency and cost of production through engagement and application of the leadership principles
• Ensure your team is compliant with quality standards
• Deliver communication and reporting to the highest standard
• Leading and developing the team to focus on asset care and quality assurance
• Leading continuous improvement activities providing measured improvements through application of CI principles

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

• Ability to influence people at all levels
• Demonstrable problem solving and analytical skills
• Proficiency in IT software such as Microsoft
• Excellent communication skills

Even Better If You Have

• Previous management experience
• Health & Safety qualification, IOSH or other recognised qualification
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement application - 5s, SIC, RCA's, visual management
• Experience of working with external auditors
• Dairy science qualification
• Experience of coaching and development
• Asset care/ autonomous maintenance experience
• Change management experience
• Quality Control or Quality Assurance qualifications/experience

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• 22 days holiday( increasing with length of service)
• annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• competitive holiday allowance
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can.

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.