Team Leader (Central Kitchen)

ANTWAY SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5-day work week

Competitive monthly salary

Supportive culture-driven environment

Work Location: Singapore

Job summary

ANTWAY SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. seeks a dynamic Team Leader to manage daily central kitchen operations—Preparation, Cooking, or Packaging. You will lead on the production floor, drive safety, and optimize throughput in a busy food-production setting in Singapore.

You will mentor senior and junior operators, enforce HACCP/LOTO and 5S, and coordinate shifts. Requires valid Food Hygiene Certificate and at least 3 years in food service or manufacturing with mid-management experience.

Qualifications

• Valid Food Hygiene Certificate required.
• Minimum 3 years in food service, food manufacturing, catering, or institutional prep.
• Minimum 3 years in middle-management leading ~10 people.
• Foundational operator roles and processes: thermal processing, blast chilling, packaging.
• Strong understanding of food manufacturing business models, cost control, productivity.
• English proficiency for team communication and operational logging.
• Commitment to fair conduct, team engagement, and high governance.
• Flexible to work shifts, weekends and public holidays.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily section operations across Preparation, Cooking, or Packaging.
• Spend 70% on the production floor providing hands-on leadership and supervision.
• Oversee food safety: pre-work hygiene checks, CCPs, temperature logs, yield accuracy.
• Respond to equipment failures and resolve or escalate safely.
• Supervise thermal operations, combi-oven/kettle cycles, blast chilling, packaging.
• Conduct weekly section reviews and drive efficiency improvements.
• Maintain labour productivity and propose cost-control initiatives.
• Mentor SPOs and POs with bi-weekly 1-on-1 reviews.
• Enforce 5S, allergen segregation, and LOTO safety protocols.

Skills

Food safety

Leadership

Team supervision

Operational excellence

English communication

Education

Food Hygiene Certificate (Advanced preferred)

Job description

We are seeking a dynamic and dependable Team Leader to manage daily central kitchen section operations. This middle-management role is ideal for an experienced food production professional ready to lead section teams, drive operational excellence, and uphold exemplary food safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily section operations across assigned departments (Preparation, Cooking, or Packaging).

• Spend at least 70% of scheduled working hours directly on the production floor providing hands-on leadership, instruction, and active supervision.

• Serve as the operational leader for food safety, verifying pre-work hygiene checks, Critical Control Points (CCPs), temperature logs, and yield accuracy.

• Act as first responder for machinery, equipment, or tool failures on the production floor; resolve issues safely or elevate to the next level superior.

• Supervise core section tasks including thermal operations, combi-oven/kettle cooking cycles, blast chilling, tray assembly speed, and automated packaging (MAP gas flush, checkweighing, metal detection).

• Conduct weekly section review meetings, monitor cycle times, and implement actions to increase overall section output and efficiency.

• Maintain labor-hour productivity standards while proposing cost-control and workload-reduction initiatives.

• Lead, mentor, and retain Senior Production Operators (SPOs) and Production Operators (POs), conducting bi-weekly 1-on-1 performance and wellbeing reviews.

• Enforce strict adherence to 5S cleanliness, allergen tool segregation, and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) safety protocols.

Requirements

• Valid Food Hygiene Certificate required (Advanced Food Hygiene certification preferred).

• Minimum 3 years of experience in food service, food manufacturing, catering, or institutional food preparation.

• Minimum 3 years of middle-management experience leading teams of approximately 10 people.

• Full mastery of foundational operator roles and operational processes (thermal processing, blast chilling, packaging lines).

• Strong understanding of food manufacturing business models, cost control, and productivity optimization.

• Working proficiency in English to support team communication, training, and operational logging.

• Demonstrated commitment to fair conduct, team engagement, zero unnotified absences, and high governance standards.

• Flexibility to work shift schedules, including weekends and public holidays.

Compensation & Benefits

• 5-day work week

• Competitive monthly salary package

• Supportive, inclusive, and culture-driven workplace environment

• Work Location: Sakae Building, 28 Tai Seng Street, Singapore