Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:
Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.
Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.
We are now recruiting for a Laboratory Team Leader to join our Severnside Dairy within our Muller Milk & Ingredients business.
The purpose of this role will be to support the team to deliver quality targets and continuously improve quality performance by coaching and developing our people.
Salary: Competetive
Contract: Full Time/Permanent
Shift Pattern: Monday-Friday 
Location: Severnside
 Laboratory Team Leader main duties and responsibilities:
 1. Provides expertise through chemical and microbiological technical knowhow
 2. Strong influencing and communication capability
 3. Uses leadership competencies to guide, motivate and develop team
 4. Acts as a coach and mentor for team and others across site
 5. Advanced Problem solving facilitation skills using various methodologies
 6. Role models and drives performance management systems
 7. Responsible for laboratory budget, management, certification and other QMS duties
 8. Create purpose and direction around OGSM deliverables
 9. Coaching front line team members, enabling them to solve problems
 10. Supports and process confirms operations quality control responsibilities
 11. Responsible for development of direct team
What are we looking for from our next Laboratory Team Leader:
 12. HACCP Awareness (Level 2-3)
 13. Basic Food Hygiene
 14. Microbiology and aseptic techniques
 15. Internal Audit
 16. Yellow and Green belt problem solving
 17. A3 problem solving
 18. Electronic Data Capture
 19. Eden Technologist
 20. Dairy Science
Benefits:
 21. A competitive salary
 22. Up to 10% bonus
 23. 4 x life assurance
 24. Access to our rewards platform
 25. 33 Days Holiday (inclusive of bank hols)
 26. Free onsite secured colleague car parking
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Contact Details:
F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ