So, what will I be doing?
We are looking for a results-driven Shift Manager to join our team at Yeo Valley in Newton Abbot, bringing a strong focus on labour optimisation and KPI performance. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced manager who thrives in a fast-paced production environment and comprehends how to balance people, process, and performance to deliver outstanding operational results.
As Shift Manager, you will play a key role in driving efficiency across the shift, ensuring labour is deployed effectively to meet production targets while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and productivity. You will use data, performance metrics, and real-time decision-making to maximise output, reduce waste, and continuously improve operational performance.
Key responsibilities:
1. Meeting operational plans (both production and hygiene)
2. Ensuring satisfactory handover of information to following shift, and escalate where appropriate
3. Financial budget adherence
4. Working with other shifts and stakeholders realizing improvement activitiesg
5. Site contact for external hygiene chemical supplier, ensuring maintenance of chemical stock levels are maintained
If you are an organised, proactive leader with a strong understanding of labour planning and performance management within a manufacturing or food production setting, we would love to hear from you.
This role may also be known as a Production Manager or an Operations Manager.
You will work a 4 on 4 off permanent day shift pattern, beginning work at 0600 and finishing at 1800.
Sounds interesting, what do I need?
The important things:
6. Exceptional people leadership qualities
7. Excellent communication skills
8. Experience of working in FMCG manufacturing environments
9. Proven experience of working with Lean / root cause principles
10. Food Safety Level 3 / HACCP level 2
Even better if:
11. You have dairy experience
12. Experience of hygiene processes in food manufacturing environments
13. COSHH qualification
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:
14. 22 days’ holiday including bank holidays
15. non-contributory pension scheme
16. life cover
17. healthcare cash back plan
18. cycle to work scheme
19. subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
20. preferential rates with our partners
21. annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
22. learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow