Overview
Shift Manager | Salary up to £44,000 | Shift Allowance | Annual bonus | Chichester
We are seeking a talented Shift Manager to join our manufacturing team at the Runcton site, West Sussex. In this role, reporting directly to the Production Manager, you will lead a team of high-performing Department Managers to achieve outstanding results for the business. You will be responsible for overseeing all production departments on your shift, ensuring that products are manufactured on time, meet quality standards, and stay within cost objectives.
We operate a rotational shift pattern covering 7 to 7 covering days and nights. You will work a total of 14 days over a 28-day period. Typically, you would be working as follows:
Week 1 - Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Week 2 - Wednesday & Thursday
We offer an additional £1,030 PA shift allowance for working days and nights.
What you get from us
1. Salary ranging from £39,000 - £44,000 (dependent on experience)
2. Annual bonus
3. Shift allowance
4. Employer matched pension up to 5%
5. Health cash plan
6. Flexible benefits including; Corporate gym discounts, shopping discounts, enhanced maternity & paternity policy and many more
7. Access to online GP & life assurance
Key responsibilities
8. Leading teams in a Food, Manufacturing, or FMCG factory environment to achieve operational excellence
9. Collaborating with the General Manager and other Shift Managers to develop and implement strategies that ensure the site meets its KPI targets
10. Providing clear, visible leadership to the Operations team on your shift, working closely with Department Managers to drive daily and weekly performance
11. Promoting a workplace culture focused on safety and quality
12. Actively contributing to the site's continuous improvement program by consistently identifying opportunities to reduce costs and enhance standards, ensuring full stakeholder engagement
13. Ensuring operations are ethically compliant, creating a work environment that is truly a 'brilliant place to work’
14. Taking clear accountability for achieving all KPIs for your shift in coordination with the Site Leadership team
15. Demonstrating resilience under pressure and effectively prioritising multiple tasks to fulfil your duties as a Site Manager
16. As a natural leader, you will play a key role in developing and empowering your team to perform at their best, safely meeting NWF quality standards and customer order fulfilment
17. Possessing strong leadership skills to motivate and engage a diverse team towards success
18. Having a keen eye for detail to ensure that our products are of the highest quality when they leave the facility
Experience/skills required
19. Demonstrated experience in managing teams within a Food, Manufacturing, or FMCG factory environment
20. Solutions-focused, adept at handling a complex and demanding workload
21. Strong, clear communicator, both verbally and in writing
22. Skilled at balancing priorities and making timely, effective decisions to meet customer needs
23. Resilient and composed under pressure, capable of guiding your team through rapid and necessary changes
Nature’s Way Foods is the leading manufacturer of prepared salads, coleslaw and “food-to-go” for supermarkets and retailers, and as such we work closely with farmers across Europe. But there’s lots more to us than the products we make.
Our culture is inclusive, and our people are diverse spanning 39 different languages. We operate four manufacturing facilities capable of producing over 400m units per year. It is an exciting time to join Nature’s Way Foods as we are growing rapidly and there are genuine opportunities to progress within the organisation.
Interested?
Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.
At Nature's Way Food, we believe that diversity and inclusion are key to driving innovation and achieving excellence. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential. We are dedicated to building a diverse team that reflects the communities we serve and the world we live in.
Join us in our mission to create a more inclusive and fairer world. Together, we can become best at fresh.