Overview
Location: West Bromwich
An exciting and unique opportunity for a strategic and hands-on leader at our Bakeries to make a positive impact, optimising processes for effectiveness and cost-efficiency, and embedding a world-class culture of safety and quality across the site. You will be responsible for leading and developing the Stores, Planning, Tray Wash, and Dispense teams, ensuring they provide a seamless, efficient, and compliant service into the manufacturing operation.
Key Accountabilities
* Safety Culture: Drive a safety culture by improving and maintaining a safe working environment, ensuring all team members are aware and complying with health and safety standards, legal and company requirements.
* Team Leadership: Effective leadership, coaching, development and motivation of the Manufacturing Services team, to ensure high levels of performance, compliance and that all their KPI’s are met or exceeded
* Strategic Management: Collaborate with operations management team to define and execute regional technical strategies. Monitor performance metrics and implement improvement plans where necessary.
* Operations Management: Coordinate with cross-functional teams to optimise service delivery to your internal customers and meet KPI’s.
The Right Person
* Health & Safety Management – Strong practical knowledge of UK H&S legislation. This includes conducting comprehensive risk assessments (COSHH, PUWER, DSEAR)
* Food Safety & Quality – Good knowledge of food safety management standards, ability to manage audits, both internal and external and stock control.
* Successful Leadership experience in a commercially challenging, results driven and fast paced manufacturing environment with good interpersonal skills.
* Inventory & Stores Management - Proficiency in modern inventory control techniques, including cycle counting, stock rotation (FIFO/FEFO), and managing stock levels to prevent shortages or waste
* Production Planning & Scheduling - A strong understanding of creating and managing production schedules
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Manufacturing
Industries
* Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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