Full Job Description
Shift Manager + £60k salary + 4x10 hour shifts per week
Tuesday - Friday
Our client are a well established
food manufacturers based in Bolton and they are looking for a Shift
Manager to join them working Tuesday - Friday.
This
position will be on nights for 15-18 months and will then move onto
days, salary will remain the same at £60k.
Supporting the Head of Operations and the Business Unit
Managers the Shift Manager will run the night activities of the site
and have overall responsibility for the products that it produces. You
will also have overall line management responsibility for the staff
within these shifts. In addition to this you will be involved in ad
hoc projects as and when required.
Key responsibilities
of the Shift Manager:
- Promote a safety culture
and ensure all health and safety requirements are met – contribute to
the improvement of all environmental, health and safety standards.
Compliant with all relevant policies and procedures.
- Maximise departmental performance – efficiency, waste, labour
utilisation, service, quality, energy, environmental, hygiene.
- Excellent customer service – responsible for achieving the
production plan.
- Create and maintain a continuous
improvement culture – proactively seek new and improved methods of
working to increase efficiency in the overall production process.
- Ownership of product quality, taking full responsibility for
the quality of product through management and compliance with quality
systems QMS and QAS
- Maintain and improve GMP standards –
always audit ready
- Adhere to good employment practices
relative to legislation, policy, procedure and collective agreement
- Employee development and people management including
attendance improvement, performance improvement,
discipline/grievance/appeals. Determine skills and compliance
training needs to fulfil current and future business needs. Lead,
coach and motivate a multi-skilled team to achieve individual and team
development.
- Employee engagement – facilitate the
development of an open culture of proactivity, pride and
accountability. Continuously inform and involve the team and ensure
alignment with current and future business plans and objectives.
Personal Skills and attributes of the Shift Manager:
- Must be able to lead, motivate and develop the
night shift teams
- Highly developed communication and
influencing skills
- Must be able to work on own initiative
- Must have excellent IT skills
- Must be able to
develop, monitor and improve functional KPI’s
- Must deliver
excellent customer service through management of the night shifts
- Previous experience of managing staff at a senior level is
essential
Company Benefits for the Shift
Manager:
- Holiday entitlement is 20 days (4 day
week) plus Bank Holidays
- BUPA Healthcare
- Company
Pension scheme via L&G, contribution is 5% employee and 4% employer
- Discount scheme via Reward Gateway
- Free/discounted
products
- Occupational Health
- On-site parking
- On-site canteen
- 24-hour security