Production Team Leader - Salad Bowls, Lichfield, Staffordshire

Overview

We have an opportunity for a Production Team Leader to help us run our salad bowl line and production teams at Florette in Lichfield, WS13 8NF.

As a Team Leader, you will lead the production teams across your allocated shift pattern. The ideal candidate will achieve or exceed production performance KPIs across a balanced agenda whilst maintaining compliance to health, safety and quality procedures and policies. You will facilitate CI activity for the team within the site CI framework, and support all team activities including interaction with scheduling, supply chain, NPD, Technical/QA functions and other production areas. A full Job Description is provided and can be found attached.

Working hours: 4 days on, 4 days off. 7am - 7pm.

Pay: £16.25 per hour.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure that the daily/weekly plan is delivered in full and in line with budget including labour usage and yield. Monitor and report on hourly, daily and shift performance.
• Ensure all staff are suitably equipped and trained to perform in their role currently and for future needs of the business.
• To ensure effective management of agency team members.
• Ensure compliance to all Health and Safety, HR policies and quality procedures both internally and externally.
• Performance manages the team including quarterly performance reviews, target setting and coaching where required.
• Maintain good GMP of both area and plant liaising with Engineering/Snr technician where appropriate.

Skills and Experience Required

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics is highly preferential.
• Knowledge of quality systems including HACCP and corrective and preventative actions.
• Experience of managing teams with a headcount >10 including conducting investigations.
• Knowledge and examples of application of Lean tools and techniques including problem solving.
• Good level of mathematical capability and an understanding of yield and productivity measures.
• Good communication skills and a desire to build cross functional relationships.
• Ensure food safety and hygiene protocols are followed.

What You Will Get In Return

An hourly salary of £16.25, inclusion in our annual bonus scheme and a range of employee benefits you’d expect from a market leading business, including:

• Life Assurance: 3x your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.
• Employee Assistance Programme: Providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.
• Annual leave entitlement: A competitive number of days annual leave per annum inclusive of UK Bank Holidays which increases with service, as well as an option to purchase an additional working week of holiday.
• Training and Development: Personalised induction as well as regular training and development courses and schemes.
• Benefits Platforms: Employee discount platform for multiple retailers as well as salary finance schemes for bicycles, gyms, and financial assistance.
• Other: Recognition awards, Regular Employee Engagement days, attendance incentives, an annual volunteering day, and a free staff transport service to and from site covering Lichfield, Burton on Trent, Cannock, Rugeley, and Burntwood.

About Us

Florette is one of three UK food manufacturing factories within Agrial Fresh Produce, which is an autonomous part of the larger 22,000 employee strong French co-operative group, Agrial.

The business operates mainly under its recognisable Florette salad brand and we are one of the UK’s leading producers in the industry. Under the Florette brand, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat, fresh salad bags and bowls to some of the UK's most well-known supermarkets and retailers, as well as restaurants and fast food vendors. In total, we sell on average around 600,000kg of products every week - an unbe-leaf-able amount!

Agrial has operations across 18 regions, with 280 farming outlets and 5 different divisions, which comprise Beverage, Dairy, Meat, Fresh Produce & Agricultural operations; it’s not just about lettuce! As well as 2 factories we also have a farming operation – Agrial Fresh Farms. All UK sites operate under the name of Agrial Fresh Produce Limited and fall under Agrial's vegetable division. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team.

Next Steps

It’s an exciting time to join our business as we look for new starters to join us in innovating in everything we do! We’re looking for positive and driven people to join our professional team. If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want a fresh challenge we would love for you to join us on our journey!

Please apply directly or alternatively contact Will Kaye, Recruitment Officer for a totally confidential discussion.

Agrial Fresh Produce reserves the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

VISA Sponsorship: Agrial Fresh Produce is not a licensed UK VISA sponsor, and therefore cannot employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Our recruitment process will ask you to provide evidence of your unlimited Right to Work in the UK.

Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer. In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job – the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer.

We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.