Hygiene Front Line Manager in Stockport

Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.

We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson's and Sunblest. You'll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation's favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products.

The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn't for the faint-hearted - it's pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry.

Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS.

If you're looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we'd love to hear from you.

Overview Of Role

Location: Stockport

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Hygiene FLM with strong leadership skills to drive success across the team to achieve fantastic results. You will ensure an efficient and effective delivery of hygiene across the site to ensure visual and food safety standards, and safeguard compliance with all customer and regulatory standards and requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Leading the hygiene team to ensure site hygiene levels are maintained to a high standard.
• Supervising, monitoring, and improving standards of working, including overseeing the hygiene schedule, implementing procedures, providing training, leadership, coaching and mentoring where required.
• Contribute to successful customer and 3rd party visits and audits
• Identify, challenge, and deliver continuous improvement measures in all aspects of the hygiene function.
• Measuring hygiene standards and assessing materials and staff resource needs to ensure maximum effectiveness.
• Recruiting to agreed budgets and daily employee management
• Supporting the health & safety and Quality culture
• Management and achievement of KPI's
• Promote a culture of high standards of conduct and performance

The Right Person

• Have completed or be willing to complete the IOSH Managing Safely programme, HACCP and Food Hygiene level 3.
• Experience in hygiene operations of a Food Manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge and or experience of pest control advantageous.
• Experience of leadership, motivation, and cultural change management in a team setting
• Good understanding of the hygiene process and systems and their impact on performance in terms of efficiency, quality, materials, and equipment is advantageous.
• The ability to think logically, multi-task and meet results-driven deadlines whilst managing in a pressurised environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication and influencing skills at all levels of operations
• Confident using IT