Shift Line Lead in Wrexham

Kellanova is investing £75 million in its Wrexham cereal plant, aiming to make it the largest cereal manufacturing site in Europe. As part of this exciting expansion, we are looking for a Manufacturing Shift Lead. This onsite role will primarily be based at the Wrexham plant, with occasional travel to Media City and Manchester Plant for cross‑functional work. You will produce legal and safe food according to a production plan where personal safety is non‑negotiable. You will be accountable for the execution delivery of foundational KPIs (Environment, Health & Safety, Food Safety & Quality, Customer Service, and Finance) within your business unit production area. You will lead your shift‑based line teams to deliver the necessary results in all areas, aligning with plan strategies and priorities. Drive and coach your line teams forward to deliver shift metrics, ensuring business goals are met while continuing personal development.

As part of the line leader structure in Operations, you will have full shift responsibility alongside other Shift Line Leads and Technical Shift Line Leads, reporting to the Business Unit Lead. You will manage the employees on shift, ensuring the execution of short‑term daily direction setting.

A Taste Of What You’ll Be Doing

• Team Safety: Ensure 100% personal team safety by managing outputs such as Near Miss, Safety Observations, and Safety defect handling.
• Quality & Food Safety: Manage QFS incidents by adhering to cleaning schedules, ensuring 100% compliance in process checks, initial root cause analysis, escalation, and completion of food safety checks and end‑of‑run documentation.
• Employee Involvement: Foster total employee involvement by managing shift‑based attendance, crewing, employee development, compliance training, and adherence to performance management and GMP standards.
• Schedule Adherence: Ensure schedule adherence by meeting line throughput targets and packing schedule adherence.
• Material Loss Mitigation: Mitigate material losses, minimise stops, and reduce rework/double handling through initial root cause analysis and escalation.
• Team Development: Coach and develop your team through skills matrix progression, improvement plans, 1‑to‑1s, and employee development plans.

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Previous management experience within an FMCG environment.
• Critical thinking and problem‑solving approach.
• The ability to be agile, working flexibly within diverse teams to meet business demands, e.g., attending meetings on days off or covering other shifts.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally and lead teams to deliver results while building an open, honest, and inclusive culture with integrity and respect at the centre.
• Ability to coach and develop teams to reach their full potential and deliver results.

What’s Next

After you apply, your application will be reviewed by a real recruiter, so it may take us a few weeks to get back with you by email or phone. If you join our team, you’ll be rewarded for the difference you make. Our comprehensive benefits offer you the support you need through your life events, big or small.

Need assistance throughout the application or hiring process? Email European.recruitment@kellanova.com.

Get to Know Us

We’ve always been driven to unleash the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our iconic, world‑class brands at Kellanova include Pringles, Cheez‑It, Pop‑Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, among others. Mars, Incorporated has acquired Kellanova in a transaction that brings together iconic brands, storied legacies and outstanding capabilities with a view to shape the future of snacking. You can learn more here, and our hiring teams will be happy to discuss further questions if your application advances in the hiring process. Let’s shape the future of snacking.

Kellanova is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strides to provide an inclusive work environment, a seat for everyone at the table, and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status.