Hygiene Manager

at  Bakkavor

WHAT WE DO.

Our Bakkavor Bread site based in Crewe, Cheshire make specialty hand-crafted flatbreads, baguettes, doughballs and ciabattas for customers including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsburys, Waitrose and our own Pizza Express brand.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Lead and drive standards of Hygiene, Health and Safety and Technical requirements to ensure that the business and customer standards are kept and audit requirements are fully met.
• Ensure set standards are achieved and drive to supersede these standards in terms of visual and microbial improvements. Ensuring that these standards are embedded throughout the factory and demonstrated through the business KPIs.
• Ownership and management of the site CIP systems in conjunction with documentation for interim and deep cleaning practices.
• Develop and support a culture throughout the department where individuals feel able to challenge the status quo and encourage feedback from all levels. Drive continuous improvement processes against all areas of accountability.
• Ensure 100% Internal & External customer service is met with consistently high quality output.
• Ensure good employee relations are developed throughout the shift through fair, consistent and effective application of HR policies and procedures.
• Understand and give input to the manufacturing strategy and factory operational plan - translate these into the shift plan.
• To plan, organise and measure resources in terms of Productivity (people), Efficiency (equipment) and ancillary services (waste management, laundry & chemical supplies) to ensure agreed targets are met.
• Ensure that the appropriate team structure is in place for the shift and resourced by the right people. Own the training and development of the team to enable progression.

To effectively manage the Hygiene team ensuring that all Hygiene standards are maintained and developed to the required high standard. These standards are reviewed regularly and where necessary challenged / changed.