WHAT WE DO.

We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.
The site employs over 700 people and specialises in making chilled Italian ready meals and pasta salads products for a dedicated customer.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Ensure agreed controls for safe working practices in relation to personnel, chemicals, processes or raw materials are adhered to.
• Maintain departmental housekeeping, hygiene standards as well as quality standards. Ensuring that all data and records are maintained accurately.
• Manage allocated labour resources to ensure performance standards are achieved. Manage performance and attendance of the team including first level formal written disciplinary action, performance review, and absence management including return to work procedures.
• Ensure the team are correctly deployed and are performing in adherence to the plan. Manage breaks and shift changeover process to ensure it does not disrupt productivity and workflow.
• To work within predefined cost efficiencies to maximise all resources and reduce wastage.
• Ensure all staff are trained on hygiene procedures with regards to standards and Health and Safety developing a multi-skilled team. Actively coach, develop, and recruit team members to the required level of competence to encourage continuous improvement within the business.
• Encourage the Bakkavor values and a positive culture, whilst fostering good employee relations through fair, consistent and effective people management.
• Maintain effective communication between staff and management with internal and external customers. Highlight training needs to the Hygiene Section Manager.

As a Hygiene Section Leader your key focus will be to lead and motivate the Hygiene team ensuring our high Hygiene standards are met and records are maintained accurately.