Overview:
PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world’s most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers and Monster Munch, to name a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have recently been voted a Top Employer for the 11th year in a row.
Through effective leadership of their operational teams, the operations team leader is responsible for driving safety, quality, delivery and morale across a balanced scorecard to optimise performance and and achieve site KPI’s
Please note that this is a shift based role

Responsibilities:

• Engage team to drive performance improvement across all elements of area of responsibility.
• Act as first escalation point for FLE team members on line.
• Conduct Development/Performance conversations with team member and hold regular 1-2-1s.
• Coach Teams in problem solving and changing behaviours.
• Escalate any service, performance or behavioural concerns on shift to appropriate forum and delivers feedback to relevant zone.
• Carries out investigations on shift regarding performance/people/quality/safety/environmental matters when an incident occurs within their area or as required to support the broader team.
• Responsible for safety of all employees, visitors and contractors on shift.
• Respond effectively to critical issues, e.g. breakdowns, unplanned stops, emergency evacuations.
• Facilitates line balancing and material flow, material planning and risk management for assigned area.
• Cover for colleagues absence as and when necessary.

Qualifications:

• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong Team worker and contributor.
• Good analytical skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Understanding of Lean processes, in particular SIC/QCDM and RCA.
• Good computer skills.
• Good coaching skills.
• Excellent problem solving skills with ability to make informed decisions.
• Able to deal with sensitive information appropriately.

• Engage team to drive performance improvement across all elements of area of responsibility.
• Act as first escalation point for FLE team members on line.
• Conduct Development/Performance conversations with team member and hold regular 1-2-1s.
• Coach Teams in problem solving and changing behaviours.
• Escalate any service, performance or behavioural concerns on shift to appropriate forum and delivers feedback to relevant zone.
• Carries out investigations on shift regarding performance/people/quality/safety/environmental matters when an incident occurs within their area or as required to support the broader team.
• Responsible for safety of all employees, visitors and contractors on shift.
• Respond effectively to critical issues, e.g. breakdowns, unplanned stops, emergency evacuations.
• Facilitates line balancing and material flow, material planning and risk management for assigned area.
• Cover for colleagues absence as and when necessary