WHAT WE DO.

Our Bakkavor Bread site based in Crewe, Cheshire make flatbreads for customers including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsburys and Waitrose.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Ensure optimum deployment of people across the area of remit, matching skills to tasks and schedules, and ensuring that breaks are co-ordinated effectively to achieve continuous running.
• Monitor performance and operational efficiency across area of remit continuously to ensure operating to optimum efficiency, and identify trends, root causes and implement corrective actions. Attend meetings to report on performance escalating any issues to a supervisor/manager and reporting back to the team.
• Responsibility for the health and safety of colleagues, contractors and visitors across area of remit, ensuring adherence to policies and operating procedures, safe systems of work, equipment and machinery user manuals (see appendix on Team Leaders’ Health and Safety responsibilities).
• Oversee and co-ordinate efficient inbound and outbound logistics, including the supply, replenishment and transportation of goods, materials, equipment and packaging to factory production, as per schedule, and the distribution of finished products in line with plan and quality standards.
• Ensure the upkeep and maintenance of grounds, yard and perimeter, ensuring areas are healthy, safe, efficiently organised and have clean and tidy appearance at all times.
• Supplier and contractor management for equipment and third party services within area of remit.
• Ensure the completion of all relevant checks, including start-up checks and associated Process Control (including CCP documentation), accurately and within specified time frames, using required systems and documentation to check, record and action.
• Manage and maintain appropriate records, inventories and systems for the purposes of maintaining supplies to production, providing written support and/or conveying information, including KPI and shift reports, ensuring all relevant databases, spreadsheets and other software are kept up to date.
• Evaluate situations for the purpose of taking appropriate action and respond to calls, concerns and/or complaints for the purpose of resolving problems and communicating/providing information. Directly communicate with supervisor/manager about any delays in deliveries and shortages of products.
• Oversee, co-ordinate and assist with start-ups, shutdowns and changeovers by ensuring the appropriate completion of required checks and processes.
• Update procedures on request and brief colleagues in any changes to documents and/or processes.
• Brief, train and assess staff
• Ensure maintenance of standards in relation to colleague conduct, behaviour and attendance, through clear instruction, guidance, coaching and welfare support, but also utilising related policies and procedures as required.

To be responsible for the people (team of 10-15), safety, quality, cost control and delivery of plan in designated area of warehouse/despatch/logistics/end of line/perimeter/grounds/staff shop, and to ensure that others within the area fulfil their responsibilities. Always ensuring these duties are completed in line with Company policies and standard operating procedures, including PPE, Food Safety, Health and Safety, ‘clean as you go’ and ‘Good Manufacturing Practices’.