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2 Sisters Food Group

Production Manager

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Thetford, Breckland, Norfolk, England
Senior level
In-Office
Thetford, Breckland, Norfolk, England
Senior level
Manage shift production (Frying and Prep) for ~55 staff, ensuring health & safety, quality, efficiency and budgeted KPIs. Coach FLMs, handle people management, lead continuous improvement, investigate quality/process issues, and maintain effective handovers and daily shift meetings to deliver OTIF product performance.
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Company Description

Our Thetford operation is a breaded/coated product centre of excellence. As a value added, non-kill site we have no live animals or butchery onsite. It uses best in class equipment, which enables the site to deliver significant environmental benefits. The low-energy building is the flagship development within the 2 Sisters group.

2 Sisters Food Group is one of the UK’s biggest food manufacturers providing great tasting products to the nation, from chicken to cookies and pizza to pies!

With 18 sites in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. We employ over 13,500 staff, all of whom have the opportunity to progress as we focus on promoting from within and you can be part of that too.

Knowing that our business is only as good as the people we employ, we ensure that we invest in people like you to enhance skills and professional development.
 

Job Description

Reporting to the Operations Manager, this role of Production Manager has 3 direct reports and a team of around 55 people across Frying and Prep areas of the factory. This role is to support the shift to enable a safe and efficient working environment, focusing on producing quality products OTIF within agreed budgetary KPI measures.

 

This role will be on a 4 on, 4 off shift rotation 0500 - 1700. 

The rate of pay is £22.07ph  - (£46,193)

 

Whilst this is a role within a very fast-paced environment and is about driving the performance of the factory this is also a role very much about coaching, mentoring and leading your team on shift to be the best that they can be in all elements of H&S, Quality, Efficiency, Cost and Service.

 

Main Responsibilities

  • Ensure that everyone works in a manner that complies with legal, site and H&S guidelines and encourages a safe, calm, efficient environment for our people to work.

  • Ensuring that everyone understands and is, at all times, following Quality guidelines and working within our Quality parameters, both for product and area standards.

  • Effectively and efficiently manage the resources at your disposal, to ensure the best use of people, plant and materials to deliver the best possible results against agreed KPIs.

  • Supervise the FLMs, giving direction, motivating, coaching and counselling as necessary to encourage them to achieve their performance targets and enable them to conduct this coaching method with their own teams.

  • People Management includes absence, conduct, performance, training & review periods.

  • Identify, Coach and Mentor individuals with the potential to work at a higher level and put in place plans to assist their personal development.

  • Investigate process and quality issues, using problem-solving techniques, as they arise to understand the root cause and provide recommendations/solutions to prevent reoccurrence.

  • Ensure that an effective communication process is in between shifts to facilitate effective handovers and communications and to promote a ‘one-team mentality across all areas.

  • Directing the Production teams in continuous improvement initiatives and various projects to deliver sustainable improvements in production performance.

  • Ensure that Shift Huddles & Tier 1 meetings are conducted daily

Qualifications

  • Proven FMCG experience within Food Manufacturing ideally in a Shift Manager or Production Manager role. A strong character with excellent communication skills who can engage with their team to drive performance levels.

  • Self-motivated and resilient with the ability to problem solve and make effective judgements, with a proactive rather than reactive approach and able to work cross functionally.

  • Lean Manufacturing experience desirable, with a good level of numeracy & IT skills, SAP experience would also be an advantage

  • Food Safety Level 3

  • IOSH safety certificate

Additional Information

  • Company Bus Service from Norwich, Attleborough, Wymondham and Thetford Centre
  • Exclusive 2 Sisters employee discount - offering savings of up to 60% with brands including Asda, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer and Tesco.
  • 50% off your total bill in all of our group restaurant brands
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Free onsite parking
  • Hot food available on site plus free hot drinks
  • Employee of the Month awards
  • Fantastic development opportunities available for promotion and career development
  • In-house training

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