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Location

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

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Operations Team Leader - Aylesbury Dairy

Location:

Aylesbury, GB

• Competitive salary (salary discussed at application)
• Annual Pay review
• Employer pension matched up to 6% (12% total contributory)
• 4 x annual life salary assurance
• Flexible Benefits- buy additional annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
• People agenda commitment to training and development
• Access to discounted Arla products
• Most importantly- a cheese hamper at Christmas!

What will the role look like?

Reporting into the Senior Operations Manager, you will have a team of up to 13 colleagues including Technicians and Operatives. You will be responsible for managing a team as well as optimizing resources and coordinating activities to ensure operational targets are met. This in turn contributes to ensuring that departmental & site goals are delivered and achieved.

Key responsibilities include;

• Lead and manage a team ensuring they have the skills to deliver in their job and receive the necessary support, training and feedback to do their job well.
• Implement department strategy by developing and implementing business plans
• Ensure that all health and safety, quality, legal, and other company standards are adhered to in order to provide a safe and compliant working environment
• Manage the delivery of daily/weekly/monthly targets to ensure the department achieves its goals
• Define resource requirements, work planning and employee scheduling
• Effectively utilize and keep up to date with all relevant systems in order to efficiently deliver all activities
• Regularly communicate information to other departments and support them where necessary to ensure the effective delivery of wider goals and targets
• Look for ways to continually improve operational performance to ensure your department adopts a genuine continuous improvement mindset
• Identify, develop and implement procedural improvements
• Identify and deliver opportunities that add value within the department
• With the support of your line manager take personal responsibility for your own development in order to continuously learn and develop for the benefit of yourself and Arla
• Provide a bridging structure across all shifts to ensure continuity and consistency

Background/experience

The ideal candidate will have;

• 1-2 years relevant experience in an operational role within food manufacturing
• High levels of enthusiasm and a positive attitude to change & problem solving
• Educated to A level standard or equivalent
• Knowledge of Lean principles (Six Sigma qualification would be preferred but is not essential)

*Previous people leadership/management experience is advantageous*

Things we’d love to tell you about our Aylesbury site

• Aylesbury is our state of the art flagship dairy, built in 2010 & covering 76 acres
• 100% carbon neutral dairy (first of its kind in the world!)
• Our Aylesbury dairy produces a staggering 1 billion litres of milk per year
• The first dairy site to use AGV technology to move TETs with milk
• Arla Aylesbury’s cold store area is 1.5 X the size of Wembley’s football pitch

Things We’d Love To Tell You About Arla

• We are a farmer- owned cooperative. That means we are committed to partnering with farmers so they are guaranteed a fair price for their milk.
• We experimented with poo powered trucks (google it- you won’t regret it), and built the world’s first ever 100% carbon neutral dairy. All as part of our ongoing commitment to combatting climate change.
• We are the producer of Lurpak, one of the world’s most iconic butter brands.
• We are a Danish business, operating across the UK, Europe, Asia, The Middle East, North America, South America and other regions across the globe.

Next steps

Please apply using the link or reach out to Olivia Pine, Talent Partner at Arla Foods. The closing date for this position is 8th March 2024.

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency’s terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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