Operations Shift Manager

Location

Middlesbrough | United Kingdom

Job description

Operations Shift Manager

Glanbia   

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey  

The Opportunity  

The Operations Shift Manager is employed to manage, coach and develop the overall effectiveness of the factory teams through the Operations Line Leads (OLL)*. They are accountable for ensuring a safe and effective work environment through development of and compliance with supporting systems.  Their core responsibility is to achieve or exceed the Departmental KPIs covering Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Efficiency.

This permanent position will report to the Production Manager.  

• Ensuring teams skills are managed by OLLs and improved using appropriate tools and ensuring training is delivered
• Mentoring and developing the OLL’s in all aspects of their role.
• Managing human resources to deliver the production & training plans
• Building and delivering plans to reduce material variance & yield loss
• Developing and delivering yield loss reduction plans
• Lead and develop teams to deliver effective of problem solving to impact department level metrics
• Coaching OLL’s in basic problem solving tools and techniques
• Reviewing visual management systems to drive actions
• Reviewing performance metric KPI 's at agreed cadence (shiftly/daily/weekly) - EHS OEE, CTP, Q, EHS, YIELD, MUV
• Collaborate with other shifts to mitigate performance differences across teams and deliver continuous improvement actions
• Deliver strategy & engagement survey improvement actions

The Skills you will bring to the team

• Minimum 5 years manufacturing experience, preferably in Food/ Beverage in an equivalent position and a demonstrated ability to drive performance through people.
• Professional Qualification desirable in a manufacturing related discipline. Ideally with Food Hygiene, Health & Safety, HACCP Certification and an understanding of Safety & Food Safety Program Compliance.
• Ability to motivate and engage teams with effective coaching, team development and consistent day to day accountability in plan execution to support business growth opportunities.
• Knowledge and Experience of Continuous Improvement & Manufacturing Systems to impact KPIs (Lean Qualification Green Belt or higher Preferred or experience of Lean Manufacturing Techniques)
• Organising Skills, Ability to act at pace and think strategically with developed Project & Change Management.
• Enthusiasm and Energy – can do attitude
• Good computer literacy including SAP if possible

If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please apply!

Where and how you will work   

The opportunity will be based in Middlesbrough with the management of 3 direct reports with a total team equivalent of 60+ Glanbia and agency team members in a typical modern food manufacturing environment. For this job role, individuals will need to be on site working a shift pattern alongside their teams and based on the factory floor.

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and acompetitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health plan, competitive salary.

About Glanbia

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritional's, and Joint Ventures. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 6,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.

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