Blending Deputy Team Leader - Kendal
Location
Kendal, Cumbria | United Kingdom
Job description
Blending Deputy Blending Team Leader
£24,440 Basic Salary per annum
£4,385 Shift Premium per annum
About us:
We are a rapid-growth scale-up disrupting the infant nutrition space through our award-winning brand Kendamil – the only infant milk made in Britain, proudly used by the British Royal Family and uniquely crafted locally using British organic full cream milk, without the nasties.
Our company, Kendal Nutricare, is a 200+ person team passionate about giving children a better start to life. We’re proud to be a Queens’ Award winning business and to be ranked by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s 1000 Fastest Growing Companies in 2020.
We’re on an exciting path – join us!
The role:
To assist the Team Leader with the management of the production line; the people, product and process whilst meeting our H&S, quality, hygiene, manufacturing and cost targets. We need someone who leads by example, takes their work seriously and has excellent people management skills. To succeed in this role you will be enthusiastic, hardworking, reliable and flexible with the ability to follow instructions. Good attention to detail is also key to this role.
- Your normal hours of work are Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours per week.
- Shift working attracts paid breaks. There is no leaving site during paid break times.
- You will work the following three week shift pattern:
- Earlies: 06:00-13:30 Monday to Friday
- Nights: 21:00-06:30 Monday, Tuesday and 21:00-06:15 Wednesday, Thursday
- Lates: 13:15-21:15 Monday to Thursday and 13:15-18:45 Friday.
What you’ll be doing:
- Assisting with driving performance and growth through excellent operational knowledge
- Motivating and inspiring staff to achieve or exceed the team’s performance targets
- Supporting and encouraging the production team to embrace continuous improvement and lean projects
- To assist with the defining, creating and developing solutions to identify the root cause to problems to avoid future occurrences and develop this practice with the production team
- To seeking opportunities within the production team to make changes in a collaborative way to create improvements
- To assist the Team Leader ensuring poor performance is addressed and Employee Relation issues are resolved within the parameters of Company procedures, seeking guidance from Operation Management and HR where appropriate
- Complying with safety procedures including but not limited to: adopting safe working practices, wearing the required protective clothing and use of safety equipment appropriate to the role
What you’ll need:
- Strong awareness of manufacturing to high quality standards and resolving technical challenges to improve quality would be desirable
- Strong communication and people skills
- Proactive approach to tasks, working in a fast paced environment
- Good working knowledge of Word and Excel
- Proven problem solving skills, proven ability to prioritise and manage own workload
What you’ll get from us:
The opportunity to work for the fastest growing infant milk brand in Europe, alongside a young talented team dedicated to serving thousands of passionate customers.
We offer to all our employees:
- 20 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with additional holidays granted each year for the first 5 years of employment
- A pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance at 2 x basic salary
- Free on-site parking
- Subsidised breakfast
If this sounds like a role for you, email Emma Murkin, Recruitment/HR Administrator ([email protected]) with your CV and a note on why you’re right for the job — we can’t wait to meet you!
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£24.44k per annum
