Team Leader

Team Leader

We are excited to offer an excellent opportunity for a Team Leader to join a leading global producer within the FMCG sector. This role provides the chance to work alongside a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment, with a strong focus on quality, sustainability, and continuous innovation. 

Main Responsibilities for the successful Team Leader:

• Promote and ensure a safe working environment is always maintained, the area is fully compliant with Company Health & Safety and Fire policies, procedures and all legislative requirements. Report any accidents to the Shift Manager.
• Driving the KPI’s for your area of responsibility. Challenge and motivate the team to deliver measures in a consistent manner.
• Encourage the team to monitor product quality and reject any unsuitable products while ensuring waste is minimized and reported accurately to the supervisor daily.
• Ensure all materials (packaging and product) are ordered timeously and accurately.
• Take accountability for nominated employees training, by ensuring they are skilled in their role and have been signed off against relevant procedures.
• Day-to-day control and co-ordination of the workforce within a defined area of the operation.
• Complete and take accountability for checks and tasks, including CCP’s.
• Completion of Defacto and Redzone.
• Complete all yield information. Ensure reasons are documented and record information needed to improve.
• Promptly escalate issues including breakdowns, which are impacting production and seeking corrective action/resolutions.
• Ensure all paperwork is completed accurately and in a timely manner, for all relevant tasks carried out.
• Support continuous improvement in all areas of the operation where greater efficiency, hygiene, quality and safety could be achieved.
• Ensure compliance with Defacto system procedures, including completion of work orders.
• During the shift identify and communicate immediately to the Engineering Department, any issues that occur, to ensure they are resolved to minimize production downtime.
• Carry our product changeovers and set machines in accordance with company procedures.
• Carry out all other reasonable management requests on an ad hoc basis.

Main requirements for the successful Team Leader:

• Experience within a food manufacturing environment with proven leadership and management experience and be able to demonstrate people and performance experience.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving with good troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent teamwork skills with the ability to work effectively with Engineering, and Quality teams.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• HACCP and Allergen awareness
• Well organised, with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet tight production deadlines
• A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on reducing downtime and improving performance.
• Full UK driving licence.

What we offer to the successful Team Leader:

• Basic salary £34,000+ overtime
• Monday to Friday- 14:00pm-10:00pm
• Pension/ and Holiday/ insurance cover.
• Clear progression plan for professional and career growth within a key industry sector.
• Support for continued professional development.
• Company Events and many more!

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative, forward-thinking organisation that values talent, fosters career progression, and empowers its team to make a real impact.

Paradigm Employment Services Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.