Production Team Leader - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Hovis

Hovis
Hovis
Verified Company
Nottingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Welcome to Hovis.

We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand.

We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each.

We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK.

Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it's baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe.

We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.


The Role:


A
new and fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Production Team Leader, reporting to the First Line Manager to join the Nottingham team
.



Key Accountabilities:


  • Maintaining Health and Safety, Food Safety, and Quality Standards
  • Maintain a cohesive working relationship and effectively communicate with the department's key stakeholders
  • Carry out procedures & policies / local performance management systems such as SIC / 6S / Yield and Scrap information
  • Process Optimisation
  • Fault finding & rectification with Engineering / Reaction to Alarms & Breakdowns
  • Completion of KPI reporting systems and escalations
  • Analysis of KPI outputs and actions where required, escalation of issues to relevant support functions as required
  • Ensure the compliance of all Company policies, procedures, processes, and systems applicable to the function.
  • Lead and motivate your team with Training & Development including onthejob induction training, Break management, Assessment of skills gaps, allocating and arranging staffing cover as deemed necessary, including agency
  • People Management, including lowlevel employee relations ( investigations / disciplinary ) and Absence Management
  • HR Systems ( including but not limited to, SAP / My Hovis )
  • Performance Evaluation Review (PER) support and delivery
  • First Line Manager step up cover
**Some of the Key Outputs / Metrics include: - **- Reduction in waste

  • Managing labor performance
  • Accurate completion of SIC
  • Reduction in lost time/throughput
  • Employee Engagement
**Essential:
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  • Active and effective People Management
  • IT Literate
  • Good communication
  • Experience in a previous supervisory role
  • Be adaptable, flexible and demonstrate a willingness to accept changes/resolve issues in accordance with operational requirements at short notice
**Desirable:
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  • Ideally knowledge of operating the food manufacturing plant and equipment
  • SAP System knowledge
  • The specialist knowledge of Mixing / Plant / Baggers
  • Food Hygiene
  • HACCP
**About you:
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  • Excellent Decision-Making skills
  • Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, interacting at all levels
  • Ideally previous experience in managing a team
  • Excellent Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
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Committed to continually improving personal and team performance

  • Great attention to detail
  • Project management skills
**Leadership Competencies:
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  • We are passionate, empowering, and give a compelling view of the future
  • We are visible, consistent, and role models Hovis values
  • We encourage debate, diversity and ideas, yet are not afraid to challenge
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Our word is our promise, we are accountable, proactive and deliver what we say, we do this with energy and pace

  • We believe in Hovis, and belief in the people who create Hovis Goodness and Quality. We reward people who do what is best for "our business"
  • We always act with integrity, inherent goodness and dignity, to each other, our people and our external stakeholders
**Hovis Values:
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  • Quality
  • We all ensure we drive quality in everything we do, without compromise


  • Accountability

  • Our promise is our bond. We will always deliver what we say


  • Trust

  • We are trusted and empowered to act and are responsible for our decisions

Why work for us and our benefits:

At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries.

The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries

  • There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
  • Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
  • We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexi
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