Company description: At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business.
Five generations'?
worth of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 141 years.
Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that doesn't allow us to rest on our laurels.
We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention.
It is part of our philosophy to provide honest good sense on issues of health and well-being, helping the whole family to enjoy our products as part of a healthy, balanced diet, through a range of products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes.
Job description: As the UKs No.
1 Bakery Brand we have been baking bread since 1876.
Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family, with the introduction of the sixth generation, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free.
Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.
The Recipe To provide leadership to the manufacturing facility of the bakery, with a focus on HSE, food safety and cost, meeting deadlines and targets.
Driving a continuously improving environment to maximise Bakery and team performance and ensure that fresh, quality products reach the Internal customers both on time and in full.
Key Accountabilities and Measures Lead the manufacturing team to deliver the annual HSE plan and drive the HSE culture change through team engagement, involvement and responsibility for HSE activities Lead the manufacturing processes to ensure that all internal and external food safety standards and requirements are met.
Ensure that effective systems are set up and followed to ensure all products are manufactured to specification.
Ensure that product complaints are minimised and dealt with promptly and effectively.
All trials are planned and executed to plan.
Continuous Improvement opportunities identified and projects delivered to completion.
Identify and manage the execution of site-based projects.
Lead, motivate, develop and coach the manufacturing team to ensure they achieve all agreed KPIs, personal targets and development plans as identified in their role profiles and via performance review meetings.
Manage underperformance promptly through regular reviews and appropriate actions plans Develop revenue and capital budgets and manage expenditure to ensure budget targets are achieved.
Performance - ensure that all employees are aware of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that they are accountable and responsible for within each of the departments within Operations.
Essential Ingredients Essential Knowledge: Knowledge and experience of management in an FMCG environment.
HS&E / Food Safety systems and & legislation knowledge e.g.
HACCP, COSHH, IOSH - able to ensure a safe working environment for self and others.
Warburtons quality systems able to ensure the teams outputs meet required quality standards.
IT & PC knowledge able to use widespread functions within the relevant software.
(inc MS Office and SAP) Knowledge and experience of bread making process, plant & technology.
Knowledge of HR policies and the law in relation to employment of people.
Understand the overall company strategy and plans and has a broad understanding of the work of other functions and departments in the business Lean Manufacturing Principles Skills & Experience Communicating skills articulate/develops effective, long-term relationships with key people.
Coaching and mentoring skills takes responsibility for training and coaching of others.
Influencing and negotiating skills maintains attention when speaking to groups of people/ negotiating and conflict management/develops persuasive arguments /demonstrates flexibility in influencing style.
Analysing and problem-solving skills anticipates problems before they occur and takes steps to deal with them/correctly and swiftly identifies the underlying problem& finds appropriate solutions.
Time & project management skills uses project management techniques to create effective plans with milestones/identifies areas of risk & plan contingency/monitors and communicates work & project progress.
Innovating skills develops innovative approaches to non-routine, complex issues.
Decision making skills makes timely decisions/takes account of the wider risk & implications.
Experience & understanding of process capability.
Strategic thinking skills contributes to the development and delivery of the site manufacturing strategy.
Management leadership skills - inspires others to perform and uses a range of management styles, deals effectively with performance issues and creates a sense of trust in the team.
Engineering Qualification (preferred) Lean manufacturing Implementation and management of lean processes, e.g.
SMED/5S/TPM Extra Dough At last and by no means yeast you will want to know what your breads worth: A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share) Family time is important to us and we know it will be to you so you have the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave.
Award winning pension scheme with company contributions of 7% Private medical insurance and Life assurance Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website Continued investment in your personal development Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service We respect and value difference.
We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity.
Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies.
More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.
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