Why Greencore?We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer.
Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK.
We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.Here in Consett, we have a team of around 280 colleagues.
We produce a range of chilled ready meals for some of the UK's leading retailers, including Co-op, Sainsbury's and Weight Watchers.What you'll be doingAs Zone Manager you will lead nominated colleagues and manage the consistent application of processes within a given department or zone to ensure products are prepared and manufactured to the agreed standards and production plans.Deliver department/zone productivity and efficiency targets to produce goods in line with the agreed production planContinuously monitor raw materials/ingredients, all operational processes and the overall production environment to ensure that all activity comply with food safety manufacturing standardsMonitor and review labour deployment to ensure that the availability and alignment fits with the production requirements of the departmentEffectively communicate with the operations team report progress against plan, highlighting any risks to the achievement of volumes and standardsMonitors the effectiveness of machinery and equipment, through Optimum Equipment Efficiency (OEE), to ensure performance consistency and reliabilityPromote a Health, Safety and Environment culture within the department, complying to procedures, accident investigation, corrective actions and completing near miss reporting, promoting a safe working environmentReview operational trends within department / zone.
Identify and act on opportunities to that can make sustainable improvements in all areas including quality, performance and profit and the ultimately delivery of the operational planMonitor and review team capability, ensuring all colleagues are clearly focused on their key objectives and are developed to maximise their potentialActively contribute to both customer and technical process development reviews to promote improvement to quality and consistency of productionShift: Mon - Fri 6am-2pm/2pm-10pm rotating shiftWhat we're looking forWe're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders.
We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.Experience of managing diverse teams in a complex manufacturing environmentHolds an advanced Food Hygiene accreditationHas a HACCP level 2 qualification and IOSH level 2 qualificationWhat you'll get in returnCompetitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysPension up to 8% matchedLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.Permanent - Full-TimeSalary: NegotiableLocation: Consett, County Durham, DH8 7NU