You may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products. We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,000 colleagues across 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 18 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.

Here at Northampton, we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day . We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer.

What you'll be doing -

• Promote a positive health, safety and environmental culture within the team, that complies with procedures, accident investigation, corrective actions and completes near miss reporting, behavioural observations, to promote a safe working environment
• Continuously monitor all operational processes and the overall production environment to ensurethat activity complies with food safety manufacturing standards
• Deliver area operational productivity and efficiency targets, resolving problems and issues as they arise, ensuring delivery of daily output plan
• Review operational trends within area to identify and act on opportunities that make sustainable improvements to increase quality, performance and/or profit in support of the shift operational plan
• Monitor and review team capability, ensuring all staff are clearly focused on their key objectives and developed to maximise their potential
• Monitor the effectiveness of machinery and equipment through pre starts and observations, highlighting trends and issues to ensure asset performance is consistent and reliable
• Engage with the team ensuring maximum satisfaction, motivation and well being

What we’re looking for -

• A good standard of education, demonstrates good literacy and numerical skills
• An experienced communicator able to communicate and report proficiently in English
• Experience of operating as a team leader within an FMCG environment
• Holds a basic Food Hygiene accreditation and a basic Food Safety accreditation
• Good problem-solving skills and experience of using lean practises to resolve production issues or enhance performance
• Previous experience of directing and motivating a diverse workforce and leading a team to deliver superlative results

What you’ll get in return -

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Employee awards and long service awards
• Accredited Greencore qualifications, learning and development opportunities.
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform where you can receive discounts on retail, travel, and more.
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.