Team Leader Sweets - Southfield, United States - apetito

Description

** Team Leader Sweets**

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Location: Wiltshire-Trowbridge, UK |

Contract type: Permanent (Full-Time) |

Closing date: 22nd July 2021

Your role as Team Leader within our Sweets Department will be delivering plan completion; controlling costs, ensuring that KPI targets are achieved, coming up with continuous improvement ideas and implementation. You will ensure that the department runs to its maximum efficiency with right first time quality productivity. The department is keen to promote excellent team work by employing people who have a positive (can do) attitude. By achieving this, the department is in the best position to produce products in an efficient manner. We aim to not only achieve our targets but improve on them as well. **Overview**

**The department and team:**

**The shift pattern is 40 hours per week, 06:00 - 14:00 Monday to Friday.**

**Who we are**

**About apetito**

apetito is the UKs leading supplier of food to the health and social care sectors. Servicing over 400 hospitals, 450 care homes and thousands more through our work with Local Authorities, we produce delicious, nutritious and sustainable meals for people at home or in care. Through our food we look to ***make a real difference*** to all our customers, up and down the country.

**Our Values**

Established in 1958, as a family-owned business, our values sit at the very heart of what we do. We are proud to be a business that ***makes a real difference***, committed to producing ***great food to be proud of***. We have developed a range of products designed to ***enhance health and well-being*** for all our customers. We are proud supporters of British food and farming and focus on using the best ***ethical and sustainably*** sourced produce.

We are driven by a ***passion for service***, dedicated to feeding some of the UKs most vulnerable people, offering healthy and delicious meals to customers across the UK.

**Ethical & Sustainable**

As a business which operates within food manufacturing, we believe we have an obligation to make a positive contribution on society. With over 300 products in our range, we ensure our produce is ethically and sustainably sourced, working only with suppliers who share our commitment to making a positive impact.

Were a proud member of the (ETI), a leading alliance of companies, trade unions and NGOs, that promote respect for workers rights globally. All our new suppliers now operate under the ETIs guidelines.

We are also a member of , an initiative looking to transform the plastic packaging industry in the UK. As part of the initiative, we have committed, along with other ambitious targets, to eliminate unnecessary single-use plastic completely by 2025.

We have also made a commitment to our employees were recognised as an accredited Living Wage employer by the . Joining an elite group of FTSE 100 companies and public sector organisations.

**Giving Back**

Here at apetito, we take our duty to give back to our local communities and chosen charities very seriously. In 2018, we raised over 30,000 for Alzheimers Support and Alzheimers Society alone, thanks to the incredible efforts of our employees and charity committee. We also support our communities through the apetito Staff Foundation, which gives financial support to the chosen charitable causes of our staff and their children. Since 2005, weve raised over 175,000 for these charities.

**Responsibilities**

Minimise cost through adequate controls and training.

Investigate reasons for poor efficiency and wastage.

Work to agreed plan and highlight any issues (for your area of responsibility).

In conjunction with material requirements and stocks adopt plan changes as appropriate/agreed. Communicate throughout.

Accurate planning ahead to ensure that those servicing you are aware of your exact requirements; keep devaluation/wastage to a minimum in other areas and ensuring plan attainment.

Flexible attitude towards covering for others and start times to suit the business.

Ensure productivity target is met through optimisation of line speed and throughput; efficiency.

To actively drive improvements in customer complaints performance by focusing on achieving product quality right first time.

To ensure due diligence, CCP and traceability documentation is fully completed.

Actively encourage employees to report product quality defects.

Ensure departmental hygiene standards are in-line with external audits and requirements.

Ensure all operators follow correct personal hygiene procedures (e.g. changing processes, hand washing procedures).

Ensure all operators operate to a clean (and tidy) as you go policy.

Undertake Intermediate Food Hygiene training: a pass level must be obtained.

Complete devaluation forms as required.

Ensure QAF documents are completed (as appropriate)

To accurately complete process orders.

Maintain accurate information on downtime.

Ensure hourly SIC is recorded correctly.

Lead, motivate, coach and support your team of people

Conduct job chats as required with team.

Identify and facilitate ways for team members to develop and increase their contribution (training).

Ensure adherence to rules & procedures, and standards

**About you**

**Essential:**

Good standards of English and Maths

Basic computer skills in word and excel

**Desirable:**

Level 3 Food Safety

IOSH Managing Safety, Behavioral Safety

**Personal Qualities:**

Positive can-do attitude.

Lead by example.

Proven understanding of written and verbal English.

Be proactive.

Motivate and develop a team of individuals to achieve and improve standards.

Give clear direction, goals & objectives.

Recognise and celebrate our fellow team members contributions and achievements.

Take direct responsibility & be accountable for actions.

Challenge poor performance or inappropriate behavior appropriately.

Ensure team members understand their roles in achieving the vision.

Give feedback to fellow team members & senior management.

Undertake any training made available / organised