Mixing Room Supervisor

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At The Compleat Food Group we’re on a mission to create tasty food that’s better for people and the planet, we call it ‘Food to Feel Good’.

Our fantastic people are what make this possible. They are passionate about creating delicious products for UK consumers, leading retailers and our exciting, market leading brands.

When you work at The Compleat Food Group you’ll become part of a diverse, friendly team who take pride in the food they produce and have fun doing it. And, when you’re ready to take the next step, we’ll give you all the support you need to build your skills and progress to the next stage of your career.

Job Purpose:
To support the Production Manager and the team to achieve effective, safe and efficient running of the mixing room.
- Follow the Health and Safety (H&S) procedures and ensure all potential hazards are observed and reported
- Follow the company processes, site operating procedures in relation to food safety, allergen control and maintain good manufacturing practices (GMP) throughout the shift
- Follow clean as you go policy and high standards of personal hygiene
- Deliver high standards of quality ensuring products are produced to the customer satisfaction in line with site standards and customer specification
- Minimize environmental impact by ensuring company procedures are adhered to regarding waste disposal
- Support the New Product Development (NPD) process
- Use and maintain all equipment/machinery in a correct manner and report any equipment/machinery issues
- Monitor the quality of the products; maintain agreed GMP standards and assist in the remedial actions to resolve any non -conformances and respond to NCR’s raised within agreed timescale
- Meet relevant KPIs and targets assign by Company
- Maintain and develop a set skill level with your team ensuring enough skill is available at all times such as holiday and absence
- Provide documented and recorded support and training to new starters and existing team members within the production team for their continuous improvement and development
- Plan labour allocation in accordance to the production plans. Manage staff in the mixing room department.
- Liaise with the Warehouse department to ensure availability of materials for production preventing any shortages and downtime
- Monitor progress against the production plan and support the team in overcoming delays and constraints
- Communicate with all Supervisors to achieve best results in mixing room area without compromising production output
- Actively challenging mixing operatives to achieve the required product quality, GMP standards and recipe & procedure adherence
- Actively challenging mixing operatives to complete raw material and WIP tagging & documentation
- Supporting organization of working locations within the prep areas to ensure segregation of products, waste, allergens and ‘traffic’
- Verifying ingredients ordered by mixers and ensuring if they are following the recipes to minimize incorrect mixes and other errors. Investigating and approving extra orders
- Reporting downtime in Gemba system
- Reporting progress in Mixing Room by sending out reports and handovers to following shift
- Attending daily meetings and update the actions accordingly
- Co-working with mixing room QA for best quality results. Checking chiller in regards to correct tagging and following RM storage matrix
- Assisting in achieving successful customer audits and visits
- Support Project Coordinators with waste reduction and support Project Coordinators in yield verification
- You may be assigned to other work tasks and you will be expected to perform any reasonable requests and additional tasks as requested.

Qualifications:

- Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene
- Level 2 HACCP
- Essential Hygiene and Chemical Awareness
- ESOL Level 1 or equivalent (preferable)

**Experience**:

- Experience of working in a food manufacturing environment
- Experience in a Supervisor role

Key Skills and Knowledge:

- Ability to follow safe working practices and instructions
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize workload
- Attention to details and accuracy
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Work well under time pressure
- Good numerical skills
- Ability to solve problems
- Continuous improvement mind-set