Packing Supervisor

The Recruitment Crowd have recently partnered with a market-leading client who is looking to expand their multi-skilled team

**Salary**: £30,000

Hours: Monday to Friday 6 am-2 pm

Location: Dunstable, LU5

**Job Type**: Permanent

The Role:
Responsible for managing the planning, co-ordination and control of all resources associated with the Packing Area to enable their line to pack products in accordance with the planned schedule whilst ensuring a safe operation, meeting quality standards andcontrolling costs and wastage. Ensuring the Process operation adds value for customers, employees and the Company.

Key Responsibilities:

- To ensure all supervisor food safety and health and safety checks are completed on time and in full. Any issues to be raised with QA immediately.
- A four-week staff rota to be in place at all times to allow the Planning Manager to plan production accordingly
- Arrange sufficient cover before processing staff holidays
- You will be responsible for opening and locking factory, to start up and shutdown the plant
- To ensure adherence to all Health and Safety policies.
- Liaising with the Health and Safety Committee to monitor and develop procedures to ensure that the Company has the appropriate structures, systems and processes in place to meet its statutory Health and Safety responsibilities.
- To maintain excellent GMP standards at all times in the Packing Area, delivering quality standards required of customers and external audits, for example BRC.
- To ensure 100% compliance with the product specification to deliver product within agreed quality parameters
- To manage and control the data collection systems and monitoring processes, ensuring that all documentation and communication is processed and delivered to the cross functional departments, as required on a timely and regular basis.
- To motivate, manage, train and develop team workers
- To take responsibility for the counselling and identify training and development needs, liaising with the 'Assessors’ to ensure the business has an effective, multi-skilled and engaged workforce.
- To ensure the Packing area runs at the optimal output in accordance with production plans, whilst spotting opportunities for continuous improvement.
- To ensure set KPI’s are met with the resources at your disposal and report reasons when not met.
- To manage and control costs, yields and giveaways within the Packing Department.

Experience / Requirements:
Essential:

- Computer literate
- Planning and problem solving
- Excellent communication skills

Desirable:

- Experience of BRC and customer audit requirements
- Experience of SAP software
- Experience of Lean manufacturing techniques
- Experience in stock control systems