Production Supervisor

**Purpose of the Position**:
To oversee scheduling and routine production activities ensuring products are manufactured safely, at the required quality standard and to agreed customer specification. Drive operational efficiencies and Health and safety standards by implementing continuous improvement techniques.

**Key Activities & Responsibilities**:

- Assist in collating and communication of customer order
- In conjunction with production management, create and maintain daily production schedule
- In line with daily production plan, administer and issue recipes to the production team with corresponding batch sizes ensuring correct recipes are used at all time
- Monitor the production processes and adjust schedules as needed ensuring customer orders are completed on time, to budget and within agreed quality standards
- Plan and coordinate the resources and raw materials and staff to ensure production is carried out in a smooth and effective way
- In conjunction with the management team, monitor and review the team capability, ensuring all staff are clearly focused on their key objectives and are developed to maximise their potential
- Liaise with the maintenance department to ensure all equipment is in working order and is maintained at the pre-determined frequency
- Ensure food made daily is tasted and positively released, set and implement the quality standards accordingly
- Provide regular production data and performance reports by completing production trackers.
- Update and analyse daily KPI metrics and report any deviations from the target. Help complete an action plan and investigate a root cause of the deviation appropriately
- Challenge and review processes and procedures, exploring continuous improvement techniques to reduce cost whilst maintaining quality and safety
- Take the lead in managing and motivating, directing the facilities production workforce through their daily roles.
- Ensure enough staff are available to perform jobs to the required standard and staff are trained to commensurate with their work activity
- Carry out regular briefings/meetings with employees on weekly and monthly performance achievement and set out short/medium term targets and plans for improvements and/or training needs
- Ensure the continued development team members by conducting regular reviews and appraisals, setting targets for achievement. Take necessary actions if company rules, procedures and performance is not at the acceptable standard
- Actively participate in staff recruitment process when required
- Participate in audit programs to ensure all standard procedures are being adhered to at all times and any non-conformances are investigated and closed out
- Help investigate all customer complaints and resolve internally/externally as required with technical manager and operations manager.
- Administer all product trials and participate in organoleptic and microbiological testing in conjunction with technical manager and production manager.
- Following trials, prepare method cards, ensure correct recipes are used in production
- Ensure the production facility and daily operational compliance to all relevant legal, technical accreditation and food legislation, including Health and Safety
- To work in a team-based environment where all managers/employees work together for the good of the business
- Via both formal and informal meetings, ensure that your line managers are kept updated on any opportunities or threats that could affect the business
- Maintain and contribute to a working knowledge of Absolute Foods policies and regulations
- Carry out any relevant tasks and projects as directed by the Operations Manager or Director of Absolute Taste

**Management Responsibilities (Direct & Indirect)**:

- Team Leaders
- Production Operatives
- Warehouse Operatives

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**Key Attributes**:

- You will need to have hands on knowledge and experience within a food manufacturing/FMCG environment, in order to make good robust decisions to resolve issues as they arise
- Food industry experience is a must
- Prior experience of leading a team and resource planning in a food manufacturing/FMCG environment
- Highly motivated, results orientated and solution driven
- Able to express and communicate a vision and set goals for individuals to aspire to
- Knowledge of all relevant food safety legislation (Food Safety Level 2)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices
- IT Literate, Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook
- Flexible working approach could be called upon, out of normal hours, to attend site and provide support and guidance in the event of problems
- Able to demonstrate leadership, be highly visible to all employees
- Able motivate and manage people with varying skill levels and relish the challenge of working in a growing and demanding manufacturing environment

**The role**:
This role is 40 hours per week / 5 days out of 7. Flexibility is required to work weeke