Logistics Senior Team Leader

**Logistics Senior Team Leader - Nantwich, Cheshire**

**We rise to challenges together**

**Monday-Friday**

**Permanent**
**Competitive salary**

**Why join us?**

We’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it’s exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together.

**What we do.**

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Production Bakery Manager to join our busy food manufacturing facility in Aston, Cheshire. The site make specialty hand-crafted flatbreads, baguettes, doughballs and ciabattas for customers including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys.

**About the role.**

To be responsible for the people, safety, quality, cost control and delivery of plan in designated area of warehouse/despatch/logistics/end of line/perimeter/grounds/staff shop, and to ensure that others within the area fulfil their responsibilities.

**Accountabilities**:

- Ensure optimum deployment of people across the area of remit, matching skills to tasks and schedules, and ensuring that breaks are co-ordinated effectively to achieve continuous running.
- Monitor performance and operational efficiency across area of remit continuously to ensure operating to optimum efficiency, and identify trends, root causes and implement corrective actions.
- Responsibility for the health and safety of colleagues, contractors and visitors across area of remit, ensuring adherence to policies and operating procedures.
- Oversee and co-ordinate efficient inbound and outbound logistics, including the supply, replenishment and transportation of goods, materials, equipment and packaging to factory production, as per schedule, and the distribution of finished products in line with plan and quality standards.
- Ensure the completion of all relevant checks, including start-up checks and associated Process Control (including CCP documentation), accurately and within specified time frames.
- Manage and maintain appropriate records, inventories and systems for the purposes of maintaining supplies to production, providing written support and/or conveying information, including KPI and shift reports.
- Update procedures on request and brief colleagues in any changes to documents and/or processes.
- Ensure maintenance of standards in relation to colleague conduct, behaviour and attendance, through clear instruction, guidance, coaching and welfare support, but also utilising related policies and procedures as required.

**About you.**
- Proven experience at a supervisory level or above within a similar environment.
- A passionate individual who will support, train and motivate colleagues; taking responsibility for their team.
- Good communication skills and able to build strong relationships with other areas of the business.
- A competent user of our ‘STACK’ procedure.
- Flexible approach to work, willing to operate at a lower or higher grade if required performance.

**What you’ll receive.**

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You’ll enjoy:

- A stakeholder pension scheme
- Personal accident Insurance
- Free independent mortgage advice
- Employee assistance programme
- A range of voluntary benefits
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Additional life assurance
- Dental & hospital cash plans
- Discounted tutoring for children
- Access to financial learning tools
- Affordable loans via your salary
- Proud to be and loyal service awards
- Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions

**Proud to be Bakkavor.**

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team

Find out more and apply.

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