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department manager Thrapston, England

Morrisons

Full Time Thrapston, England 30154 - 19377 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

About The Role

Our Department Managers know how to work at pace and regardless of which department they work in they all have the same goal - to deliver great food to our customers. It's fast and ever-changing - are you up for the challenge? Reporting into the Production Manager you would also be responsible for:

Leading your team to successfully deliver your lines KPI’s and drive business performance
You will coach, develop and lead your staff and establish a continuous improvement culture
You will work closely with internal and external suppliers and will build strong, effective relationships ensuring that the site is legally compliant
You will ensure that all levels of waste are recorded, and are accurate including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and potential efficiency; accuracy and waste recording; downtime; product weights; and staff efficiency

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About The Company

From a Bradford market stall to the UK’s 4th largest supermarket chain and the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer.

We are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK with up to 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our 18 manufacturing sites provide our customers with the freshest produce from flowers, fish and veg to burgers and bread, all delivered to our stores via our 6 distribution sites by our 2,000 strong fleet.

Every week, 11 million customers pass through our doors and over 110,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover more than 11 million households with our Morrisons.com service. With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.

We are foodmakers and shopkeepers and #wemakemorrisons.

Why not hear about what our teams have got to say about life here at Morrisons: click here

About You

As well as tons of resilience you must have:

Experience of a Department Manager/Shift Manager or equivalent
Experience in a large scale production/warehouse operation, ideally across Food Manufacturing
The ability to coach and encourage your team and help them explore opportunities to continuously improve how they do their job
The ability to problem solve, and implement process changes in order to improve operational performance
Experience of managing budgets and controlling costs
Strong leadership and coaching skills in order to engage motivate and develop large teams with varying skill sets

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
Additional 10% discount More Card for a friend or family member
Career progression and development opportunities
Subsidised staff canteen
Free parking
Market leading pension and life assurance
Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
Long Service Awards
Optional Payroll charity donations
Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave