Packing Supervisor Ashford, Kent, South East England, England
Job description
Artisan du Chocolat has broken the mould and redefined modern luxury British chocolates since 1999, with award winning creations including sending chocolate gingers to space and wowing major luxury retailers and 3* Michelin restaurants.
At the heart of Artisan du Chocolat is a commitment to innovation and excellence that breeds a constant stream of ideas created with passion, crafted for pleasure. We explore the world of chocolate with a careful balance of focused dedication and inspired roaming, often taking the road less travelled to create iconic chocolates. We are starting an exciting new journey as we significantly expand on our successful business in Ashford, Kent, to meet the demands of iconic global brands. If you are inspired at the thought of making an impact by being with us at the start of this journey, then this could be the place for you.
Position Summary: Lead and supervise a shift of packing teams in order to achieve required efficiency and cost effectiveness, whilst adhering to company procedures and customers’ requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Organise packing teams workload in order to achieve required targets and accomplish packing plan on time.
- Organise, communicate, monitor and control packing teams everyday work load.
- Organise all resources needed to run packing shift smoothly and efficiently- WOs, labels, packaging, equipment, chocolate are in place and available prior start packing.
- Ensure packaging, chocolate, labels and relevant information for next packing shift are available and accessible in order to maximise productivity and eliminate any downtime.
- Rotate packaging to optimise space and capacity in packing and Goods out area.
- Ensure required packing targets are achieved.
- Ensure man hours are recorded accurately
- Set effective methods and operations to improve packing outputs.
- Motivate and lead packing line leaders and packing teams.
- Train, develop and evaluate Packing Line Leaders and Packing Line Operatives.
- Identify training needs and create development plans.
- Identify, problem-solve and communicate any issue potentially affecting output.
- Accomplish packing orders according to customers written specifications and codes of practice.
- Ensure the company’s food safety, quality procedures and specifications are strictly followed and accurate records are maintained.
- Cooperate with other Packing Supervisors/ Packing Manager to ensure overall optimisation and smooth handovers between shifts.
- Ensure the right use of metal detection and weigh checking machines against company’s procedures and relevant documentations are correctly filled.
- Communicate with production to maintain smooth process and avoid down time.
- Communicate with QA department to agree quality requirements and avoid quality issues.
- Support Packing Line Leaders in order to ensure the right Bill of Materials codes are in use and correct traceability is followed and recorded.
- Ensure correct labelling and dating procedures are in place.
- Ensure allergen colour coding practice is followed.
- Ensure packing area is kept clean and tidy and cleaning records are filled in.
- Ensure correct PPE is in place.
- Build an effective working relationship within Company’s departments and between shifts.
- Ensure food safety and health and safety rules are in place.
- Report any issues to Packing Manager/Technical Manager/ Supply Chain Manager
