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Are you an experienced Shift Manager looking for your next career move? Princes Bradford is looking for a Shift Operations Manager to join the largest UK soft drinks production site in the Princes’ portfolio. Bradford produces customer own brand still and carbonated soft drinks across a variety of flavours and pack formats. This is an opportunity to work for one of the UK's leading FMCG businesses and make your mark!

Job Purpose

As the Shift Operations Manager reporting into the Manufacturing Manager, you will own and develop the manufacturing area and be responsible for the translation of the SQCDP Operational KPIs into the activities that provide your framework of operation and improvement for you and your team.

Supported by your motivational leadership and relentless desire for everyday great delivery and execution, you drive a team ethic that at its core is passionate for Operational Excellence.

Dimensions

• Continental Shift Pattern - 3 days then off then 2 nights then off (7am - 7pm / 7pm - 7am)
• Sales value of Manufacturing c.£27million
• 3 Direct reports (2 x Operational Team Leaders, 1 x IPC Team Leader)
• C.40 Indirect reports
• Manufacturing Expenses Liquid Ingredients c.£10million
• Manufacturing Expenses Labour c.£250k

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• £5,591 Cash Car Allowance
• 12.5% Corporate Incentive Scheme/Bonus
• 14.5% Pension consisting of a 9.5% Employer Contribution
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Critical Illness
• 22 Days Holiday per Annum
• Flexible Holidays - the option to buy/sell up to x4 days per year

Principal Responsibilities

• Manages change amongst the shift team in the implementation of Operational Excellence, line centric organization & roles (AM-Autonomous Maintenance, PM-Progressive Maintenance ) to progress into self-sufficient teams. Role models values and principles through effective coaching, mentoring and development of the team.
• Support the manufacturing plans and targets to meet Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, & People goals in line with the site business need. Cascade & communicate the plans and targets to employees to ensure alignment and understanding around priorities, focus and KPI’s.
• Lead and be accountable to establish a strong governance to review and control the operational performance and operational excellence plan and embed a zero waste mindset to constantly improve and deliver against best in class both internally and externally.
• Drive the shift team to identify and manage improvements to technology, culture, capability and operating systems to deliver a best practice and reliable operation.
• Ensure all manufacturing standards, compliance requirements (e.g. Quality, food safety & GMP, Health, Safety, Security, Environment, Sustainability, Code of conduct, policies & principles, operational standards, Internal Audit norms, & other procedures updated from time to time) are in place, understood by all, and are regularly reviewed and monitored for effective implementation.
• Act as a safety leader for the shift by the active support and role modelling of Safety and Environment programmes and reinforce safe behaviour of production team members.
• Deliver operational and financial improvements through the consistent challenge of machine and machine standards, work processes and systems. You will identify profit margin enhancing opportunities, develop business benefit scenarios and through effective utilisation of OpEx processes and disciplines, implement improvement project.

These are the key daily tasks, not a comprehensive list of all tasks undertaken by the job holder. Flexibility is required by the business & this will be agreed with the individual’s line manager.