Weekend Warehouse Team Leader

Weekend Warehouse Team Leader Thatcham, England

English Provender Company
Full Time Thatcham, England 35500 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Our business has a long and proud history of food excellence. We produce award-winning dressings, condiments and marinades for many of the UK’s leading food manufacturers and retailers as well as nurturing our own brands: English Provender™, Very Lazy® and Newman’s Own®. We believe it’s our passion for good food, fine ingredients and technical excellence that sets us apart and gives us our success.

We are looking for ‘good eggs’ with an appetite for more to join our team to assist us in our mission to produce high quality products that add life and soul to your food.

We’re a spirited, adventurous and resourceful team, and we think these qualities make for something pretty unique and coveted these days. From the mayonnaise and chutneys we create to the management styles and choices we make, everything is guided by our core company values: Creativity, Agility, Respect and Excellence. It's these values that make us look forward to coming to work every day and make English Provender company a great place to work.

Every day, we’re transforming and challenging ourselves on doing things better – this kind of bold thinking provides unprecedented results. If you share our passion and want to showcase your talent within our business to create something special – there’s only one thing to do: join us adding life and soul to your food!

Our Culture of Accountability, Ownership and Collaboration

We're not afraid to think differently and challenge the norm. We like a challenge and innovation is at the heart of all we do. We embrace new ideas to set ourselves aside from the rest. We empower our people at every level to have ownership of their work.

We want our teams to share the responsibility of the delivery of first-class products and to work in a way that offers sustained success of English Provender Company.

At EPC, you're supported to develop, grow and achieve. You’re expected to bring your authentic self to work every day, to act with integrity, and work with excellence at the front of your mind; and in doing so you’ll be rewarded. In whatever role you work in you have the opportunity to leave a mark and be recognised for doing so. We also recognise that you can’t do it alone, and that’s fine because you’re supported by passionate colleagues along the way, and our collaborative spirit only aids our success and growth.

Factory Overview:

· 3 shift operation – rotating day shift and permanent nights

· Approximately 340 staff members

· B2B and retail products. 4 bottling lines and 6 B2B vessels and 18 cooking vessels

· Produce mayonnaise, pasta sauces, chutneys, salad dressings and pastes

Site History:

EPC Newbury was purchased by the Billington Group in 1997. It had been founded by John and Ann Curwin making Jams, condiments and Chutneys. In 2004 we opened a brand-new purpose-built factory in Newbury. In 2005 we acquired Suffolk foods which was a manufacturer of mayonnaise and sauces. In 2014 we opened a industry leading innovation facility in Newbury – known as ‘innovate’. We also have a small, one line production plant in Newport – named Newport Very Lazy (VL) as they produce our own brand ‘Very Lazy’ products.

Job Overview:

EPC are looking for a confident front-line manager to supervise the Warehouse weekend shift and ensure the successful loading of all Retail and Business to Business deliveries. The role would suit an ambitious individual who will manage a group of Warehouse staff and guide them to complete the required workload over the weekend. Attention to detail and a clear view of task is essential, as is the use of systems and spreadsheets.

Correct communication and escalation are key within this position, and an understanding of good business practice is required.

With the focus on people, and adherence to process, the successful candidate would be the main point of contact on site over the weekend. Full training will be given to the right candidate as well as ongoing support from all operational management at EPC.

Responsibilities/Duties:

1. Carry out daily shift handovers, ensuring a smooth changeover of shift using handover reports and shift updates on progress.

2. Ensure all sales orders are picked accurately and timely in accordance with the sales order picking routines.

3. Ensure product is picked in advance for production when required, including material for the prep room and labelling for the filling hall.

1. Maintaining excellent standards of vehicle loading and pallet security for all outward bound loads.

2. Ensure all raw materials and packing that are being returned to the warehouse are clean, suitably wrapped to prevent foreign contamination and accurately labelled with all the relevant information.

3. Endeavour to store product in the warehouse free from damage, maintaining a good standard of housekeeping throughout.

4. To ensure all stock carries a product label to facilitate and aid the tracking of the associated stock movements and batch traceability.

5. Report any damages to Warehouse and Yard areas, including racking, machinery and fabric of the building.

6. Ensure safety checks regarding forklifts are carried out on a daily basis, keeping records of breakdowns and repairs. Ensuring batteries are in good working order and charged at the end of shift.

7. Maintain traceability information on all pallets and units of measure until exhausted.

8. Ensure product is within shelf life and is rotated on a FIFO basis and is issued to the factory in this order

9. Ensure all stock movements are completed on the computer system.

10. To consolidate racking space to make better and more efficient use of available storage space and ensure accurate stock locations.

11. Ensure the yard area is kept tidy and organised.

12. Advise planning and supply chain of any stock outs of product against orders.

13. Ensure all processing stock is picked in advance for production.

14. Notify the stock control team and your direct line manager of any stock errors on Unity.

15. Maintain accurate records on any stock returns from internal and external customers, liaising with the stock control team and customer services to ensure correct records are kept on Unity.

16. Ensure all internal procedures are carried out

17. Advise customer services and planning of any finished product shortages.

18. Liaise with Quality control and your direct line manager regarding any non-conformity relating to incoming goods or finished products.

Essential

- FLT Licence (Counterbalance/Reach/Bendi)
- Experience of Warehouse operations, scanning and location control and Warehouse systems
- Computer literate
- Communication
- Management/supervisory experience within a Warehouse environment

Desirable

- Knowledge of Sanderson systems/Unity
- Management qualifications
- Knowledge of management techniques

Work schedule:

The role works a weekend pattern, Friday to Monday 6am to 4pm. In addition to the salary on advert, there is a 2.5% shift premium for the weekend working pattern.

Community Overview:

Newbury is a market town in the county of Berkshire. The town is home to Newbury Racecourse and the surrounding hills are home to some of the country’s most famous racehorse training grounds. Newbury lies on the edge of the Berkshire downs and in the suburban village of Donnington lies the part-ruined Donnington Castle.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £35,500.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Bereavement leave
  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount
  • Employee mentoring programme
  • Free flu jabs
  • Free or subsidised travel
  • Free parking
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking
  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay
  • Store discount
  • Transport links
  • Wellness programme

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Every weekend

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus scheme

Experience:

  • Warehouse experience: 2 years (preferred)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 22/05/2023
Expected start date: 12/06/2023

Weekend Warehouse Team Leader
English Provender Company

www.englishprovender.com
Thatcham, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
501 to 1000 Employees
Company - Private
Food & Beverage Manufacturing
1997
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