First Line Manager (Nights)

The Role

We are recruiting a First Line Manager to proactively support the manufacturing of goods in a safe manner, being accountable for all aspects of raw materials, labour, equipment, maintenance and safe operation of the night shift.
The FLM will act as the key link between departments to leverage Production & Packing expertise to deliver the departments agreed food, people and site safety, maintenance priorities and innovative projects.

Company Information

Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.

With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.

At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.

Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.

Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the worldIf you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.

Key Accountabilities

• To utilise organisational and local MI to identify and prioritise local production and packing agendas to achieve organisational financial and production goals; Ensure MI is consistent, honest, open, routinely reviewed.
• Responsible for the proactive management of risk assessments and SOPs, where there has been a change to a process or needs to be for health and safety purposes.
• Responsible for championing clean as you go practices and good manufacturing practices in the area you are responsible for.
• Responsible for ensuring machinery food safety and quality checks are completed in line with company protocol contributing to a positive food safety culture. Reporting food safety critical defects promptly to the Technical Department and Line Manager.
• Responsible for food safety and quality improvement during the shift, produce produced and the team's outputs in the area in which you operate within.
• Lead CI projects for the area.
• Ensure area achieves the requires performance in line with safety and quality parameters.
• Participate in daily manufacturing meetings, Technical, Engineering and HR improvement meetings.
• To own the Production manpower plan to ensure the delivery of required numbers in line with legislative and customer COP requirements.
• To liaise with HR & L&D Departments to ensure a robust talent, training and development process is embedded for the Production & Packing teams on site.

Skills and Experience Required

• 3+ years of Production & Packing leadership experience; with exposure to FMCG environments, M&S audit standards and being 'audit ready’.
• Knowledge of fish products, Production & Packing products, specifically around coated processing.
• Evident confidence in presentation, communication and negotiating with professional peer groups.
• Efficient in delivering objectives and key measures.
• Ability to lead Production & Packing segments of audits and ensure delegated Managers are able to lead also.
• Ability to manage priorities and projects across a multi-site and multi-function organisation
• A personal commitment to role model behaviours and to leadership and management through example
• Level 3 Food Hygiene (or equivalent)
• Intermediate HACCP (or equivalent)
• A working understanding of Microsoft Office

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive Contributory Pension
• Online Benefits Hub
• Life assurance scheme
• Free onsite parking