Front Line Manager - Stores

Our clients are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up their iconic and much-loved brand. They produce bread and bakery products created with goodness at the heart of each. They deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where they also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

They are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Their success is a result of the hard work of their people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based at head office in High Wycombe. They are a values-led business and expect their colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

What’s the opportunity?

We’ve got an exciting opportunity for a First-Line Manager to join our Nottingham site within the Stores (Raw Ingredients) Department.

In this role, you will have full responsibility for a department and team whilst driving a culture of safety, quality, continuous improvement, and employee engagement. The role requires a consistent, challenging, and focused drive toward performance improvements. You will be required to understand and communicate the status of performance and achievements of your department, whilst maintaining continuous improvement.

What will you be doing?

• Handling the day-to-day management of our Stores and Intake team, ensuring all 21 team members are well-trained and supported.
• Making sure everyone stays safe by ensuring full compliance with health and safety procedures.
• Keeping in touch with both our internal team and external partners to ensure smooth operations.
• Producing and analysing reports to guide our daily, monthly, and long-term goals, making sure we're always moving forward.
• Creating and maintaining visual systems to help us track progress and meet our targets.
• Promoting a culture of excellence by championing Good Manufacturing Practice to ensure top-notch quality in everything we do.
• Sharing important insights and information with the wider team, helping us all stay informed and on track.
• Making sure our suppliers and raw materials are managed efficiently, in line with our business vendor management systems.
• Translating our goals into clear objectives for individuals and teams, making sure we all work together to achieve them.
• Facilitating and monitoring performance reviews to help everyone grow and develop in their roles.

What are 'must haves’ from you?

• A background in the food manufacturing environment.
• Can demonstrate experience in a leadership role.
• You understand manufacturing best practices and have experience in implementing.
• Problem-solving techniques.
• Knowledge and understanding of Continuous Improvement Techniques.
• Food Hygiene and Food Safety qualification - HACCP- minimum Level 3 - ability to demonstrate an understanding of hazard analysis & food safety controls.
• Audit skills.
• Able to demonstrate financial and technical audit processes.
• Practical awareness of the Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle.

What would be ideal?

• Health and Safety qualification (NEBOSH / IOSH)
• TACCP & VACCP - Practical awareness of threat & vulnerability risks.
• Experience with SAP / System 21 systems (or equivalent)

Why work for our client and their benefits:

Our clients understand the importance of looking after their colleagues, so they provide a variety of benefits in addition to salaries. The benefits they provide are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries

• There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
• The benefits scheme offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes a Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
• They offer enhanced annual leave and maternity/paternity leave, and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
• They celebrate loyalty with generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
• They offer three levels of pensions

Our client values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.