Hygiene Team Leader

Job Description

We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better.

We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Here at Manton Wood, we have a team of around 1,700 colleagues. We produce sandwiches and wraps for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Co-op, Asda, Morrisons, Boots, Aldi and Lidl.

Our Manton Wood site has a gym, restaurant with hot food and a staff shop available to all our colleagues.

What you'll be doing

SHIFT - Sun-Wed then Sun-Tues (1800-0600)

Ensure that the team has the right number of resources with the appropriate skills, deploying a recruitment and training plan and adopting appropriate people practices, to enabling them to deliver the master cleaning schedule

Create and present a clear forward resourcing plan (people and materials) for cleaning, sanitation, environment and technical, and adapt this considering emerging circumstance to minimise food risk

Direct and monitor the team's delivery of the day to day hygiene activities, in line with the master schedule, to ensure operational integrity

Communicate, and validate the team's adoption of amendments to standard operating procedures to ensure change is effectively implemented and improvements are made to functional hygiene performance and safety practices

Review equipment and highlight damage, escalating risks, to inform the preventative maintenance programme

Ensure personal and team compliance with inventory controls to facilitate the timely replacement of materials

Provide appropriate information, in accordance with agreed procedures, to customers/regulatory bodies to ensure demonstration of process and procedures

Ensure that a safe working environment exists for colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set in the SHE Policy

What we're looking for

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

Ideally holds a Food Hygiene NVQ level certification of sanitation or equivalent

Qualified to basic health and safety NVQ level 2 or equivalent

Chemical handling (as per local site requirement)

Has a detailed understanding of the impact of legislation on day to day operations in relation to food safety

Is experienced with using computer programmes such as Word and Excel

Previous experience in an FMCG environment or in a similar hygiene role

Experience leading and working with a diverse workforce

Detailed familiarity with local SOPs

These may be trained or developed.? These do not all need to be in place at recruitment

If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.