- Managing production packhouse and our warehouses
- Working towards continuous improvement and identifying risks that will impact production efficiencies.
- Responsible for maintenance of our packhouse equipment
- Developing the team of packhouse staff, recruiting new talent for key roles
- Responsible for coaching/mentioning the QCs / line leaders.
- Maintaining the packhouse technical documentation, ensuring it remains current and is compliant with regulatory standards.
- Co-ordinating the organisation of the packhouse staff working schedules.
- Working with in the packhouse budget and monitor production costs
- Assisting in the managing of the visits by external third parties,acting as front of house for the packhouse for customer visits, and the host for external auditors.
- Lead and motivate a diverse team of packhouse staff.
- Knowledge of best practice in food packing and how to apply this in practice to successfully implement the changes
- Ability to coach and mentor staff to improve their own personal performance.
- Communicate to customers visiting the packhouse and to satisfy demands of Directors of the business and the external auditors.
- Attention to detail to ensure outcomes are delivered on time and are right first time
- Up to 5-years experience as an operations manager in a fresh produce packing environment.
- BRC compliance awareness and ability to host a BRC auditor or third-party auditor and correctly answer questions on food safety, and quality.
- IOSH Level 3.
- Prior experience in the soft fruit industry.
- Speak languages such as Russian, Romanian.
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking