Team Manager

Team Manager

Based in Carlton, Barnsley, S71 3HF - The home of Mr Kipling

Salary - From £47,150 to £52,275 per annum
Permanent, Full time

Shifts Available - 3 ON 3 OFF Nights (18:00 PM  to 06:00 AM )

Close date: Friday 23rd May 2025 

A full time, permanent opportunity has become available at our Barnsley site for Team Manager to join the team. You will be managing an operations team to deliver all aspects of output to standard metrics (SQDCPM) in an engaging and collaborative way to create capability and overall delivery.   

The successful candidate will:

• Ensure all Health, Safety and Environmental procedures are followed. Supporting a behavioural safety culture highlighting positive and negative behaviour, ensuring teams works in a safe, hygienic manner following company guidelines, escalating accidents and incidents in the appropriate way and understand Fire evacuation.
• Drive a food safety quality culture through engagement and continuous improvement to maintain and improve the safety, authenticity, legality, and quality of products manufactured on site. 
• Manage the performance output of the Line to consistently achieve target rate without generating rework or rejected product. Takes a clear leadership role during changeovers. Ensuring appropriate handover processes are in place to assure the consistent ongoing running of the cell. Understanding of OEE, waste productivity targets, DWOR, plant labour, BobJ, for finance SAP Stock sheets.
•  Identify opportunities to improve performance, eliminate waste, and improve business processes. Lead and support DMAIC & Practise projects
• Mannaging the resource planning for the line – ensuring that we have the skills to meet the plan requirements including the scheduling of holiday and overtime where required. Liaise with Labour controllers to ensure we have the skills to meet the plan.
• To effectively manage all personnel matters in a timely manner - including absence management: welcome back conversations, management of restrictions  and LTS cases, dealing with instances of misconduct and grievances, and working with the HR team to identify and develop talent.

What we need from you:

• Food Safety Level 3
• HACCP Level 3
• Previous experience of Team Leadership
• Excellent Communication skills.
• Able to collaborate and influence, peers and senior management to drive progress and achieve desired results 
• Ability to manage people performance, coaching and development of a team
• Ability to analyse data and review trends.
• Excellent time management skills

What we offer in return:

• Salary - From £47,150 to £52,275 per annum
• Up to 7.5% pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Staff discount shop on site
• Free on site parking
• Access to "The Hamper", with discounts at hundreds of nationwide retailers
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme, Occupational Health and Other Health & Wellbeing Benefits
• Sharesave Scheme
• Other salary sacrifice benefits 

A great British food company 

Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 15 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country. Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you’ll find them in 94% of British households.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.