Food Production Team Leader
| Company: | Thorn Baker Recruitment |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,500 to £33,500 a year |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | LE8 8UD |
| Working pattern: | On-site |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 15 Nov 2026 |
Summary
Thorn Baker Industrial Recruitment are looking for an experienced Food Production Team Leader to work for a leading Leicestershire based bakery/food manufacturer
This is a permanent position direct with our client
The Job:
Provide leadership and take responsibility for the operatives in your area.
• Safety: Maintain and improve health & safety standards for the area
• Quality: Ensure safety & quality of products produced
• Delivery: Daily plan completion
• Cost: Ensure the area is run in an efficient manner
• Morale: Manage people in your area and training
Key Tasks:
Safety
• Promote safe working practises.
• Identify and report near misses.
• Support incident investigations.
Quality
• Monitor and improve Quality standards.
• Monitor and improve GMP and hygiene standards.
• Follow Technical advice to ensure Quality Management Systems are fully implemented and products made are safe and meet relevant legislation and customer requirements.
Delivery
• Communicate production plan to your team.
• Monitor progress against the plan throughout the day. Report any deviations from the plan.
• Achieve 98.5% customer service level.
• Support NPD trials and new product launches.
• Specific areas: Manage the receipt, filing and issuing of customer orders to the lines.
Cost
• Monitor WIP and finished product stock holding and rotation
• Meet KPIs for service level, waste, efficiency, labour costs
Morale
• Lead by example
• Training – bakery operator role specific
• Training – new product launches
• Training – safety and quality
• Identify skills gaps
• Holiday planning
• Investigations and disciplinaries
• Carry out any reasonable request made of you by your manager.
Salary is £33,500 pa
Working hours - rotating day shifts between 6am-6pm (eg 6am-3pm one week, 8am-5pm next week, 9am-6pm week after)
The person:
• Previous food production team leader experience is required - any non food will be rejected
• Positive, flexible and can-do attitude
• Problem solving skills
• Organisational and time management skills
• Good communication and influencing skills
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