Butternut Box
manufacturing
AssistantOperationsManager
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“Assistant Operations Manager at Butternut Box. Skills: process management, cross-functional coordination, vendor/stakeholder management, operational metrics, resource planning, continuous improvement, Leadership, Health and safety, Quality & hygiene standards, Team management. lead a team to deliver our production plan. support the daily operations”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver our production plan; drive high team performance; operational metrics of quality, output and waste; Ensure that corrective actions are raised and closed out in a timely manner; Ensure that labour is managed effectively to ensure production can be maintained; meal output meets sales demand; operational excellence
Industry & Context.
problem-solving initiatives; Proactively managing and identifying issues; creative thinking and analytical skills; action-oriented, problem-solving
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
production background in an FMCG manufacturing environment, Experience in a high-speed volume manufacturing environment, Leadership experience with a broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation, Pragmatic, adaptable, resilient and humble, Well-practised planning, organisation and scheduling skills, Someone who loves the pace and excitement of FMCG manufacturing, Hungry for a challenge and keen to build something from the ground up, Easily approachable with good interpersonal skills, with creative thinking and analytical skills, Drives for results, action-oriented, problem-solving, and priority setting
Nice to Have
Love dogs
What You'll Do.
lead a team to deliver our production plan
support the daily operations
ensure our dogs are provided with the very best human-quality meals
Accountable for our health and safety standards on shift
Review training and development of staff
Ensure that labour is managed effectively
support and leadership to the Production team
Be present in the Kitchen
ensuring you are available to proactively support the team
help find solutions and take action to change
Messages and key communications are delivered to the teams and key stakeholders in a timely and accurate manner
Undertake meaningful and regular 1: 1’s with Squad members
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
cross-functional coordination; Work closely with the procurement and planning team; Work well with multiple functional teams, including People, Engineering, Technical, Warehouse and Order fulfilment to drive well thought-out and cohesive plans; Communicate clearly and effectively with the SLT team; Ensure daily handovers between departments are completed; Messages and key communications are delivered to the teams and key stakeholders in a timely and accurate manner
Communication Scope
Communicate clearly and effectively; Ensure daily handovers between departments are completed; Messages and key communications are delivered to the teams and key stakeholders in a timely and accurate manner; excellent awareness of how your communication style impacts others, and you’ll tailor this to your audience; Confidently undertake meaningful and regular 1: 1’s with Squad members
Process & Methodology
leading continuous improvements and problem-solving initiatives
Full Job Description
Role: Team Leader Career Step Level: Step level 3 Location: Blyth, Worksop 📣A bit about the role Do you have the passion and desire to constantly strive for better? Have genuine care for dogs, their humans and our team (squad members), want to create a best in class customer experience and all whilst making it a great place to work. Then this is the job for you! As a Production Team Leader, you will lead a team to deliver our production plan to feed our happy and healthy dogs. Doing this whilst driving high team performance, embracing all aspects of the culture and functional requirements, making continuous improvements and elevating us to the next level. Reporting into the Shift Operations Manager, you’ll support the daily operations and ensure our dogs are provided with the very best human-quality meals. A bit more detail Operational Requirements Accountable for our health and safety standards on shift, the upkeep and delivery through conducting daily Health and Safety audits with your Squad members, raising corrective actions to any nasties you may find and owning the resolution. Be competent in completing thorough Accident Investigations through root cause analysis and completing near-miss reports. Ensuring that corrective actions are raised and closed out in a timely manner. Review training and development of staff through all areas of the kitchen by ensuring that Squad members are trained against relevant SOPs and other required training and documentation. Ensure that labour is managed effectively to ensure production can be maintained through the management of holidays and absences. Proactively managing and identifying issues. Quality & hygiene standards are increasingly important to us, so we ensure that GMP standards are maintained at all times. As well as verification of IMS checks from the cooking of our products to the cleaning of all our equipment. Provide supervision, support and leadership to the Production team in pursuit of key operational metrics
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