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Job description:
- To lead, motivate and manage the performance of the Production Team to surpass the team KPI’s using the management information, processes & policies to achieve them.
- To maintain, improve and manage a safe working environment including the timely completion of accident investigations and any actions required. Ensuring that team members are fully aware and comply with all Health and Safety standards, company and legal requirements. E.g. COSHH, HACCP, MHE compliance.
- Responsible for ensuring absence is managed effectively across the team including return to works and absence review meetings.
- Responsible for monitoring and reporting of non-compliance instances with third parties.
- To identify and implement process improvements to drive efficiency and service.
- Ensure the Warehouse is “tour ready” at all times.
- Engage teams in continuous improvement initiatives.
- Constantly review and improve reporting and systems to ensure individual and team competence is kept at a maximum.
- Ensure warehouse Health & Safety processes and systems are complied with.
- Maintain personal and staff discipline, attendance, time keeping and staff morale.
- Ensure correct PPE is worn at all times within the Production Warehouse team.
- Work cross functionally within logistics and the customer to continuously improve service.
- Adhere to and promote policies and procedures of Oakland International
- Lead and contribute to discussions within department, company, customers to solve problems and make decisions.
- Obtain, evaluate and where applicable develop methods of producing information to aid decision making.
- Liaise with Senior Management to ensure wage deadlines and any personal issues are resolved in an efficient and timely manner.
- Responsible for understanding, communicating and driving the department key performance indicators, including errors, labour cost and agency usage and taking action on any overspends and absence.
- Leading the consistent application of the Company People Management Process. Essential
- Proven experience managing production teams in a fast-paced FMCG, food manufacturing
- or logistics environment.
- Strong working knowledge of food safety, hygiene and health & safety compliance
- requirements.
- Track record of managing shift-based and agency labour, including rota and overtime
- planning.
- Experience owning KPIs, cost, and quality performance for a production area.
- Confident leading continuous improvement and change management initiatives.
- Strong people management skills, including training, development and performance
- management.
- Desirable
- Lean / Six Sigma or continuous improvement qualification
- Experience across multiple production areas or brands
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Work Location: In person
Job Features
| Job Category | Warehouse |
| Weekly working hours: | 40 |
| Salary | Array |
| Responsible for: | n/a |
| Authorised by | KH |
Job description: Company Overview Oakland International began as a small family business in 1998 and has grown into a company employing more than 750 people. It is recognised as a Top 100 Local Employ...
Principle Accountabilities & Objectives
- Order picking using the correct procedures.
- Ensure correct dress code (PPE) is worn at all times.
- Follow clean as you go policy, so housekeeping is kept to the required standards.
- Report any Health and Safety issues to supervisor/manager.
- To be able to work overtime as and when required to meet business needs.
- Ensure all consolidated pallets are correct height and in safe condition.
- All pallets are consolidated to their maximum.
- To work at management discretion when required.
- Loading and Unloading of vehicles following correct Frozen handling procedures
- To monitor product temperatures of intake and dispatch to ensure critical control points are maintained
- Along with manager/supervisor monitor and control the use of resource in a cost-effective manner.
- Actively seek training in the respective areas to enhance the flexibility of the company
- Build working relationships with peers and work colleagues both within the department and throughout the company.
- Operate to high moral, personal and appearance standards.
- Maintain personal discipline, time keeping and morale.
- Ensure information is recorded correctly on daily sheets and highlight any issues to supervisor/manager paying particular attention to daily stock check sheets.
- Communicate with your supervisor/manager daily to ensure you understand targets and schedules
- Liaise with stock controllers and booking in staff with regards to stock movement
- The ability to communicate with people within your area and other areas of the business.
Job Features
| Job Category | Warehouse |
| Department: | Freezer |
| Weekly working hours: | 40 |
| Salary | Array |
| Responsible to: | Freezer Deputy Manager |
| Responsible for: | n/a |
| Authorised by | KH |
Shift to include either a Saturday or Sunday £12.71 per hour + 10% freezer allowance Principle Accountabilities & Objectives Order picking using the correct procedures. Ensure correct dres...
Would You Like To Work For A Company That Values Its Customers, People And The Local Community?
If the answer is yes, then Oakland International is the company for you.
Our employees are key to the success of our business. Every person plays an important part in ensuring that the customer’s needs are met at every opportunity.
We actively encourage and support creativity and personal development. We seek to find better ways of doing things and continue to do what we are doing well. We are extremely keen for our people to fulfil their potential and progress with their careers. We strongly promote a policy of equal employment opportunity.
To apply for a full time job please download and fill in our Application Form.
Please send all completed application forms for the attention of Human Resources, Oakland International, Seafield Lane, Redditch, B98 9DB. Alternatively you can email the application form and your cv to careers@oakland-international.com.
If you need any assistance filling in the application form or if you have any questions please contact us directly.
To find out our current vacancies please telephone our HR team on +44 (0) 1527 596222 / +44 (0) 1530 432306 or email careers@oakland-international.com
