Despatch Team Leader – Stourton Dairy

Job title:

Despatch Team Leader – Stourton Dairy

Company

Arla Foods

Job description

Despatch Team LeaderArla Foods, Stourton Dairy, LS10 1AXAn exciting opportunity for a Despatch Team Leader has arisen to join our Stourton site. Our Stourton Dairy is a 24/7 site, producing private label products but also well-known brands such as Cravendale and BoB.This is a key role on site, as the individual will lead and coach a team to improve the overall performance of the Despatch Department, whilst also ensuring that the planned volume is distributed on schedule and in line with the required quality specifications and safety standards.This is a shift role, working 4 on 4 off , permanent days (12 hr) shift pattern, although occasional flexibility may be required.About the job

• Responsible for delivering operational plans and setting day-to-day team objectives to deliver the business policies and programmes in the Despatch area managing around 25 people.
• Ensures a healthy, inclusive and safe working environment, and safety mindset.
• Ensure quality and food safety within in own area of responsibility, and quality and food safety mindset
• Attend and or lead Daily SIC’s to align work with cross functional teams.
• Provide updates including clear actions at the DRM’s for their Department.
• Lead the Core team to complete the daily direction setting tasks
• Ensure stakeholders attend top loss reviews
• Coaching team on new ways of working
• Regular updates with Team Manager & SMT
• Dialogue and reviews for team members

What you’ll need to be successful in the role

• Applicants should have demonstrated the ability to manage a group of individuals or a team.
• Applicants must have a strong Technical mindset, be ambitious and KPI driven with a focus on optimisation of the processing plant and the reduction of waste.
• You must be a good communicator with a natural coaching style. The following skills and experiences would also be desirable:

• Leadership and People Management skills.
• Performance management
• Good Understanding of SAP and its applications.
• Lean Knowledge and application of One CI
• Process driven data collection
• Microsoft Office Tools

Things we love to tell you about our Stourton site

• Our Stourton Dairy/Creamery was opened in 2004 and produces milk, creams, custards and cottage cheese
• We create 225 SKUs across 16 filling lines and 11 pasteurisers
• The daily raw milk intake at Stourton is 2.2m Litres
• The site has around 900 members of staff with 2 process colleagues who have a combined service of over 100 years!

If this role is something of interest then please apply using the link or reach out to Tony Clapham, Talent Partner, at Arla Foods.Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency’s terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.We have a purpose for GoodAt Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?#LI-ACLAKRef.: 96776BEWARE! RECRUITMENT FRAUD
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Expected salary

Location

Leeds

Job date

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:01:12 GMT

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