Shift Team Leader

Position Summary:

As a Senior Team Leader you will lead, mentor and support the packaging teams within our operational areas. You will take ownership for the department resource management and schedule adherence as well as acting as the Operations Manager delegate as vital. You will author/review/revise procedures as well as Master Batch Records (MBR), as needed, to streamline on the floor commercial operations while ensuring the highest compliance to quality. In addition to having expert process knowledge, you will also serve as a site superuser in the SAP ERP system. With this knowledge, you will provide formal and informal training, mentor, and advising of both peers and new employees.

The cold area operates at temperatures of 2 to 8 degrees and applicants need to be able to work in this environment.

What will I do:

• Address and raise EHS and Quality risks and incidents
• Demonstrate 4i Values
• Identify, embrace, team coach and support process improvements using the PPI framework
• Assist in introduction of new processes
• Assist in regulatory and client audits
• Line management
• Absence management
• Adherence to schedule and resource prioritisation for department
• Coordinate and manage safety investigations
• Manage Teams training programme and provides SOP and SAP training to both new employees as well as current staff
• Initiate process improvement projects and manage project teams to project completion
• Maintain, trend and report departmental critical metrics
• Approve time sheets
• Raise and approve Purchase Orders
• Performance Management and goal setting
• Lead department tier reviews
• Aligns with and harmonizes site to standard processes within the Global SAP program
• Authors, reviews, and revises SOPs and MBR within the Commercial Packaging Operation
• Initiates changes controls in the Trackwise system in conjunction with the onboarding of new client work
• Assists in problem solving for the commercial leadership team related to resolving operational and/or SAP issues. Complete protocol requests, deviation investigations, change controls and corrective/preventative actions in the specific time frame
• Operations Manager Delegate
• Undertake other duties on an ad-hoc basis as required by your Line Manager

What do I need:

• Previous Management/Supervisory/Team Leader experience of a team
• Experience working within a GMP, MHRA or heavily regulated environment
• Worked within an operational environment – i.e. manufacturing, warehouse, factory, packaging, production line, or a similar setting
• Proficient in use of electronic and automated equipment
• An understanding of computerized ERP systems such as SAP, or GPM
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Able to work in cold conditions of 2 to 8 degrees

Benefits we offer:

In addition to your base salary (depending on experience) you will receive annual bonus scheme, contributory pension plan, 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (+ option to purchase up to 5 additional days leave), private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, high street discounts, other optional benefits that can be tailored to suit you (including but not limited to; dental plan, insurances, GymFlex, Stock Purchase Plan).

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