Factory Manager

Cranswick Country Foods Poultry is a specialty producer of delicious, cooked poultry ingredients and is a leading innovator in the industry. We create exciting, original products that meet the needs of today’s busy consumers.

An exciting new opportunity has arisen at Cranswick Country Foods Poultry site for you to join as a Factory Manager.

Purpose of the role- Responsible for E2E Factory manufacturing processes from Raw Material Intake to Despatch, setting standards of performance and behaviors as directed.

The key elements of the role are:

• To be fully responsible for maintaining a safe, harmonious and productive working environment within the geographical boundaries and budgetary targets as defined by your upline manager for the duration of your appointed 4O4O rotation
• To establish, lead, inspire and develop a successful team to consistently deliver the ‘balanced scorecard’ of daily operational objectives that meet or exceed business and customer expectations using the principles of the Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost & People template
• To understand and actively apply the principles of current H&S Legislation and Company procedure ensuring compliance and promoting safe working practices at all times through the proactive application of the various accident prevention mechanisms at your disposal
• To understand and actively apply the principles of current Food Safety Legislation and Company policies to all aspects of the manufacturing process
• To maintain a thorough understanding of relevant product, processes & specifications ensuring consistency of application in order to strike the right balance between matching agreed quality standards and maximising yield opportunity
• To be fully aware of agreed business targets re; customer service levels and quality measures and to ensure that Plan Attainment facilitates this KPI
• To monitor and to deliver on-time against periodic project-based timescales
• To maintain the manufacturing cost base to within agreed budgetary tolerances
• To maintain a safe and industrious work environment across the site that fosters collaborative employee involvement encouraging ideas and participation whilst ensuring employee compliance to the company’s procedural expectations
• All and any other responsibilities commensurate with the post
• All and any other reasonable requests made by your upline manager/the Directors of the business
• Note that the list of duties is not exhaustive and is intended for guidance only

Shift is: 4on 4off, 5pm to 5am