Yeo Valley Production Ltd
Team Manager - Cannington
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About Yeo Valley
At Yeo Valley, we're about more than just making great food - we're here to Nurture & Nourish People & Planet by Making Great Food the Right Way. Forever. As a co-owned business, we invest in our people, encourage growth, and believe in doing things properly.
Role Overview
As a Key Member of the Department Leadership Team, you will identify, lead and drive performance capability improvements within your area of responsibility through the Engagement and Development of your Operational Team and the Ways of Working supporting the strategic plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Planning, organising and directing day to day operations to deliver the operational flexibility that exceeds our customers’ expectations, supports the development of our people and champions operational excellence.
- Lead and nurture the business and site culture within your team and through the role modelling of the Yeo Valley values and Leadership principles demonstrate a personal and leadership commitment to “Our Yeo Valley”.
- Effectively monitor the team’s performance against our business KPIs, identifying and leading improvement plans, corrective actions and embedding ways of working to deliver ongoing sustainable performance.
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Essential Requirements
- Proven experience of applied knowledge of High Performing Workplace / TPM / Lean within large complex FMCG operations
- Proven experience managing teams
- Proven experience of leading Continuous Improvement teams
Desirable Requirements
- Short shelf life / high care / dairy category experience preferred
- Proven experience as a successful cultural change agent
About Us
We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.
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Benefits
You'll Also Receive The Following
- Competitive holiday allowance
- Non-contributory pension scheme
- Life cover
- Healthcare cash back plan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
- Preferential rates with our partners
- Learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow.
Application Information
Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away - and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!
Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time. Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.
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