Packing Team Leader

Packing Team Leader Shift: 4 Fixed Days, Friday - Monday Hours: 7am - 7pm Location: Geary’s Bakeries Ltd | Barrow Upon Soar | LE12 8LD Rate: £14.94ph

The Role

Our Finishing/Packing Team Leaders at Geary’s ensure the delicious bread we produce is packaged and labelled accurately, whilst meeting all of our high-quality standards. Your main responsibilities include:

• Driving a strong, non-compromising Health and Safety culture
• Adhering to a daily plan and communicating a daily shift report to the wider business
• Ensuring the Finishing Operatives adhere to all processes and controls, including Health and Safety and Food Safety measures
• Ensuring all machinery and equipment is safe to use and any damage is reported promptly
• Meeting business KPIs
• Liaising with labour agencies and providing feedback on performance and service level
• Effectively communicating with other departments in the wider business You’ll be moving around a busy bakery, carrying out manual and non-manual tasks, which may be physically demanding at times. About Us At Geary’s Bakeries, we’re on a crusade to make proper bread more accessible to more people. We’re passionate about re-imagining the way Great Britain thinks about their everyday loaf. This passion is at the heart of everything we do, and have done, since 1906. We are ‘born and bread’ in Leicestershire and proud of our long-standing heritage. Today, we operate from three sites on a 24/7 operation. We’re made up of towards 900 people: a friendly, diverse and outgoing team, passionate about making a difference to the bakery industry. The business has grown rapidly from £5m in annual sales to £125m+ in the last 15 years with strong and consistent profitability. We have an ambition to increase sales to more than £200m+ in the next 3- 5 years. A clear Vision and Strategy has been articulated, and this is being backed with major capital investment and a renewal and upgrading of the people, processes, and systems. Our brilliant benefits include free delicious bread, BUPA Cashback Plan, Death In Service, a Cycle to Work scheme and a chance to win a £10k worth prizes annually! Plus, if you refer a friend to join our team, you could earn up to £500! #wearegearys

About You

At Geary’s, we look for people who show up every day to do their best. We’re a passionate, friendly team and look for the same qualities in our new recruits. We firmly believe your attitude and approach is just as important (if not, more so) than the skills and experience on your CV. What we’re looking for:

• Great communication skills (we love to have a chat)
• Good understanding of Food Safety and Health and Safety (the important bits!)
• Experience in a similar role within food manufacturing (even better if it was in a bakery)
• Experience in leading and supporting a team of people (no matter how big or small)
• Good IT skills (ability to use full Office package, including Excel)
• A passion to learn and develop
• Resilience and tenacity to drive motivation
• Flexible approach to working hours Desirable but not essential:
• Experience from within a mechanical engineering background
• Experience in manufacturing (even better if it was in a bakery)
• Good understanding of Food Safety and Health and Safety (the important bits!) Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits

• Canteen
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme Work Location: In person If you have not heard from us within seven days, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion, but we wish you every success in your search for a new position. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK, at point of interview, and for the tenure of employment contract. As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to provide documented evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK