Packhouse Manager

Taylormade Employment are looking for a Packhouse Manager to help with operations and management within a fresh produce company based on the outskirts of Selby. (No meat)

The role is permanent direct with the company paying £40,000-£45,000 per year depending on experience.

Working hours and days :
Working hours 6am until 3.30pm Monday to Friday. In peak season (March to November) some weekends will be involved on rota on basis 1 in 4.

• To ensure that customer requirements are met on time and within budget as agreed with the Senior Operations Manager and Supply chain managers
• To ensure quality food safety systems are maintained at all times
• Maintain high standards of discipline in terms of work practice, dress, jewellery, health and safety etc
• Plan full time and seasonal labour requirements to maximise cost effectiveness, plan and monitor holidays and other HR matters in conjunction with the HR team
• To liaise with the Engineering manager to ensure that all services and machinery are maintained to provide maximum packing productivity
• Plan space utilisation and maintain a high standard of hygiene in all packhouse areas
• Supervise production lines to fulfil agreed customer requirements in the most effective, efficient timely manner, ensuring customer, business, H/S expectation, specifications and requirements are always adhered to
• Communicate reliable and accurate information and analysis regarding departmental performance on a daily and weekly basis. including action plans
• Responsible for ensuring that teams are trained in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures, Health & Safety Procedures and Product Specifications in order to ensure that standards are achieved and maintained
• Work closely with other departmental management to implement the daily production plan to ensure that resources such as labour, equipment and materials are efficiently allocated and continually monitored against the plan
• Work with colleagues to facilitate a programme of maintenance within the factory in order to ensure that equipment is maintained and complies with business and BRC standards.
• Ensure technical adherence is always complied to
• Train and motivate staff to the standard required, communicate to the appropriate parties if further training required or completed
• Liaise with quality and technical departments to make sure all customers quality specification is met and maintained
• Manage staff on a daily basis and address employee relations working in collaboration with HR including conducting disciplinary meetings, absence meetings and supporting all other reasonable employee requests
• Participate in daily meetings, reporting and highlighting any areas of concern and recommendations for improvement

• Good communicator
• Good and experienced in managing staff
• Experience of working in the food industry
• Audit experience
• Well organised and professional approach.
• Able to escalation anything major in a timely professional way.
• Able to deliver to agreed timescales.
• Experienced in using SAP