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Department Manager - Production

Department Manager - Production

Thrapston

Production

Competitive Salary & Excellent Benefits Package

Late shift 2pm - 10pm

Permanent / Full Time.

12 Feb 2025

About The Role

Our Department Managers know how to work at pace and regardless of which department they work in they all have the same goal - to deliver great food to our customers. It's fast and ever-changing - are you up for the challenge? Reporting into the Production Manager you would also be responsible for:

Leading your team to successfully deliver your lines KPI’s and drive business performance
You will coach, develop and lead your staff and establish a continuous improvement culture
You will work closely with internal and external suppliers and will build strong, effective relationships ensuring that the site is legally compliant
You will ensure that all levels of waste are recorded, and are accurate including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and potential efficiency; accuracy and waste recording; downtime; product weights; and staff efficiency

Why not take a look around one of our Manufacturing sites? Click here.

About You

As well as tons of resilience you must have:

Experience of a Department Manager/Shift Manager or equivalent
Experience in a large scale production/warehouse operation, ideally across Food Manufacturing
The ability to coach and encourage your team and help them explore opportunities to continuously improve how they do their job
The ability to problem solve, and implement process changes in order to improve operational performance
Experience of managing budgets and controlling costs
Strong leadership and coaching skills in order to engage motivate and develop large teams with varying skill sets

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
Additional 10% discount More Card for a friend or family member
Career progression and development opportunities
Subsidised staff canteen
Free parking
Market leading pension and life assurance
Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
Long Service Awards
Optional Payroll charity donations
Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave

About the site

About Us Description:

At Thrapston, we produce fruit and nuts for 494 stores and for morrisons.com, which means preparing everything from apples, nuts, seeds, tomatoes, pears, citrus, blueberries, grapes and kiwis - all to help #MakeGoodThingsHappen.

Our team of colleagues work over a 24/7 operation to get cases of fresh food ready for our stores and Morrisons.com every week.

About The Company

You’ll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group - the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets.

At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.

We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.

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