Line Operations Manager

Job description

Overview

Interested to join Britain’s most loved crisps?

 

Walkers Snack Foods are recruiting a number of exciting positions across the Midlands - Leicester (Home of Walkers) and Coventry (Home of Doritos).

 

We are currently recruiting for Line Operations Managers to drive operational excellence on site.

 

This role will operate on a day’s based contract working Monday – Friday, leading shift teams, and driving performance improvement, this role can also be supporting the Senior Operations Manager in supporting the performance and capability of site teams

 

About Walkers Snack Foods and part of PepsiCo International umbrella.

Our products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $67 billion in net revenue in 2019, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Walkers, Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 23 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. “Winning with Purpose” reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of the business.  For more information, visit  www.pepsico.com .

Responsibilities

The role of the Line Lead is to lead the line team to both set and achieve continuous performance improvement aligned with the site and market requirements. The Line Operations Manager owns the performance of the line 24 hours a day, every day, and is responsible for developing the team, for implementing the integrated work system (IWS) operating standards, and for driving performance excellence.

 

·  Role model high standards, complying with safety standards, all the time.
·  Demonstrating high good manufacturing practice (GMP) / housekeeping standards.
·  Making decisions in a way to sustain the foundation.
·  Maintaining equipment standards.
·  Driving daily management systems (DMSs) discipline as a result of Run-to-Target (RTT).
·  Driving the execution of the daily management system (DMS) work.
·  Leading the team - managing and inspiring employee performance and career direction, and driving employee retention and commitment.
·  Enabling the organization to both deliver better results and unleash employees’ potential via building capability.
·  Building and leading a strong team to perform at peak, driving accountabiity and developing the line team’s ability to deliver the results on a 7-day/24-hour basis.
·  Bringing external capability, Identifying where there is a gap in a result due to a capability gap, and bringing in external capability to fulfill the gap.
·  Demonstrating leadership in challenging situations . Recognizing that true leadership capability is tested in a difficult situation. Taking challenges as an opportunity to demonstrate leadership capability.
Qualifications

·  Ideally you will have experience from a FMCG or similar production/manufacturing environment.
·  First line leadership training and demonstrated leadership in the areas of operations, safety, and quality.
·  Great leadership, communication, influencing, analytical skills and effective stakeholder management.
·  Proven experience in continuous improvement.
·  Familiarity with structured problem tools.
·  Flexible, ‘can do,’ attitude to role and duties.
·  Results driven and understands the link between action and results.
·  Excellent communicator with individuals at all levels.
·  Ability to influence upwards and across in the organisation.
·  Good IT and presentation skills.
·  Able to prioritize.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.