Hygiene Manager
We're proud to be Bakkavor
Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 per annum
Location: Tilmanstone, Kent
Shift: 5 from 7, flexible hours
Excellent rewards package including - 25 days holiday, 20% short-term bonus, private medical insurance for yourself and family, Life Insurance
Why join us?
We're proud of what we do, why we do it and who we do it for. We're proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards. We're proud of our caring culture, loyal colleagues and future focus. But, most of all, we're proud to enable and empower everyone to believe, achieve and succeed.
What we do.
In our Tilmanstone Salads site we produce first class Salad's products including leafy salad bags, leafy salad bowls, takeaway salad meals, prepared vegetables & side dishes for one of our most prestigious customers in our state-of-the-art factory.
About the role.
To effectively manage the Hygiene team ensuring that all Hygiene standards are maintained and developed to the required high standard. These standards are reviewed regularly and where necessary challenged / changed.
Accountabilities include:
Own, drive and implement significant change and improvement in cleaning efficiency and effectiveness. Responsible for the hygiene management team to deliver Bakkavor standard hygiene sustainability across the site through effective coaching of the team
Own and deliver the hygiene strategy across the site with input from the SLT and planning up to 6 months ahead
Host customer visits and vendor liaison
Enhance the health and safety culture across the site
Management and achievement of KPI's across the site
Lead robust end to end investigations in respect of microbiological improvement
Accountable for staff training, development and wellbeing in the department, delivering year on year improvement to the employee engagement survey
Employ effective root cause analysis to drive SMART actions, leading to improved results
In collaboration with other functions such as technical, operations and engineering, create, execute and communicate hygiene performance and plans in order to achieve best performance and outcomes.
Manage the labour and cleaning/chemicals budget as well as forecasting future.
Site lead for interim cleaning standards.
About you.
Experience of managing and motivating teams
A logical and clear thinking approach, particularly under pressure.
Able to demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills (verbal, written and presentations)
Able to demonstrate the Bakkavor values
Must be adaptable and flexible to working hours and areas
Experience of working in hygiene in a manufacturing environment
COSHH
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You'll enjoy:
Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
Short Term Bonus Scheme
25 days holiday
Staff Shop
Stakeholder Pension Scheme
MyBargains Discount Platform
Personal Accident Insurance
Free Independent Mortgage Advice
Employee Assistance Programme
A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
Discounted tutoring for children
Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
Private Medical Insurance (employee & family cover)
Cash allowance (car)
Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions
Proud to be Bakkavor.
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
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