Shift Team Leader - Oswestry

Shift Team Leader

Arla Foods Oswestry, SY10 8NL

Shift based role, 3 on 3 off (days & nights)

Arla Foods are looking for a Shift Lead to join the Operations team at our Oswestry Cheese Packaging Facility in Shropshire to manage between 10 and 20 direct reports.

How will you make an impact?

This is an exciting opportunity which reports into the Core Team Leader.  As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for managing performance, safety, quality and cost savings. You will be delivering operational plans and setting day to day team objectives including delivery of the site business plan and resolving any day to day issues/escalation points.

• Ensuring a safe, clean and good working environment utilising 5S principles
• Ensuring GMP standards are being implemented and monitored
• Assisting the team to achieve their own objectives including training through coaching, hands on support and organisation of resources
• Responsibility for resource utilisation and the management of all direct reports including investigations and performance management
• Ensuring a cost efficient and stable production process with emphasis on SIC/KPI
• Working closely with M&E team leader to ensure full alignment on performance and to ensure that technical issues are resolved promptly
• Contributing to the development of current processes and ways of working
• Challenging processes and practices identifying opportunities for Continuous Improvement
• Implementing the department Business Plan including own objectives
• Conducting walking tours and process confirmation
• Enabling daily direction setting meeting (DDS) in order to drive performance
• Ensuring that your department complies with Arla’s standards in terms of Food Safety, H&S, Environment and carry’s out internal audits to ensure compliance.
• Responsibility for controlling any emergency issues/situations on site

What will you need to succeed?

We are seeking a Shift Leader with excellent people skills, high levels of enthusiasm and a positive attitude to implementing change and problem solving.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Basic understanding of food manufacturing/FMCG
• Experience managing large teams in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of Lean Principles (Six Sigma qualification) would be preferred.
• Previous experience within an FMCG or dairy industry would be advantageous but not essential as training will be provided.

• Things we’d love to tell you about our Oswestry site
• Our Oswestry site is a best in class cheese packaging facility that cover 8 acres of land and package 350 different types of products.
• We send cheese out to Europe, North America, Africa & Asia.
• Supplying branded products like Castello, BOB and Arla Pro, along with private label to Waitrose, M&S, Asda & Aldi.
• If we lined up, side-by-side, all the 20kg blocks of cheese our Oswestry site process each year, we could plot the entire UK coastline.
• We #feedthenation, producing and delivering 99.8% of our customer orders on time.

How to apply

Please apply using the link or reach out to Rachel McDaid,  Senior Talent Partner at ramci@arlafoods.com The closing date for applications is 22nd May 2025.

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit CVs on behalf of candidates for this role, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and if Arla does progress with any such candidate, this will not amount to acceptance of the agency's terms. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.

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