Production Area Manager

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All Locations
Leicester
All Departments
Operations
Vacancy Type
Permanent
Normal Working Days:
Friday - Tuesday
Normal Start & Finish Time:
21:30 - 06:00

About The Role

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Private health scheme
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Experience annual pay reviews
  • Profit related pay
  • Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
The Opportunity
 
Friday - Tuesday 21:30 - 06:00

In this roleas Area Manager, you will lead the High Care department, ensuring operational excellence, team engagement, and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Leading and motivating your team to deliver daily production plans.
  • Driving performance across KPIs including efficiency, quality, and profitability.
  • Ensuring compliance with GMP, Health & Safety, and food safety standards.
  • Managing up to 16 production lines, including allergen and AVS cleans.
  • Coaching Team Leaders and developing talent pipelines.
  • Collaborating with internal teams and engaging with retail customers like Tesco, Starbucks, and Urban Eat.
The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

  • Has hands-on experience managing food production departments.
  • Brings strong leadership, coaching, and people management skills.
  • Is commercially aware and committed to quality and customer service.
  • Can work under pressure and think creatively to solve problems.
  • Understands HACCP and holds relevant Food Safety and Health & Safety qualifications (Level 3 Food Safety and IOSH desirable).
We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role. 

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.
 
At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.


Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.

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