October 8, 2024

Silver Fern Farms

Balclutha

OTHER

Group Leader - Secondary Butchery

Job ID:

2668

Expertise:

Production Managers and Supervisors

Location:

Balclutha

Employment Type:

Permanent

Apply Before:

04/11/2024, 23:59PM

Te Tūranga /About the Role
The Group Leader is a frontline production leadership role and is responsible for whole shift delivery in the Secondary Butchery department at our Finegand site. Critical to the effective operation of the entire department, the Group Leader provides direction to their Team Leaders as well as oversight across daily operations, health and safety, quality, and compliance.
This role is on day shift which runs from 6am- 3.30pm so successful candidates will need to be available from 5am to 4pm, Monday to Friday with some Saturday overtime.
Te Mahi/Key Responsibilities

Providing direction to the department to achieve daily production targets whilst developing a positive team culture
Review daily production performance and investigate with department leaders when required
Understand food safety and quality requirements, and how these apply to your team
Build an uncompromising safety culture
Champion continuous improvement and encourage team members to find new ideas to improve work practices

Ōu Pūkenga/About You
The successful candidate will be experienced as a leader within the food manufacturing industry and ideally have specific skills around training and developing team members. They will demonstrate experience with developing and driving team culture through leading by example and have a solid understanding of standard production processes and principles.

Minimum of two years’ experience in a hands-on production leadership role, ideally within the food manufacturing or FMCG industry
Proven background in training, coaching and mentoring team members to increase the skill level in all areas of your department
Successful experience with influencing others and proactively driving a strong culture that aligns with the Silver Fern Farms values – Unstoppable Together, Improving Tomorrow and Always Caring
Knowledge of employee relations principles and confident with assisting your Team Leaders with workforce management
Excellent knowledge of regulatory and hygiene compliance requirements and issues
Competent to an intermediate/high level in Excel/Word/Power Point/Outlook

Tono Mai /To Apply
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