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Team Leader at Sealaska/Woocheen Family of Businesses

Team Leader

Sealaska/Woocheen Family of Businesses · GB

2 weeks ago

Team Leader

Sealaska/Woocheen Family of Businesses · GB

19 days ago
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About the Role

NESI is recruiting for an experienced People focused Leader who is passionate about people and has a proven history of leading a high-powered team. The role focuses on the day-to-day running of teams within the factory, emphasizing Safety, People, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SPQDC).

Responsibilities

  • Ensure all employees and agency workers operate in a safe environment.
  • Develop and train a well-balanced, multiskilled team.
  • Proactively drive team performance and develop the talent pool.
  • Manufacture safe and legal food and maintain an environment that supports this.
  • Proactively reduce non-conformity and drive process improvements.
  • Demonstrate and lead by example while working collaboratively and cross-functionally.
  • Achieve business KPI metrics focused on customer service and product quality.
  • Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
  • Achieve business KPI metrics focused on yield/carcass utilization, labor, and line efficiencies.
  • Attend and present in Tier 2 meetings, sharing key KPIs, escalating issues, contributing to resolutions, and reviewing performance.
  • Create a clear handover for the following shift, highlighting areas of focus.
  • Work cross-functionally with Technical, Hygiene, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to ensure smooth production and collective issue resolution.
  • Ensure the factory is set up within the first 15 minutes of the shift to meet the production plan.
  • Oversee all factory operations, including goods in, production, assembly, and dispatch.
  • Promote and raise standards in Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
  • Ensure the site is always Audit-Ready by following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
  • Manage labor planning and allocation, including booking agency workers, scheduling overtime, and managing absence and holidays.
  • Lead a team in achieving weekly targets, correcting failures, and creating training plans for team member development.

Requirements

  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage a team and work cross-functionally with key stakeholders.
  • Strong People-Focus, with the ability to manage a team and foster a proactive and positive culture.
  • 2+ years in leadership roles responsible for small teams.
  • 2+ years in FMCG, preferably within the Food Industry.
  • Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices.
  • Daily ambient/chilled supply experience is advantageous.

Skills

  • Communication
  • Team Engagement
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • People Management
  • Leadership
  • Proactive Culture Building
  • Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

Location

  • Chessington, Surrey KT9 1TW

Work Type

  • Full-time
  • Shift work

Experience Level

  • 2+ years in leadership roles responsible for small teams
  • 2+ years in FMCG, preferably within the Food Industry

Salary/Compensations

  • Up to £40,000 per annum depending on experience

About the Company

  • New England Seafood International (NESI) was established in 1991 and is an importer and processor of premium fresh and frozen sustainable fish and seafood.
  • NESI employs circa 850 people across three sites in the UK and imports a wide range of wild and farmed fish and shellfish from all around the world.
  • NESI is part of the Sealaska Corporation, an Alaska Native corporation owned by 26,000 Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian shareholders.
  • NESI's vision is to “show people how to enjoy fish every day”.
  • NESI prides itself on supply chain integrity, sustainable sourcing, and high-quality product.
  • NESI's values are Respect, Customer Care, By Learning We Grow, Team Spirit and Integrity.
  • At NESI, the core purpose is enhancing lives through fish.
  • NESI believes people are the most important asset and invests in developing leaders to support their teams in growing individuals.