Thorn Baker Group
Food Production Team Leader
Food Production Team Leader at Thorn Baker Group, across the UK, paying £33,500 per annum. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- £33,500 per annum
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- UK wide
- Closing date
- Sector
- Engineering & Manufacturing
30% below the typical rate for engineering & manufacturing
Reference TBFPTL2
About the role
Thorn Baker Industrial Recruitment are looking for an experienced Food Production Team Leader to work for a leading Leicestershire based bakery/food manufacturer
This is a permanent position direct with our client
The Job:
Provide leadership and take responsibility for the operatives in your area.
- Safety: Maintain and improve health & safety standards for the area
- Quality: Ensure safety & quality of products produced
- Delivery: Daily plan completion
- Cost: Ensure the area is run in an efficient manner
- Morale: Manage people in your area and training
Key Tasks:
Safety
- Promote safe working practises.
- Identify and report near misses.
- Support incident investigations.
Quality
- Monitor and improve Quality standards.
- Monitor and improve GMP and hygiene standards.
- Follow Technical advice to ensure Quality Management Systems are fully implemented and products made are safe and meet relevant legislation and customer requirements.
Delivery
- Communicate production plan to your team.
- Monitor progress against the plan throughout the day. Report any deviations from the plan.
- Achieve 98.5% customer service level.
- Support NPD trials and new product launches.
- Specific areas: Manage the receipt, filing and issuing of customer orders to the lines.
Cost
- Monitor WIP and finished product stock holding and rotation
- Meet KPIs for service level, waste, efficiency, labour costs
Morale
- Lead by example
- Training – bakery operator role specific
- Training – new product launches
- Training – safety and quality
- Identify skills gaps
- Holiday planning
- Investigations and disciplinaries
- Carry out any reasonable request made of you by your manager.
Salary is £33,500 pa
Working hours - rotating day shifts between 6am-6pm (eg 6am-3pm one week, 8am-5pm next week, 9am-6pm week after)
The person:
- Previous food production team leader experience is required - any non food will be rejected
- Positive, flexible and can-do attitude
- Problem solving skills
- Organisational and time management skills
- Good communication and influencing skills
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Reference: TBFPTL2 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 13 Nov 2026 · Listed via Thorn Baker Group
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