Job Ref: 214821678

Date: 2021-10-05 14:47:02

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Who are we?

Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We're passionate about producing tasty, refreshing drinks and we’re thirsty for more and growing fast. We’re a global business and invested £1.25 billion in expanding our manufacturing footprint to make us the largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices in the world. We currently produce 12 billion litres from 59 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and we’re only just getting started…

Our UK Business has six manufacturing plants providing a great place to work for 1500 employees producing private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers including Tesco, ASDA, Morrison’s, Sainsburys, ALDI and Lidl. We also manufacture for branded customers such as Innocent, Ocean Spray, Weetabix, Del Monte and Um Bongo. Whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards but they get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high profile customers.
Production Team Leader
Are you a confident team leader with operational experience within an FMCG environment? If so, why not join us at Refresco?
Refresco is the largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices in the world. We manufacture for brands such as Innocent, Ocean Spray, Weetabix, Del Monte and Um Bongo. We produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers including Tesco, ASDA, Morrison’s, Sainsburys, ALDI and Lidl. We are looking for keen and talented Production Team Leader to join our vibrant team.
At our Milton Keynes canning site we, we have two high speed lines producing drinks brands that you’ll know and love as well as our own branded products.
Competitive pay and benefits includes:
At Milton Keynes, we operate on a 24/7 basis. Our Shift patterns include: 
 24/7 (42 hours per week): 4 on 4 off pattern 2 days, 2 nights and 4 days off.  
The role of Production Team Leader (P4) comes with a package including an hourly rate of £15.07 plus shift allowance (annual salary of £35,407.48).
Benefits includes:
* Premium pay for overtime worked of x1.5 of your Basic Salary (calculated on an hourly basis)
* A 2021 factory production bonus dependent on achievement of targets
* The chance to earn a refer a friend bonus.
* Access to a sports and social fund.
* Free, on-site parking.
* Company pension scheme.
* Competitive holiday allowance.
* Life assurance.

Please click on the link to see what we do at our sister canning site in Bondgate, West Yorkshire: https://(url removed)/watch?v=1YopAaNdUAk
We welcome applications from all, and are committed to promoting fair participation and equality of opportunity for all job applicants.

About the role
As a key member of the Production Leadership Team, You will have the opportunity to you manage a small team and participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives and Learn Manufacturing activities including leading short interval control and root cause analysis assessments.
Responsibilities also include (but are not limited to):
* Fulfilling the production plan requirements and demonstrating an audit ready production environment at all times.
* Auditing all monitoring systems required by the Company to ensure compliance with Company Policies/Procedures/Standards and identifying and implementing corrective actions.
* Managing non-conformance processes and corrective action activities to ensure compliance with Company Policies/Procedures/Standards.
* Lead effective handovers with oncoming Team Leads/Managers to provide an update on any safety, quality, people, delivery or cost issues arisen during your
* Ensure timely completion of Probation Reviews, Investigations/Disciplinary Processes, Return to Work Interviews and Absence Management meetings for your team  

About You
You’ll be a natural leader with excellent coaching and influencing skills with the ability to motivate others and achieve outstanding results. In order to successfully lead your team, you will be a confident communicator, well organised with the ability to keep calm under pressure making well thought out decisions.
You will have good IT skills with the ability to input data into in house systems (and / or SAP) and analyse this to provide meaningful data and reports for others e.g. downtime reports for the Production Manager. You will also be competent using the Microsoft Office suite of packages

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