High Risk Pro­duc­tion Manager

Cranswick Poultry Added Value is a specialty producer of delicious, cooked poultry ingredients and is a leading innovator in the industry. We create exciting, original products that meet the needs of today’s busy consumers. Working closely with customers, our bespoke chicken products offer creative and flavorsome lunchtime solutions.

The main purpose of the role is to to be responsible for the management of the department to consistently improve the departmental throughput and performance by facilitating all of the tasks to be responsible for the management and coordination of High Risk operations including, cooking, cooling and packing

The key elements of the role are:

• Assure attainment of business objectives and production schedules while insuring product standards that will exceed customers’ expectations.
• To promote, monitor and maintain a high standard of hygienic practice, and quality to ensure good manufacturing practice working within the best interests of the Company at all times.
• To co-ordinate with Low Risk Manager and Packing to production plan and to achieve the agreed production plan by the most effective utilisation of materials, machinery and staff resource, within the quality and hygienic regulatory requirements
• To fully deploy process operational awareness / skills in order to facilitate provision of cover and team leadership
• Provide guidance and leadership focused around delivering of manufacturing KPI’s and increasing year on year performance.
• To communicate, report and performance manage the available manufacturing resources whilst maintaining good industrial relations within a positive and supportive environment.
• Establish management and communication practices to include all employees’ positive involvement with full training and opportunity for constructive input and action.
• To promote, monitor and maintain a high standard of occupational health and safety, continually improve safety record by addressing both physical safety issues and employee safety attitudes.
• Maintain and improve housekeeping in all areas. Reduce waste / shrinkage and additional costs where appropriate by protecting both company product stock and equipment in the most efficient and appropriate manner at all times.

Full Job Description is available upon request