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As a Team Leader at Kerry Portbury, you'll lead, coach and develop your team to deliver exceptional standards of safety, quality and performance.\nYou'll take ownership of shift operations, driving productivity, continuous improvement and employee engagement while ensuring customer and business targets are achieved. Working closely with Production, Quality and Engineering teams, you'll play a key role in developing people, solving problems and creating a high-performing culture where everyone can succeed.\nDue to the location of the site, having your own transport is essential\nWhat will you do?\nAs a Team Leader, you'll be responsible for the leadership and day-to-day management of your shift, ensuring targets are achieved across Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost.\nIn this role you will -\nLead, motivate and develop the Mixing team, creating a positive, high-performing and engaged culture.\nPromote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all Health & Safety, Food Safety and Quality standards.\nDrive operational performance across key KPIs including Safety, Quality, Attainment to Plan, OTIF, OEE, labour cost and waste.\nCoordinate labour and resources effectively to meet production requirements.\nSupport, coach and develop team members through training, feedback and performance management.\nLead effective shift handovers and team communications.\nEnsure accurate completion of production records and SAP transactions.\nMonitor production performance, minimise downtime and escalate issues where required.\nSupport investigations, root cause analysis and the implementation of corrective actions.\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives, encouraging team involvement and problem-solving.\nMaintain excellent housekeeping standards and ensure audit readiness at all times.\nSupport onboarding, cross-training and capability development across the team.\nWhat do you need to be successful?\nWe're looking for someone who can combine strong leadership skills with a focus on operational excellence.\nYou'll ideally have:\nPrevious leadership or supervisory experience within a manufacturing, food production or processing environment.\nStrong people management, coaching and team development skills.\nExperience driving performance against operational KPIs.\nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills.\nStrong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.\nExperience managing through change and dealing constructively with conflict.\nA continuous improvement mindset with a focus on engagement and operational efficiency.\nGood IT skills and experience using production systems such as SAP.\nStrong written, verbal and numerical skills with the ability to interpret and analyse data.\nExcellent organisation, prioritisation and time management skills.\nHigh attention to detail and a process-driven approach.\nWhy Join Us?\nFriendly team focused on continuous improvements and safety\nEmployee benefit platform with discounts and offers for retailers online and offline, travelling, utilities and more\nMatched pension scheme up to 10%\nEmployee Assistance Program, supporting your emotional, physical, nutritional and financial wellbeing\nInspiring People - Kerry's Global Recognition Program\nOurVoice, opportunity to share your feedback on the work environment every year\nOurShare, Kerry share plan available to all employees, with option to enroll once a year\nMyCommunity, have one day per year to volunteer for a worthwhile cause\nAbout Kerry\nKerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Working behind the scenes, every day we partner with customers to solve the world’s most complex food challenges with our range of differentiated ingredients, technologies, and people. We are passionate about what we do and are constantly innovating to create a healthier, more enjoyable, and sustainable food future without compromise. We are driven to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition and will reach over two billion consumers with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030.\nOur Safety purpose: “we work together in a caring culture where everybody goes home safe every day”. We are committed to providing a safe working environment and ensuring that all safety protocols are strictly followed. 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