Manufacturing FLM
ABF GroceryJobsCloseBy Editorial Insights
ABF Grocery is seeking a Manufacturing FLM in West Bromwich for a full-time onsite role. You will coach and develop teams to achieve targeted performance, customer satisfaction and quality within a continuous improvement culture, while encouraging critical thinking and constructive challenge. You’ll lead production planning, drive cost efficiency, ensure product quality and oversee ongoing training through learning logs and development plans. The right person has at least 3 years’ FMCG experience with proven leadership and people management, and ideally a manufacturing degree. To apply, tailor your CV with measurable results in team performance, safety, process improvements and cross-functional collaboration, and include a short note on your leadership style and development approach.
Overview of role
Location: West Bromwich
In this role you will facilitate and coach team performance, encouraging development of individuals and teams through clear and inspirational leadership. Working through others, achieving high levels of targeted performance, customer satisfaction and quality standards; this will be founded on a culture of continuous improvement, development and learning.
It is expected that the jobholder will create an environment where critical thinking and constructive challenging is the norm.
Key Accountabilities
- Actively engage individuals and teams in the Safety First culture, managing people effectively through robust leadership skills and in compliance with AB internal policies and procedures
- To lead and facilitate individuals and teams to deliver optimal levels of performance on cost, resource, service requirements
- To drive product quality through all systems available and people
- To contribute to the optimization of a production plan, operating the production plant in the most efficient and cost effective manner
- Ensure that development and training needs of individuals are consistently applied to create a proactive environment of learning through relevant documentation (learning logs)
- To actively encourage individuals and teams to continuously challenge and improve manufacturing processes
- To optimise work cross-functionally providing insight and control over the bakery infrastructure.
The Right Person
Essential
- At least 3 Years experience within a FMCG environment with
- Proven leadership and management experience and
- Be able to demonstrate people and performance experience
Advantageous
- Preferably be a graduate in a Manufacturing related discipline or equivalent.