Operations Team Leader

Operations Team Leader

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers and Monster Munch, to name a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have recently been voted a Top Employer for the 11th year in a row.

Through effective leadership of their operational teams, the operations team leader is responsible for driving safety, quality, delivery and morale across a balanced scorecard to optimise performance and achieve site KPI's

Please note that this is a shift based role

Responsibilities

• Engage team to drive performance improvement across all elements of area of responsibility.
• Act as first escalation point for FLE team members on line.
• Conduct Development/Performance conversations with team member and hold regular 1-2-1s.
• Coach Teams in problem solving and changing behaviours.
• Escalate any service, performance or behavioural concerns on shift to appropriate forum and delivers feedback to relevant zone.
• Carries out investigations on shift regarding performance/people/quality/safety/environmental matters when an incident occurs within their area or as required to support the broader team.
• Responsible for safety of all employees, visitors and contractors on shift.
• Respond effectively to critical issues, e.g. breakdowns, unplanned stops, emergency evacuations.
• Facilitates line balancing and material flow, material planning and risk management for assigned area.
• Cover for colleagues absence as and when necessary.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong team worker and contributor.
• Good analytical skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Understanding of Lean processes, in particular SIC/QCDM and RCA.
• Good computer skills.
• Good coaching skills.
• Excellent problem solving skills with ability to make informed decisions.
• Able to deal with sensitive information appropriately.