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Nestlé

Shift Manager

Halifax

Circa £48,000 inclusive of shift allowance and depending on experience + additional benefits


Shift Based Position – 5 on 4 off, 4 on 5 off days & nights
Position Summary

Are you an experienced operation professional who is looking to share your skill-set in a role that offers an opportunity for you to shine? Are you keen to make your mark in your next career step? Then this could be the role you’re looking for.

We are looking for a Shift Manager, based at our Nestlé confectionery factory in Halifax. You’ll be rewarded with an attractive package, plus competitive bonus scheme.

Manufacturing in Nestlé is all about ensuring the consumer receives a perfect quality product, at the right time and place whilst driving losses from our business in order to maximise efficiency & productivity. This is particularly critical as we continue our journey towards being a LEAN Enterprise. This is the biggest change in the way we work that Nestlé have ever seen. It’s worldwide. It is exciting. You could play a key part in it.
A day in the life of...
Key day-to-day activities will be:

  • Drive continuous improvements using TPM in the key operational business processes throughout manufacturing and empowering and inspiring people by supporting the line team and developing their capability.
  • Contribute to sustainably meet the Factory strategy targets in order to accelerate the business ambition.
  • Maintain a safe working environment in compliance with local laws, SHE and Quality standards by identifying risks associated to activities within zone and ensure reactive incidents are managed and resolved or escalated. Strive for zero unsafe conditions and behaviours to achieve zero accidents.
  • Support Engineering on unplanned stops root cause and resolution.
  • Support and execute identified planned maintenance tasks. Liaise with support departments and use their resources to make necessary changes.
  • Effectively manage the Shift Operational Review and the Autonomous Working Group (AWG).
  • Adopt and nurture a working style which actively involves and motivates colleagues, promoting an environment of continuous improvement and excellence.
  • Develop organisational capability by supporting and co-ordinating in the transfer and enhancement of skills through coaching others and share current best practice within the team.

What will make you successful

To be successful in this key role we expect you to ideally have experience working in an FMCG manufacturing environment and have strong service orientation amongst internal stakeholders with lots of proactive initiative and attention to detail.

Other key attributes we are looking for are:

  • Educated to a Degree level would be preferred but not essential for this role.
  • Leadership experience in FMCG manufacturing essential (preferably Food or Drink)
  • Skills to identify root causes of the problems and in setting plans to reduce or eliminate them.
  • Experience using SAP or equivalent technology is essential for the role.
  • High level of mechanical and technical comprehension would be advantageous.
  • Understanding of Safety, Engineering, Quality and Labour regulations.
  • TPM or Lean Manufacturing experience is desirable.
  • Experience managing and coordinating a large shift.
  • Ability to demonstrate coaching techniques.
  • Confidence with Microsoft office programmes such as Excel and Word.
  • Able to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced production environment, with a high-energy, proactive style.

What you need to know

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.


At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers and our consumers. That’s why championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. The successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their right to work status for the UK during the recruitment process. We have assessed this role and it could be applicable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and you are unable to gain this independently, we may be able to provide sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route in line with the Home office guidelines. We encourage you to review the UK Home Office guidelines ahead of submitting a job application to review whether you meet the eligibility criteria under the Skilled Worker route and understand the immigration fees that you would be responsible for when making a visa application. If you require sponsorship, please discuss this with us as part of the recruitment process.
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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