Shop Team Leader

Shop & Office Admin Lead

Location: Tilmanstone Salads, Dover CT15 4NL

Contract Type: Permanent
Business Area: Salads
Shift: Monday to Friday – 8.30am to 5pm
Salary: £24,000-£27,000 depending on experience

Who are we?

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with an international presence in the US and China. Our 19,000 employees operate from 43 locations, developing and producing innovative food for a wide variety of occasions and budgets. In the UK, we work with leading grocery retailers, focusing on their own label brands.

The role

In this busy and exciting role, your key focus will be to oversee general office administration and the coordination of the Staff Shop on a food manufacturing site, which supplies major food retailers.

You will undertake shop coordination duties, correctly, safely, and efficiently to the required quality standards. Always ensuring these duties are completed in line with Company policies including but not, limited to, PPE, Food Safety, Health, and Safety, ‘clean as you go’ and ‘Good Manufacturing Practices’ (GMP).

To work as the principle, point of contact for all canteen and vending related issues, ensuring all machinery is in good working order and correspond with the vending company to ensure all machines are fully stocked.

To act as the site administrator, responsible for stationery, printers, post, deliveries, site access and office related invoice payments.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will be:

Shop Management:

• Management of 2 direct reports across multiple shifts
• Product selection, pricing, and labelling
• Co-ordination of deliveries
• Stock Management
• Review design and layout of Staff Shop
• Consider how Shop offerings can be improved

Canteen Vending:

• Ensure vendors deliver on time and deal with any escalations

• Daily survey of canteens to ensure all machines are working and fridges running correctly

Site Administration:

• Managing stationary orders, in line with budget
• Organise outgoing post
• Co-ordinate distribution of office-based deliveries

Event Co-ordination:

• Actively participate in our Site Employee Forum (SEF)
• Organise and oversee allocated SEF and Site events to drive employee engagement
• Meet with stakeholders from SEF, site management and relevant departments to determine the objectives of events can be delivered
• Manage budgets, manage logistics, coordinate tasks and set deadlines for supporting team

About you

Ideally, you will already have good knowledge of food safety and have the ability to undertake a food safety qualification.

You will need to understand and adhere to health and safety requirements and effectively manage P&L.

Reliable, self-sufficient, creative and have a flexible approach to work .

Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, decision making and influencing skills.

What you can expect from us

When joining us you can expect a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, private medical insurance, and other flexible benefits - alongside excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group.

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Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with a growing international presence in the US and China. We are number one in the UK in the four product categories of meals, salads, desserts and pizza & bread, providing high-quality, fresh, healthy and convenient food. Our customers include every major UK grocery retailer, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, and some of the world’s best-known food brands. We have over 19,000 employees, our headquarters are in London and we have 23 factories in the UK, 5 in the US and 9 in China.