Date: 16 Jul 2026
Location: Mitcham, GB
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Company: Hovis
Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.
We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.
Location: Sebon, Mitcham
Key Activities:
Daily Filing of all process paperwork
Understand drivers in yield and waste on PRDEXT
Agree daily transfer/input of manufactured goods into System21
Maintain and prepare waste reports
Send out daily headcount reconciliation and labour reports in line with budgeted requirement
Develop & build ways of capturing production data and deliver to the SLT
Communicate production errors/concerns to management
Process all inputs & reconciliations for timely completion of reporting and stock taking
Generate production reports for management and operations
Use methods to analyse data and generate useful business reports
Evaluate issues, analyse root causes and develop tools/solution
Raising purchase orders for all departments
GRNS of purchase orders
Invoice queries from accounts
Courier booking and reconciliation
Organising and processing charity bread donations
Issue/Re-issue of Key Worker / ID cards
Signing in site visitors and contacting relevant site contact, escorting visitors to allocated meeting room/Waiting area
Maintain high standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the working environment, following cleaning best practice procedure.
Participate in customer visits and audits as required.
Daily headcount and labour reconciliation
Functional / Operational Excellence
Ensures accurate recording of data
Remain vigilant and report any quality issues immediately to a member of the management team.
Demonstrate a proactive approach to hygiene standards in the workplace.
Use knowledge and experience to anticipate and solve problems within a reasonable scope.
Always Work safely; adhere to all health and safety instructions and procedures, work instructions and procedures.
Take personal responsibility for absolute compliance to Personal Protective Equipment requirements.
Report any health and safety risks, or potential hazards immediately to a member of the management team.
Ensure regular communications with the team to encourage a collaborative and positive working relationships
To carry out any other duties as reasonably requested by the management team to support the operational needs of the business.
Behavioural Competencies:
A good ability to work as part of a team.
High standards of practice.
Flexible and committed.
Good attention to detail.
Essential Role Criteria:
Good knowledge of Excel
Good knowledge of Word
Good knowledge of Google Workspace
Good verbal and numerical skills
Excellent organisational skills
Excellent communication skills
Experience of working with different teams
Action oriented and energetic
Desirable Knowledge, Skills or Experience
An understanding of the manufacturing environment
Previous office-based experience
Why work for us and our benefits:
At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries
There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
We offer three levels of pensions
Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.
