The Bart Ingredients company has been sourcing and supplying herbs & spices for over 60 years. What began as a husband-and-wife team selling spice racks locally has grown to an organisation with over 200 employees distributing products across the UK. Today the business is privately owned by the Fuchs Gruppe family - the world’s largest privately owned herbs & spices business.
Our purpose is simple - ‘To bring the joy of food to life’ and to do it in the most sustainable way. The success of the business is in our people who make the business what it is with shared passion for achieving the best and cultivating the family culture we are proud to retain.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Production Shift Manager to work in our facility in Severn Beach.
Responsible for overseeing production operations and managing large teams within a food products environment to ensure operational targets, quality standards and production targets are met. The role supports operational improvements, coordinates interdepartmental activities, and delivers technical expertise and guidance to maintain compliance and exceptional performance.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage daily shift production to meet plan, quality and time targets.
- Organise labour planning, allocation, rotation and line cover to sustain output.
- Deliver labour recovery, output and KPI targets by monitoring OEE and efficiency, maintaining production reporting.
- Maintain compliance with food safety, GMP, hygiene, CCP, H&S and safe systems, participating in H&S forums.
- Manage a workforce covering performance, attendance, holidays and timekeeping.
- Recruit, coach and develop employees, addressing skill gaps through upskilling, briefings and return‑to‑work.
- Coordinate stock and materials with Supply Chain, Planning and Warehouse to meet schedules.
- Monitor machinery effectiveness and escalate faults to Engineering to minimise downtime.
- Conduct quality checks, review paperwork and validate data to assure accuracy.
- Investigate operational and people issues, provide operational guidance within guidelines, and report to support corrective action.
- Lead a positive culture; support problem‑solving, continuous improvement, NPD trials, waste reduction and operational improvements.
Person specification:
- Significant experience of managing shift production and teams to meet production, quality and time targets.
- Significant experience of improving productivity using OEE, efficiency metrics and KPI reporting.
- Demonstrable experience of applying food safety, GMP, CCP and H&S standards to maintain compliance.
- Demonstrable experience of line managing, coaching operators and coordinating with Supply Chain, Engineering and Quality to resolve operational issues.
- Detailed understanding of food safety, GMP, CCP and H&S legislation.
- Understanding of production planning, OEE, efficiency metrics and KPI monitoring and reporting.
- Understanding of labour management, rostering, performance and absence processes.
- Understanding of quality control, documentation and escalation of equipment faults.
- Highly developed skill in leading large shift teams to meet production, quality and time targets.
- Developed skill in labour planning, rostering and resource allocation to sustain output and cover absences.
- Developed skill in monitoring data to drive corrective actions and ensure compliance with food safety and H&S.
The hours for this role are 40 hours per week Monday - Friday between 1.30pm-10.00pm.
The closing date for applications is 4pm on Wednesday 2nd September and Interviews will be held on 9th September, in person, at Severn Beach BS35 4GH.
What we offer:
Bart believe our people are our most important asset and offer the following benefits in addition to your salary:
· Pension scheme:
o Salary sacrifice scheme with company contribution of 4%
· Extra leave:
o Holiday purchase scheme – up to an additional 5 days each year
o Enhanced bereavement and pregnancy loss leave
o Enhanced maternity and paternity leave after 12 months service
· Life assurance:
o 2 x annual salary after 3 months service
· Wellbeing:
o Medicash Cash Health Plan
o Access to GP24 service which is a remote GP & second opinion medical service
o Access to onsite Mental Health First Aiders
o Grocery Aid access - They offer emotional, financial, practical advice and support on a wide range of topics for all grocery colleagues and their immediate families
· Discounts:
o Money off in stores, holidays and days out
o Cycle to work scheme
o EV car scheme
· Others:
o Long Service Awards
o Social events
Diversity & Inclusion
At Bart Ingredients we are committed to promoting equal opportunities and fostering a rich diversity within our workplace where all individuals are valued, treated with fairness, dignity and respect.
In line with the Ban the Box initiative, we do not ask you about any unspent criminal convictions during the recruitment process.
Bart Ingredients is a proud Disability Confident Employer, and we guarantee an interview for candidates who declare a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role.
We recognise that people are different and can work in different ways. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process or for applying in a different format, please contact our HR team and they will be happy to help. [email protected] - 0117 9773474
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £49,960.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
