About the Company:
Gate Gourmet is the world's largest independent provider of catering services for airlines and is the core business behind gategroup, whose eleven associated brands offer customers a comprehensive scope of products and services for virtually any on-board need. We provide more than 200 million meals a year to our 270-plus customers at some 120 airport locations around the globe
Job Summary:
Working closely with to the Process Owner Assembly (Make & Pack, Pick & Pack and Wash & Pack), the Section Manager Production provides overall leadership and coordination while taking financial, operational, and statutory accountability within the section.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
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Financial accountability for section (for example, labour, material,
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Meets quality KPI’s and internal and external customer expectations.
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Aligns section assembly process to defined master production schedule. Maintains Master Production Schedule(MPS).
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Responsible for compliance and improvement with the objectives established, daily monitoring of deviations and following up with corrective actions.
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Proactively manage team performance and provide development/succession planning opportunities.
- Resolve conflict/provide solutions by exercising high levels of influencing, negotiation and communication skills. Be a role model for the company values.
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Creates a positive working environment.
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Maintain legal/compliance across health and safety, food safety, Department for Transport (DfT), security, gate OPEX (in-house operational excellence programme).
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Define systems of working to ensure quality of product, service to the customer and team progression/development.
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Follow company, process and section procedures.
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Instigate and support continuous improvement initiatives.
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Rotate through different departments/units as reasonably required.
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Ability to cover a 7-day operation.
Support with any other reasonable tasks and requests from the management team.
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Qualifications:
Education:
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Degree educated preferred and/or relevant equivalent work experience at similar level
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Food and hygiene related education/training.
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Various management training.
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Desirable specialization in Operational and People Management.
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Degree educated and/or demonstrable continued professional development at a senior level is preferred.
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Professional qualification in operations/logistics preferred.
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Certification or demonstrable experience in Lean six Sigma preferred
Work Experience:
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Previous experience in a similar role within a fast-paced Unionised work environment.
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Previous management experience with a demonstrable track record of leadership within a Food Hygiene/Health & Safety/High Security environment preferred.
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Experience leading projects and people across organisations and maintaining mandatory standards to ensure the safety of products and processes and to improve product quality required.
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Experience with applying lean manufacturing techniques system preferred
Other Skills: (Certification, Licenses and Registration)
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Food Safety certification
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Continuous Improvement / Lean management certification / training preferred
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Analytical and Numerical skills
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Excellent organisational skills with a strong attention to detail
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Must always demonstrate integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism
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Ability to work efficiently using own initiative to resolve issues
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Ability to build relations and manage diverse teams
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Effective verbal and written communication skills in English
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Good working knowledge of Microsoft Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel)
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Ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales, prioritising as appropriate
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Proactive and positive/flexible attitude
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK, undertake a CRC (Criminal Record Check) and provide 5 years of checkable referencing history.
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