Team Leader

Overview

As a Team Leader at Kerry Portbury, you will lead and develop the Mixing team to deliver safety, quality and productivity targets. You’ll own shift operations, collaborate with Production, Quality and Engineering, and drive continuous improvement and employee engagement. You will coach people, manage performance, and ensure robust records and audits while maintaining a high-performing culture. This role offers the chance to shape a safe, efficient operation in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Matched pension scheme up to 10%
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discounts and offers for retailers, travel, utilities
• OurVoice employee feedback program
• OurShare share plan
• MyCommunity volunteer day

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Mixing team, fostering a high-performing and engaged culture
• Promote and uphold safety, food safety and quality standards
• Drive performance against KPIs: safety, quality, plan attainment, OTIF, OEE, labour cost and waste
• Coordinate labour and resources to meet production requirements
• Coach team members through training, feedback and performance management
• Oversee shift handovers and team communications
• Ensure accurate production records and SAP transactions
• Monitor performance, minimise downtime, escalate issues when needed
• Support investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and encourage team involvement
• Maintain housekeeping and audit readiness
• Support onboarding, cross-training and capability development

Key requirements

• Leadership or supervisory experience in manufacturing, food production or processing
• Strong people management, coaching and development skills
• Experience driving performance against operational KPIs
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Experience managing through change and resolving conflict constructively
• Continuous improvement mindset focused on engagement and efficiency
• Good IT skills; experience with production systems such as SAP
• Strong written, verbal and numerical skills for data interpretation
• Excellent organisation, prioritisation and time management
• High attention to detail and a process-driven approach

• leadership
• communication
• problem-solving
• SAP
• production systems
• data interpretation

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