Team Leader - Operations

About the Role

As a Team Leader, you will act as the single point of leadership for your frontline team, making key decisions throughout the shift to ensure strong performance. You will drive execution, uphold core standards, and work closely with the line structure to continuously improve results and build team capability.

This is a days-based role, well suited to a candidate with proven experience in team leading or frontline management within a fast-paced FMCG or manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Role-model BVT's values and behaviours, setting high standards for your team through your own actions.
• Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring your team follows all safety systems and safe ways of working at all times.
• Maintain strong GMP and housekeeping standards so the area is audit-ready every day.
• Protect and elevate product quality and food safety, ensuring all quality systems and checks (including BRCGS, HACCP and GMP requirements) are consistently followed.
• Ensure processes and equipment standards are followed, using them to drive reliable and high-performance operations.
• Lead, coach and inspire your team, supporting performance, development and long-term career growth.
• Manage attendance, performance and conduct, building a capable and accountable frontline team.
• Own the outputs of your area, working with the Operations Manager and other stakeholders to continuously improve results across all key metrics (including KPI and OEE measures).

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Team Leader or in a frontline management role, with leadership across safety, operations and quality.
• Ability to build strong, respectful relationships with your team.
• Experience developing and empowering others, helping teams become confident, autonomous and high-performing.
• Proven frontline leadership across safety, operations and quality.
• Ability to stay calm and make sound decisions during complex or high-pressure situations.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to set clear priorities and manage multiple demands.
• Effective communication and coaching skills, with experience training others.
• Familiarity with continuous-improvement environments and structured problem-solving tools.
• Comfort working with data and operational information to drive decisions.

Pay: £26,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Free parking
• On-site parking

Experience:

• Team management: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person