Team Leader - Planting / Sowing

Job Purpose: Lincolnshire Herbs supplies Pot and Cut Herbs to major food retailers. As a Team Leader you will be a confident team player, prepared to be flexible to meet the requirements of a busy Harvesting department. You will monitor team performance and ensure timely intervention where levels of underperformance are detected. Develop and coach your team to perform their duties effectively to comply with legal requirements and quality standards. In addition, you will be required to work cross functionally with other departments to maximise operational excellence.
Role Accountabilities:

• Proactively manage to ensure a safe working environment exists for all employees as set out in the Group Health & Safety


• To maintain standards of quality, food safety, hygiene and housekeeping at all times.


• To manage daily planting, in line with daily orders and completion in full.


• To ensure the delivery of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across the Planting operation through the team, making sure that KPIs are understood and utilised to support performance improvement plans and day to day activities.


• To challenge the team and the production process to improve operational and financial performance within the Planting/ Sowing area.


• To plan staffing levels on a daily basis.


• To motivate and manage your team to achieve company targets at all times.


• To communicate Red Tractor and LEAF and BRC regulations and standards to maintain an audit ready department.


• To work closely with grower, to report issues and offer support where needed.


• To ensure minimal waste levels of packaging or product is achieved, all issues must be reported to Production Manager.


• To achieve specified production rates for the areas of work.


• To ensure that all practices and procedures executed in each work area, comply with all statutory legislation with regards to food safety and hygiene


• To work well with others as part of a team


• To have a positive, can-do attitude.


Behavioural Expectations
Customer Focused: Everything we do is focused on exceeding our customers' needs
Quality: Our product quality sets us apart from the competition
Environment For Success: We will create a workplace where trust, integrity and teamwork are valued, but where norms are challenged and an environment for continuous improvement
Sustainable: We will strive to make our supply chains as sustainable as possible, minimising our impact on our surrounding environment
Profitable: To ensure that we can continue to invest for the future success of the category, everyone in the business must be focused on the ongoing profitability of the Company.