Line Leader

Line Leader

Salary: Circa £50,000

Bonus and flexible benefits available, including:

• Company-funded private medical healthcare
• Double-matched pension (up to 10% of base pay)
• 35 days’ holiday (plus the option to buy and sell)
• Comprehensive opportunities to develop via our learning platform and courses
• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers!

Function: Supply Chain - Production

Location: Hereford

Contract: Permanent

Latest Closing date: 31st May. Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

Why Hereford?

Embedding HEINEKEN Herefordshire as the Global Home of Cider is a challenge we all embrace. Our historic Herefordshire heartland is home to the world’s largest Cider production site, our cider mill at Ledbury and more than 5,000 acres of orchards. We also partner with local growers as we use more than 20% of all apples grown in the UK to make our celebrated cider brands. From Strongbow and Bulmers to Old Mout, a spirit of innovation inspires our craft - and with a string of new styles and flavours to enjoy including our new brand Inchs and our summer favourite Strongbow Rosé, our future is one you’ll want to be part of.

What’s the role?

The Line Leader is responsible for managing and developing the autonomous line team, guiding, and driving high performance, as well as being responsible for all the results and activities of your line and process.

You’ll be in charge of ensuring the safety agenda is in place and quality is under control, and making sure our lines are meeting their desired efficiency levels and costs are well managed according to the budget.

As Line Leader, you will use the TPM toolbox and methodology to make sure line improvement plans are in place and any losses are attacked. It’s a proactive and high-speed role where you’ll be able to develop plans and manage resources to drive improvements.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for a leader who is self motivated, positive and ready to engage and lead a team of experience technical operators. You’ll be in charge of encouraging and ensuring they have the right skills, behaviours, development and support to drive brilliant results. On top of that you’ll have:

• Previous experience in high-speed packaging lines
• Previous experience of people management
• High attention to detail with health and safety as priority
• Has worked with continuous improvement tools and systems in a production environment
• Natural problem solver

Life at HEINEKEN

We’re building a future that embraces innovation, sustainability, diversity and, of course, the opportunity for our 2,400 UK colleagues to make the most of their careers.

We encourage all our colleagues to grow and reach their full potential. We’re also well-aware that successful careers seldom run in a straight line, so if you’re in search of fresh opportunities (including global or cross-functional moves), mentoring or simply want to pick up a new skill, you’ll have access to all the support you need.

Caring for people & the planet is one of our core values and we understand that each of our colleagues’ needs and circumstances are different. This is why we have a smarter working policy in place which includes access to hybrid working, flexible start and finish times and condensed hours, to name a few.

Our colleagues love life at HEINEKEN, and we’re confident you’ll feel the same way – but don’t take our word for it. Search the #LifeAtHEINEKENUK hashtag on LinkedIn to hear from our colleagues about what makes HEINEKEN such a special business to be a part of.

The application

If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply before the closing date listed at the top of the advert.

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us as recruitment@heineken.co.uk.

In all likelihood the ideal candidate for this role won’t meet every single requirement in this advert, in fact we all need the opportunity to grow and develop in role. We understand some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every single qualification. The team at HEINEKEN would encourage you to submit an application if the advert has peaked your interest rather than ruling yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs. You never know, you may be exactly what we’re looking for!