The preparation support areas consist of the butchery, dispensary and debox veg intake departments.

These areas process raw produce; wet and dry ingredients within the dispensary area for pie site, sweets and the meals department.

Butchery dice and mince raw meat consisting of four species, lamb, beef, pork and salmon for direct use in the low risk kitchen and the pie site.

Debox veg-intake supply the high risk kitchen, sweets and meals department with frozen and chilled materials via ticket (Kan-ban) system which the supply is hourly.

Main purpose of the job:

To organise and aid your assigned team to achieve daily set plans; dispensary mix targets per operative, dicing/mincing plans and material supply from the debox area.

Post holder must be the link from support areas to production lines ensuring no impact to the overall production plans from meals, sweets and the pie site.

Areas must be presentable at all times and materials kept fit for use.

This position is 40 hours per week working on an Night Shift Sunday to Thursday 22:00-06:00.

£14.64 per hour + Shift Allowance of £2.19 + Bonus + Benefits

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

• To organise the operators and ensure that they are fully employed with a duty / task at all times and with the correct PPE provided.
• Work alongside the operators when needed
• If the department has temporary workers ensure they sign and understand any SOPs relevant to the role they are carrying out.
• Aim for the KPI targets that are set by the TL support this will be downtime, wastage mixes per hour, dicer/ mincer volumes.
• Inform the TL support and relative individuals if there are any problems with supply as quickly as possible to help reduce downtime for other departments.
• To ensure that all operators are carrying out the correct procedures i.e. picking of materials, scanning, allergen control and meat segregation.
• To ensure that all materials are supplied to production fully covered, labelled, tied, packaging intact to help reduce foreign bodies and maintain highest standard of produce.
• To liaise with the team leaders from the supply areas on a regular basis and deliver any extra materials they need; must be given highest priority so they can meet there line targets. i.e. dispensary mixes, produce from veg intake.
• Ensure that every product sent to the production areas has the correct weight and batch code to aid with the traceability of the used produce.
• Ensure that all stocks are used in the correct order (FIFO), chilled items especially; any returned items are to be sent to the relevant
• Competently be able to use SAP transactions within SAP daily to aid with supply of materials. Ordering of materials frozen, chilled and ambient for production directly from warehousing for current and next day production.
• Daily stock takes of any frozen meat stocks/ mixes to be carried out and reduced from plan. Dispensary and butchery only.
• Weekly stock checks at the pie site of any leftover mixes, record this information and liase with support TL.- butchery only.
• Support TL in planning of area, checking of day and week in advance plan to ensure KPIs are reached. i.e. workload against planned labour, species requirements in the butchery.

Essential:

• GCSE’s in English and Mathematics at grade C, or equivalent qualification
• NVQ 2 level qualification
• Level 2 in Food Hygiene
• Cleaning in Food premises qualification
• Sustainable Safety/Leadership
• Management and qualifications

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.