Team Leader

Kinnerton Confectionery, Fakenham (Norfolk)

Factory Shift Team Leader Opportunities (4 on 4 off Days or Nights available) 

Great benefits such as skills development; healthcare plan; competitive rates of pay and much more!

At Kinnerton Confectionery in Fakenham, we have several permanent opportunities at our chocolate factory for Factory Team Leaders to join our production team on either our day or night shifts.

As a Team Leader at Kinnerton Confectionery, you'll report into a Cell Leader and collaborate with other Team Leaders to oversee production processes, ensure quality standards, and guide team members in creating our delicious chocolate products!

The Kinnerton site in Fakenham produces chocolate products for some of the biggest retail and confectionery brands in the UK and can offer you the chance to build your skills and experience. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly team and help us create delicious chocolate products that are sold in leading retailers across the country. 

Team Leaders are essential when it comes to ensuring the smooth running of production at Kinnerton Confectionery, holding responsibilities including:

• Supervising Teams: Leading teams of Production, Process, and Mixing Operatives to achieve critical targets in safety, efficiency, quality, and hygiene.
• Quality Assurance: Overseeing and ensuring the completion of all quality checks and related documentation to maintain our high standards.
• Training and Development: Ensuring that all team members are well-trained, fully aware of their duties and responsibilities, and consistently performing at their best.

Shifts/ Pay Rates: dependent on experience

4 on 4 off days: covers 7 days a week. 4 days on and 4 days off. 1 hour break in total. 6am-6pm.

• Grade 3 £12.50 per hour
• Grade 4 £12.88 per hour
• Grade 5 £13.26 per hour
• Grade 6 £12.86 per hour

4 on 4 off nights: covers 7 days a week. 4 days on and 4 days off. 1 hour break in total. 6pm -6am.

• Grade 3 £13.75 per hour
• Grade 4 £14.30 per hour
• Grade 5 £14.87 per hour
• Grade 6 £15.99 per hour

For both day & night roles your starting grade will depend on experience. Both roles have a 30 minute unpaid and 30 minute paid break.

These roles are ideally suited to individuals with experience in food production or a general manufacturing environment. Your past experience may include roles such as: Line Leader/ Area Leader/ Team Leader/ Supervisor. However, we are keen to speak with everyone interested in working at Kinnerton, so please apply now and we will assess your application. 

Interview process:

• A call with a member of our HR Team (usually with 48 hours of your application)
• Meet with a Shift Manager on site which may include a factory tour

Kinnerton is no ordinary brand. We were the first brand to offer character chocolate in the UK, back in 1978 under the brand Kinnerton Kids. Since then we have gone from strength to strength, placing us as one of the UK’s leading manufacturer of seasonal goods, producing millions of delicious advent calendars and Easter eggs every year! We have two UK manufacturing sites in Fakenham (Norfolk) and Sherburn-in-Elmet (North Yorkshire), a London Hub space in Camden and offices in Hong Kong!

We are also part of the Zertus UK & Ireland Snacking & Chocolate Market Unit partnered with other food manufacturers across the country. We have a unique offering to our customers with our nut safe promise and our commitment to product innovation. We’re also the masterminds behind NOMO chocolate, a delicious free-from and award-winning chocolate range.