Production Coordinator (weekends) - Royal Canin

Job Description:

Production Coordinator - Mars, Royal Canin

Castle Cary

Permanent

Salary: Circa £28,000 + shift pay & company bonus

Shift Pattern: This role offers a 32-hour work week with alternating weekend shifts. You'll typically work a 12-hour shift (10 pm - 10 am or 10 am - 10 pm) on Saturday and Sunday, plus 8 hours during the week on a day that suits you.

Shape the Future of Pet Nutrition as a Production Coordinator at Mars, Royal Canin!

Are you a proactive and experienced Production Coordinator ready for an exciting new challenge? At Mars, Royal Canin, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our passionate factory team and play a key role in producing the high-quality nutrition that pets love and thrive on. If you have a strong FMCG background and are looking to join a collaborative team where you can make a real impact and grow your career, explore the details below!

As our Production Coordinator, you'll be at the heart of our operations, ensuring the smooth and efficient flow of production. You'll be responsible for planning, directing, and monitoring various production activities to consistently meet our established specifications, schedules, volume, cost, waste, and quality standards.

What are we looking for?

• Proven experience in running food processes or packaging lines within an FMCG environment.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively coordinate diverse activities within a dynamic operational setting.
• Experience in managing or leading people is a significant plus, offering opportunities for further development.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills with a proactive and solution-oriented approach.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Drive Production Excellence & Continuous Improvement: Deliver and exceed targets while monitoring performance, coaching, and ensuring accurate data capture for ongoing process enhancement.
• Coordinate Seamless Shift Operations & Communication: Effectively manage diverse operational activities and facilitate clear, timely communication through Job Transition Meetings.
• Empower Team Performance & Contribution: Create and manage weekly crewing plans, assigning non-core tasks (Hygiene, Quality, Ownership, TMS, Safety) to optimize team contribution.
• Uphold Quality and Safety Standards: Maintain optimal running conditions and ensure full QSSM (Quality Safety Security Mars) compliance for a safe, high-quality production environment, proposing and implementing QSSM amendments in collaboration with R&D.
• Ensure Operational Continuity & Problem Solving: Provide hands-on support on production lines as needed and actively contribute to problem-solving within Daily and Lead FMOS meetings.

What can you expect from Mars?

Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today

Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

About Mars

Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL® and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA™ and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 130,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.