Pot Packhouse Top Site - Cell Leader

• CELL LEADER – VITACRESS HERBS, RUNCTON •
• Ready to Take the Next Step in Your Leadership Career?

Vitacress Herbs is looking for a motivated and driven Cell Leader to join our Packing Team in Runcton. If you have manufacturing experience, enjoy leading people, and thrive in a fast-paced production environment, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

• Location: Vitacress Herbs, Runcton
• Salary: £29,047.20 per year
• Pay: Paid monthly on the 25th of each month
• Contract: Full-Time (42 hours per week)
• Shift Pattern: Sunday to Thursday

• ⏰ Start Time: 06:15
• ✅ 5 days on, 2 days off

• Upcoming Recruitment Dates

✅ Assessment Centre

11th August

✅ Induction Dates

24th August & 9th September

Apply now to secure your place at the Assessment Centre.

• About the Role

As a Cell Leader, you'll play a key role in leading and supporting the Pot Packing team to ensure products are packed safely, efficiently and to customer specifications.

You'll step up to cover Team Leader responsibilities during holidays and absences, support the development of team members, and help drive performance, quality, food safety and continuous improvement across the packhouse.

• What You'll Be Doing

• ✅ Leading and motivating a small production team
• ✅ Supporting the Team Leader and covering their duties when required
• ✅ Ensuring orders are packed accurately and delivered on time
• ✅ Training and developing team members, including agency staff
• ✅ Maintaining high standards of food safety, hygiene, quality and Health & Safety
• ✅ Supporting Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement projects
• ✅ Monitoring production targets, waste and efficiencies
• ✅ Completing and maintaining accurate production records
• ✅ Ensuring SOPs, HACCP, COSHH and company procedures are followed
• ✅ Leading by example and promoting Vitacress values
• ⭐ What We're Looking For

Essential

• ✔ Previous manufacturing experience
• ✔ Excellent communication skills
• ✔ Self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
• ✔ Flexible approach and willingness to learn
• ✔ Strong organisational and problem-solving skills
• ✔ Commitment to safety, quality and teamwork

Desirable

• ✔ Previous supervisory or team-leading experience
• ✔ Food manufacturing or fresh produce experience
• ✔ First Aid qualification

• Working Environment
• Chilled production environment
• Fast-paced food manufacturing setting
• PPE provided
• Noise protection zones within the factory
• Why Join Vitacress?
• Competitive salary
• Monthly pay on the 25th of each month
• Full training and support
• Leadership development opportunities
• Supportive and friendly team environment
• Exposure to Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing
• Genuine internal career progression opportunities

At Vitacress, we are committed to developing our people. Many of our leaders have progressed through the business, and this role is an excellent stepping stone towards Team Leader and other leadership positions within Operations.

• Take the Next Step
• Assessment Centre: 11th August
• Inductions: 24th August & 9th September
• Location: Vitacress Herbs, Runcton

Apply today and grow your career with Vitacress Herbs. •

Vitacress Herbs, based just outside historic Chichester, West Sussex, is a primary supplier of Herb and horticulture products in the UK. With our 23-acre site covered in specialist glass houses, we take immense pride in our work ensuring our consumers have a fresh, quality product to enhance their home cooking or enhance their garden environment. We take pleasure in ensuring the best possible standards and we will empower you to do the same. From the way we grow our products, to the relationships we maintain with customers, everyone knows exactly what is going on. We are authentic and grounded. At the centre of everything is a trust that you can feel every day at work. From the herbs that are grown on site; to the investment in facilities and the growth of the business; to growing and nurturing out talented employees, growing is truly at the heart of what we do. Join us and become a trusted partner in our business.