Reporting to the Senior Operations Manager, you will oversee a team of shift managers across multiple manufacturing disciplines to ensure smooth site operations. Your primary focus will be meeting customer expectations by ensuring efficiency withing the production facility.
Client Details
My client is a global FMCG company that offers stability, career progression, extensive learning opportunities, and competitive compensation packages. This is a rare opportunity to join their leadership team, as they tend to promote internally. Additionally, they emphasize a strong company culture focused on innovation, employee well-being, and sustainable practices, making it an ideal environment for professional growth and long-term career development.
Description
- Upholding high standards of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in accordance with Operating Requirements.
- Managing the site's labor budget by adhering to core staffing levels and minimizing costs where possible.
- Collaborating with QESH to maintain and improve the site's Quality, Environment, Health, and Safety standards.
- Ensuring compliance with legal requirements for product safety, quality, environment, and personnel, and continuously improving these standards.
- Growing, developing, and engaging your team through performance management processes, including cultivating a pipeline of future talent.
- Being fully accountable for achieving line utilization targets and production schedules.
- Demonstrating commercial acumen to create and manage the budget, ensuring optimal use of all available resources.
- Controlling, reducing, and improving line wastage, raw material, and syrup usage.
- Enhancing operational excellence through effective site routines, with a strong emphasis on data-driven decisions.
- Efficiently executing the maintenance plan and managing all planned and unplanned events to optimize line performance and production costs through the shift management teams.
- Fostering a culture of safety by leading and promoting safe working practices.
- Leading by example and consistently applying Continuous Improvement behaviors.
Profile
- Bachelor's degree educated or equivalent is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in a food or beverage manufacturing operations role within the UK.
- 5+ years of Leadership/People management experience within food or beverage manufacturing.
- In-depth technical knowledge of food production equipment and maintenance.
- Familiarity with working in a BRC or equivalent audited environment.
- Excellent organizational and leadership abilities, with a talent for managing and motivating a team.
- Strong analytical skills for developing and monitoring production KPIs.
- Strong background in Continious Improvement, Skill Gap Analysis, Lean 6 sigma methodologies.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high-quality standards.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Job Offer
- £60,000-70,000 base salary
- Bonus, pension, private healthcare, life insurance, etc.
- Cycle to work scheme, and other reward schemes, etc.
- Career growth and development
- 25 holiday days + bank & sick leave