Production Manager – Food Manufacturing

Job Description

Job title: Production Manager – Food Manufacturing

Company: Bright Blue Foods

Job description: Production Manager – Food Manufacturing

Excellent Salary DOE

BBF Limited

Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

Full-time, Permanent

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our large Hull bakery as our Zone 1 Manager (Production Manager – Food Manufacturing)

Who are we looking for?

Reporting to the Site Director, you will take ownership of Zone 1 (our Hull bakery is split into 3 zones), specialising in celebration cakes for all the major food retailers.

Working closely with the Zone Technical Manager and Zone Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for the safe and efficient operation of this £50 million turnover production zone, with 3 direct reports and a wider team of circa 400 (depending on agency labour). In addition, you will liaise with our Commercial and NPD teams to ensure the smooth and effective transition of new products into the bakery.

Measured against labour and material cost control, you will ensure the zone performs effectively and profitably with a focus on quality and efficiency.

Previous food manufacturing experience is essential for this role; however, we are open-minded as to where this experience has been gained. You will also have experience in a production & people management position. You may be a Senior Shift Manager looking to make a step up, or current Production Manager/Manufacturing Manager.

The role of a Zone Manager (Production Manager – Food Manufacturing)

· Manage risk to create a safe working environment in the factory and manage its improvement.

· Accountable for ensuring GMP compliance throughout the factory.

· Attends S&OP meetings weekly and contributes from the operations perspective to the production forecasting, agrees the weekly schedule and is accountable for its fulfilment.

· Works with Supply Chain to ensure material availability.

· Manage and establish control of component usage, direct labour, utility consumption and manufacturing consumables to budget level.

· Measure any variances from standard levels, explain the variance and deliver plans of action to improve performance to the target level.

· Accountable for ensuring the continuity of Daily Rituals and Reviews and coaching the team on compliance.

· Measure and report on factory performance explaining variances to agreed standards.

· Produce weekly and monthly reports that show progress with direct labour p/Kg and Materials usage/waste for the site.

· Expected to contribute to capex ideas, scoping and execution.

· Initiate, lead and deliver continuous improvement projects, using team members and appropriate specialist support staff.

· Manage teams’ performance, conduct and development. Review their progress against agreed objectives regularly. Ensure that skills matrixes are accurate and current, and develop a succession plan for the team.

Who are BBF Limited?

BBF Limited are one of the UK’s leading ambient cake and chilled dessert manufacturers of retailer own label, licensed and branded cakes, supplying recognisable major retailers across the UK and European market.

Our team of experts develop and manufactures a wide range of high-quality ambient cake products across several different categories including celebration cakes, mini rolls, mince pies, fruit pies and a wide range of chilled desserts including cheesecake, crumbles and sponge cakes. These include mince pies, celebration cakes, slab cakes, cupcakes and many more!

We are passionate about our products and aim to put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

With recent investment and acquisitions taking us to nearly 1,400 direct employees, this is an exciting time to join BBF Limited! We are continually looking to grow, but we can only do that with exceptional talent across all levels and disciplines of the business. That is where you come into it!

On top of making some really tasty cakes and desserts, we do a lot of fun stuff too! Whether that be Christmas fun days, pancake-flipping competitions, Red Nose Day events or odd-sock days, you’ll be coming to work smiling.

What do you get in return?

Financial

· Competitive salary depending on experience

· Pension

· 4x Life Assurance/Death in Service Benefit

· Access to the company Benefits Hub

· Access to ‘Company Shop’ – a discounted re-distributor of surplus food and household products

Health & Wellbeing

· 25 days holiday (plus statutory holidays)

· 24/7 Access to a GP

· 24/7 Bereavement Service

Personal & Professional Development

· Dedicated in-house Learning & Development/Training team

· Online training platform with access to 100+ training courses

A few other bits

· Free on-site parking

· Onsite canteen

· Onsite Cake Shop (majorly discounted)

Recruitment Agencies

All our recruitment is managed centrally via the internal recruitment team. We operate a recruitment PSL when we require assistance, and we aren’t adding to this at present. Any agency assistance will be instructed accordingly and therefore any CVs sent to any BBF Limited employee will be treated as a gift and won’t be liable for a fee. Please don’t speculatively contact us about this vacancy or any other vacancy.

Expected salary:

Location: Kingston upon Hull

Job date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:40:43 GMT

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