Operations Manager (Food Manufacturing)
Job Description
Job title: Operations Manager (Food Manufacturing)
Company: Scantec Personnel
Job description: Location: South Lanarkshire
Region: South Lanarkshire
Sector: Manufacturing
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £65,000 per year
Job Reference: JOB-88763
Published: 27-02-2024
Duration: Permanent
Expiry Date: 26-03-2024
Start date: ASAP
Country: United Kingdom
Scantec Recruitment are working in partnership with a leading FMCG Food manufacturing business with a site in Lanarkshire to assist them in recruiting an Operations manager for their flagship factory. This is a fantastic business who are passionate about investing in their teams and creating genuine career development opportunities across the group.
We’re seeking a driven manufacturing professional who can build effective relationships. You’ll need strong people management experience with a passion for leading and developing people to achieve results. Previous experience of working within the food processing/manufacturing industry is desirable but not essential.
Summary of the core role responsibilities:
- Be a strong leader, leading in a fast-moving and constantly changing environment, whilst balancing the demands of customers, management and staff.
- Create an empowering culture to build a high preforming team
- Manage, develop and lead your team through all aspects of operation, competence and development.
- Strive to deliver against core people metrics, including absence management, performance management, retention and agency usage
- Strong leadership of the Area Managers to help to ensure shared responsibility for delivering all KPI’s and targets.
- Take a continuous improvement approach with employee engagement being part of the unit plans.
- Compliance will play a big part of the role, with the need to meet corporate and legal standards such as safety, quality, hygiene, environment and security.
- Deliver the operational strategy and implement and drive continuous improvement across both Manufacturing and Hygiene.
- Participating in or leading site / group ad hoc projects.
- Work cross-functionally with the ability to build positive relationships with key stakeholders including Operations, Health and Safety, Technical, Engineering and HR teams.
- Own and review the area organisation structure and headcount standards, ensuring appropriate succession plans, recruitment and development plans are in place.
Required skills and experience:
- Experienced in leading people effectively
- Demonstrable experience of leading high performing and engaged teams.
- Exposure to continuous and batch process FMCG environment.
- Can demonstrate a sound understanding of the manufacturing processes.
- Previous experience of Supermarket multiples.
- Numerate with ability to understand how to make improvements which influence company profitability.
- Understanding of P&L to gross margin level.
Expected salary: £65000 per year
Location: South Lanarkshire
