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Job Title: Operations Manager - Food Manufacturing
Location: Merseyside
Salary: c£65K plus benefits
An established and well respected FMCG manufacturer with a real emphasis on people development and a growth mentality, are now looking to recruit a hands-on Operations Manager to join their talented management team.
The Candidate:
* You need to have experience as a Manufacturing or Production Manager from a Food Manufacturing or FMCG environment, managing large teams.
* You’ll have a strong track record of tangible achievements and be driven to take ownership of the role and contribute to the success of the business.
* You will have knowledge of CI tools and techniques and how to apply these to drive improvements within your teams.
* Forward thinking attitude, enthusiastic and driven. You’ll have a passion for people management and always deliver to the very highest standards.
The Role:
* Reporting into the Operations Director, you will be responsible for optimising resources and managing performance, safety, quality and costs.
* You will be delivering operational plans and setting day to day objectives including delivery of the site business plan.
* As a key member of the Site Management team, you will play a pivotal role in the daily operations, leading inspiring a team to achieve targets whilst maintaining highest standards of quality and food safety.
* As Shift Manufacturing Manager you will be the driving force behind the shift, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
* This is an opportunity to play a great role with a really innovative business who are going from strength to strength.
Other Responsibilities include:
* Ensuring a safe, clean and good working environment utilising 5S principles
* Assisting the team to achieve their own objectives including training through coaching, hands on support and organisation of resources
* Responsibility for resource utilisation and the management of all direct reports including investigations and performance management
* Ensuring a cost efficient and stable production process with emphasis on KPI’s.
* Contributing to the development of current processes and ways of working
* Challenging processes and practices identifying opportunities for Continuous Improvement
Application Process:
If you're interested in this opportunity, please submit your CV via the link provided quoting reference AHC/TNT/511
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