MULTI-SKILLED ENGINEER £30-35k Rotating Shift Cambridgeshire

Posted by on Mar 29, 2012 in £25,000 - £30,000, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, Engineering, FMCG, Manufacturing | 0 comments

Working for an international food manufacturing business at their main UK factory you will report to the Chief Engineer and be responsible for ensuring that all of the plant equipment is maintained and optimised. As part of the engineering team you will undertake planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and provide an efficient response to breakdowns in order to maintain optimum efficiency. You will have a professional engineering qualification, have strong electrical skills, knowledge of PLC to programming level, understanding of ammonia refrigeration plant and be proficient in diagnosing and rectifying faults mechanically across a wide range of process equipment. Reporting to the Chief Engineer your principle activities will include; performing both reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) own your own initiative and against the PPM schedule and accurately recording all maintenance work. Your role is crucial to the efficient running of the factory and as such you will be required to co-ordinate between engineering maintenance, production and quality assurance (QA). The business operates to lean principles and as such you will be a key contributor to and assist in the implementation of continuous improvement (CI) plans as agreed with the Engineering Management Team. As suppliers within a truly fast paced and dynamic sector we and our customers work to high levels of expectation and as such you will be measured against a range of KPIs to help ensure that quality is maintain and customer SLAs are met. We are therefore ideally searching for candidates with previous knowledge and experience within a food or FMCG manufacturing background although other high volume manufacturing experience (pharmaceutical, health & beauty, printing, automotive) will also be given due consideration. As an apprentice trained, ideally electrically biased maintenance engineer you will be able to clearly demonstrate and prove your technical competence especially with regard to the sue of including diagnostics and fault find across a range of PLCs. Furthermore you will hold the 17th Edition C&G or 16th Edition with a willingness to bring up to...

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Technical Co-ordinator Food Manufacturing £20-25k M40 Corridor

Posted by on Mar 20, 2012 in £20,000 - £25,000, FMCG, Manufacturing, Midlands, Technical – QA | 0 comments

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative and quality driven food manufacturer who supply a wide range of premium products primarily within the baking and ingredients categories. You will be working with major brands as well as retailer own label products across a hugely diverse product range incorporating several hundred SKUs. Reporting to the Technical Manager you will provide support across all technical matters, liaise with internal and external customers on technical requirements, specifications and complaints. In addition you will maintain and up-date product information on the ERP system and web based customer supply chain platforms. The role will also take responsibility for all artwork approval as well as providing quality support in the absence of the quality co-ordinator and working alongside them during peak times. You will be a graduate with a Food Science / Food Technology degree or similar level of relevant qualification who is now seeking to develop their career by joining a growing and progressive organisation that is willing to give people responsibility and autonomy. In addition to your academic qualifications you will be naturally numerate and able to demonstrate a level of commercial acumen and ability to understand the wider business picture and where you role fits within this. It is crucial that you can demonstrate where and how you have bought quantifiable benefits to your previous employers. Your experience to date will have provided you with the background and understanding of Nutrition, Quality systems, Food labelling, Food legislation, HACCP, Microbiology, Packaging and allergen control. Most importantly and above all else you will posses an obvious and infectious love of all things cooking and baking. For further details please call Kieron Madden at WRS on M: 07787 40 88 44 or email your CV to...

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Sales Manager South East – Enfield £competitive + Superb Bonus + Car

Sales Manager South East – Enfield £competitive + Superb Bonus + Car

Posted by on Feb 8, 2012 in £25,000 - £30,000, £35,000 - £40,000, £40,000 - £50,000, London, Manufacturing, NAM, South East | 0 comments

Over the past twenty years, Eurosigns has continued to innovate to add products and services to its portfolio, enabling them to offer a wide and varied range of signage to their customers in both the public and private sectors. Eurosigns is part of the Eurovia group of companies founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of the VINCI Group, accounting for close to a quarter of its total revenues. As the UK market leader, Eurosigns operates from the largest signs factory in the UK, located very near to a motorway spur road giving direct access to Junction 21 of the M5. This Sales Manager appointment, based in Enfield, north London, has been created as part of a major new sales and marketing restructuring initiative to win new customers across the UK. We are now therefore looking for an experienced and talented SALES MANAGER to promote, sell and develop effective customer relationships in the South East of England. Key tasks will include but are not limited to: • The development of new markets for Eurosigns products as set out in the company business plan • The building, development and maintenance of strong effective positive relationships with new and existing clients • To realise customer expectations in line with what is achievable within the company and manufacturing facility • To represent the company through meetings and regular customer contact • To effectively manage sales and orders received • To help ensure the company is perceived as a leader in the chosen fields of operation Email your CV and salary details to; km@woodlandsrecruitment.co.uk Or for further details call Kieron Madden at our retained recruiters WRS on 07787 40 88...

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Health Safety & Environmental Manager £40-45k Cambridgeshire

Posted by on Jan 21, 2012 in £35,000 - £40,000, £40,000 - £50,000, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, FMCG, Health & Safety, Health & Safety Manager, Manufacturing | 0 comments

Reporting to the Divisional Health & Safety Manager you will take a lead to ensure that Health & Safety is seen by everyone as an integral business function and that each individual sees it as one of their KPIs to be responsible for their own and their team members health & safety in the work place. As part of a larger international organisation these two site forms a central role within one of the UK’s leading chilled food producers. Providing UK consumers with a huge variety of food products, they are recognised as a leading supplier to the retail and food service markets. You will work to establish a culture of continuous improvement exists and applies to Health & Safety just as it does to operations. However good our performance and record with regard to health & safety improvements can always be made and practices improved. As Health & Safety Manager you will be responsible for maintaining all related policies, systems and procedures to ensure that all of our legislative requirements are met and exceeded. In order to maintain and improve our health and safety standards you will conduct monthly audits and action any opportunities for improvement which are identified. Part of this constant internal auditing process will be the continual monitoring and management of risk assessments across all areas and practices of the business. You will work closely with the Site Senior Management Team to enable them to fulfil the commercial functions of the business as safely as possible and lead the HS&E committee to ensure that any improvements to procedures and new expectations are effectively communicated through out the business. You will ideally hold a NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent along with an Environmental Management qualification. Your Health & Safety experience will ideally have been gained within a manufacturing or fast paced high volume environment. Previous experience of managing health and safety in a multi site capacity would be a distinct advantage. Above...

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National Account Manager Cash & Carry Wholesale £35k + Car + Bonus East Midlands

Posted by on Jan 18, 2012 in £25,000 - £30,000, £35,000 - £40,000, East Midlands, FMCG, Manufacturing, NAM, Retail | 0 comments

Have you already developed a successful career managing national Cash & Carry Wholesale or convenience and impulse retailer accounts and delivered substantial sales growth whilst maintaining margin? Do you have experience of working with premium branded products and selling on product and not price? Are you now ready to be part of a huge brand transformation and assault on one of UK retail’s most exciting categories? We hope so as our customer is already in possession of a premium product range and a brand that is regarded as; aspirational, desirable and category leading. Following a strategic review you will take a leading role in driving the full range and brand through to the convenience and impulse channel which represents a substantial opportunity for incremental growth. You will already have gained experience of working within the cash & carry wholesale accounts and have delivered sustainable and profitable growth within your accounts dealing with branded or premium FMCG products. If you are ready to rise to the challenge and have the confidence and faith that your; account management, commercial acumen, category management and customer skills can help us deliver a truly seismic shift in strategy then contact our Kieron Madden our recruitment partner at...

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