Purchasing Manager £45-60k Oxfordshire

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. As the company’s Purchasing Manager your role will be extremely broad and cover a diverse range of raw material and packaging. You will provide supporting for the NPD department when sourcing new products / suppliers and also be responsible for developing longer term relationships with a group of core suppliers. This opportunity is working within an expanding privately owned business and as such you will also have involvement where appropriate with other departments across the business, as such a hands on “role your sleeves up” approach will be far more effective than a very corporate ivory towers mentality. Whilst you may be CIPS qualified this is by no means an essential requirement most importantly we are seeking a candidate who is able to work on their own initiative to deliver the required cost reductions with out any adverse effects to quality or service. As a driven purchasing professional you will be able to demonstrate that you possess a strong commercial acumen. As the head of our procurement department strong and effective negotiation skills are a must...

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Night Shift Manager £40k Spalding, Lincs

We are seeking to recruit a Night Shift Manager to manage the manufacturing department on a shift basis within a truly fast paced and high volume chilled food manufacturing environment. The business operates within the UK Food industry providing a range of Branded and Private Label products to the UK Grocery retail market. Having a strongly customer driven approach has enabled the business to develop long term relationships with some of the UK’s leading grocery retailers which in turn ahs led to significant growth and business expansion. You will be responsible for a team of technical operators and liaise closely with the engineers within this highly automated high volume manufacturing environment. Working across the entire plant with full autonomy and responsibility on the night shift this is a critical role in leading the change management programme in Manufacturing. You will manage, motivate and lead the team to deliver the company’s business plan. On shift you will ensure handovers are effective, detailed and accurate and any non-conformities identified and reported in a timely, concise manner. Managing and reducing costs is crucial for all FMCG businesses to maintain and improve their margins in the current market. As such you will identify and support delivery of change management improvements, have an understanding of, and control, costs within budgetary limits including labour. As part of your role you will also conduct downtime analysis...

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Multi Skilled Engineer c£30k Spalding, Lincolnshire

We are seeking to recruit a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to support the manufacturing department on a shift basis within a truly fast paced and high volume chilled food manufacturing environment. The business operates within the UK Food industry providing a range of Branded and Private Label products to the UK Grocery retail market. Having a strongly customer driven approach has enabled the business to develop long term relationships with some of the UK’s leading grocery retailers which in turn ahs led to significant growth and business expansion. As a shift based Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer you will operate in conjunction with the Engineering Manager and Operation Manager to ensure the automated equipment runs at an optimum. This is a fantastic opportunity to work for one of the UK’s leading food manufacturers. As an apprentice trained engineer you will ideally have an electrical bias or be a mechanical engineer who also holds C&G 16th Edition or ideally 17th Edition. You will already have gained experience of supporting a high volume manufacturing operation and have a progressive and pro-active approach to engineering services. Working with highly automated plant equipment engineering as a function would be a distinct advantage as would previous experience with a food or drink environment. In addition to your apprenticeship and time served experience you will ideally have experience of working with PLCs and exposure to and...

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Quality Hygiene & Compliance Manager c£45k Northamptonshire

Quality Hygiene & Compliance Manager c£45k Northamptonshire

This is a superb opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading FMCG brands at a time of considerable investment, change and growth. As one of the nation’s favourite food brands it is critical that Weetabix maintains it’s reputation for premium quality food products across it’s full product range. Reporting to the site Business Unit Operations Manager you will be have responsibility for the Quality Assurance function on site and as such you will champion QA across all functions. On a day to day basis this will require you to take a lead within the business unit for all aspects of hygiene and food safety as well as product quality. Having already operated at a Quality Manager level within a food manufacturing or drinks industry environment you will have a clear knowledge and understanding of HACCP and BRC. Previous direct exposure to the major UK Grocery multiples and other significant customers will be hugely advantageous as will prior experience of leading audits. Within this role you will play an instrumental role in delivering compliance to BRC, Grocery Retail, legislative and internal Weetabix standards. Weetabix is an established and successful business, it is also one which recognises the need to change, evolve and improve as such we will be seeking a Quality Hygiene & Compliance Manager who will have the strength of character to question existing practices and to introduce...

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Grand Master QIF AKA HR Manager Oxon

Grand Master QIF AKA HR Manager Oxon

Are you bored with working in a corporate environment? Would you like to be a QIF (Quality, Innovation and Fun) grand master and coach within a quirky, fun and quickly growing business? If you answer yes to both of the above we want to hear from you An excellent opportunity has arisen within Fabulous Bakin’ Boys for an experienced HR Professional to join a market leading food manufacturer that thrives on Quality Innovation and Fun. Reporting to the Operations Director and working with the Board Of Directors, also being QIF Grandmasters the ideal candidate will be; • CIPD qualified • Instrumental in implementing the Company values and business plan into Company Policies and Procedures during an important time in the company’s growth taking the business on the ‘QIF’ journey • Able to add Quality: exceeding expectations and delivering on the standards we set • Innovative: constantly finding better ways to do what we do: small improvements are just as important as revolutionary changes • Experienced in the implementation of HR strategies, policies and procedures, ensuring business alignment and engagement across all functions adding Quality Innovation and Fun. • Experienced in cultural change/ change management within an organisation ensuring that best practise is adhered to throughout the site • Familiar with and have proven track record in HR Management within logistics/ food manufacturing • A sophisticated and effective communicator who...

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Production Planner £25-28k Suffolk

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly profitable, international processing and manufacturing business who are performing extremely well within the UK. Reporting to the Planning Manager you will effectively manage all production requirements, analyse production specifications and plant data to determine manufacturing processes, capacity and resource requirements and recommend best utilisation. You will also plan and schedule workflow for each work centre in accordance with established manufacturing sequences and lead times whilst also monitoring the status of various customer orders and act accordingly to maintain on time deliveries. The planning team also plan in production engineering requests for maintenance/repair services to equipment. You will be the first point of contact for all planning and production enquiries/orders requiring processing; assist with prioritising orders, critical demand and smoothing the production loads. On a weekly basis you will review contract stock ; liaise with necessary departments to meet the forecast dates and develop the relationship between sales and production in order to understand future demand. Ensure ERP and other planning tools are used to enable accurate interpretation of demand; including capacity planning, demand profiles and scenario planning. The Production Planning team is the key communicator between Customer Services and Production ensuring on time deliveries are achieved. You will have experience in production planning and scheduling in a fast paced manufacturing environment, as well as good working knowledge of Oracle or...

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