Group Buyer £40-45k + Bonus West Midlands

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a truly dynamic and genuinely entrepreneurial food and drink business which is defying the UK High Street and achieving some astonishing increases in sales and most importantly profitability.  If you are seeking to join a corporate culture then this is NOT the opportunity for you.  We are seeking a truly commercial and numerically astute purchasing professional who will flourish when given their own autonomy and room to grow. You may very well have a structured corporate background but more importantly for us you will have a burning desire to deliver cost savings and to negotiate improved and enhanced commercial terms.  This position will have responsibility for a Raw Materials spend in excess of £15million and would suit a Buyer who has already gained experience of purchasing to include full commercial negotiations and the terms and conditions of engaging suppliers.  Previous experience of reviewing existing suppliers and be able to clearly demonstrate and support with tangible and quantifiable examples how and to what extent you have reduced the COP within your current business whilst also enhancing the supply chain and maintaining strong supplier relationships.   In addition to examples of cost reductions it is crucial that you can demonstrate an effective knowledge and understanding of the modern procurement tools and techniques required to ensure that you always aim for and achieve the best total...

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Commercial Brand Manager £35-40k Oxon

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a rapidly growing and privately owned FMCG business based in Oxfordshire. Due to continued growth year on year, an opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Brand Manager to join the marketing team. The organisation has a selection of instantly recognisable products and brands in it’s portfolio and the successful candidate will enjoy a breadth of opportunities to grow and develop these. In addition to working with the company’s branded products you will also have the opportunity to work with a number of very high profile licensed products as well as retailer own label ranges. Reporting to the Marketing Manager, this varied role will allow you to employ your experiences across the full marketing mix as you take full responsibility for the P&L on your defined portfolio. You will have full marcomms responsibility and play a key role in supporting the sales team through trade marketing. You will drive NPD in line with the brand plan and take an active role in defining the knowledge of the key consumer groups and their dynamics. You will have gained previous experience in an Assistant Brand Manager or Brand Manager role within an FMCG business as well as having a strong working knowledge of the major UK grocery accounts. You will be prepared to challenge the business and build strong working relationships with internal and external...

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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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