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Weetabix bought by China’s Bright Food http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17935661
Restaurant Managers UK wide £25-30k + c£10k Bonus + Full Autonomy & Support to deliver Results & achieve your Potential call 07787 40 88 44
WRS are seeking a Production Manager £40k in Bucks on an initial 6 months contract.
Samworth Brothers pushing for £1 billion turnover http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Business-News/Samworth-Brothers-pushing-for-1bn-turnover
Fire at Carlsberg brewery in Northampton – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-14392283
Buyer Non Food Inventory & Services c£40k + Car + Bonus + Benefits – Berkshire call WRS to discuss on 07787 40 88 44
Export Sales Executive £17-19k an excellent opportunity to establish your career within a branded FMCG environment
Maintenance Engineer £25k Oxon Day Shift Call WRS to discuss 07887 40 88 44
2x Electrical Engineer £29k + o/t Northampton Day Shift PLC skills (Siemens, Mitsubishi, Allen Bradley) Call WRS on 07787 40 88 44
NAE required for a branded Food Manufacturer c£30k + Bonus – Call 07787 40 88 44 to discuss in more detail
Sales Manager South East – Enfield £competitive + Superb Bonus + Car
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...
read moreHealth Safety & Environmental Manager £40-45k Cambridgeshire
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 all you will have excellent communication and inter personal skills combined with a positive and flexible approach suited to finding solutions and delivering continuous...
read moreNational Account Manager Cash & Carry Wholesale £35k + Car + Bonus East Midlands
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...
read moreNational Account Executive £30-35k – Cambridgeshire
You will be working as part of the commercial team to manage part of the grocery retailer’s product category, maintaining and developing business relationships through a strong customer focus. You will have an appreciation of effective category management, new product innovation and the partnership principles that exist within a chilled own label relationship in order to secure and drive forward the business within this major account. In addition you will be responsible for maintaining and developing profitable business within the allocated category for this quality focused retailer. In conjunction with the SNAM you will pro vide effective management to the account to deliver the highest level of service and customer satisfaction. To ensure we can deliver this as a team you will need to clearly communicate all objectives through to our production sites and in turn to our key suppliers Reporting to the SNAM you will work closely with the customer to drive forward sales and achieve budgeted targets for mutual benefit. You will identify and maintain a product portfolio that generates profitable sales mix. Analysis of standard costing information, market information and consumer trends will be required. As an individual you will posses a high degree of customer and quality focus in order to ensure the highest standard of quality are achieved and maintained. Your natural demeanour will enable you to build relationships and to build effective cross-functional relationships with both internal and external customers to create mutual trust, understanding and respect. We all have and you will share a passion and interest in food and keep yourself abreast of new developments and trends. Within this position you and the SNAM will engage in £multi-million price and promotional plans and as such you will need to be highly numerate and commercially astute. This is a customer facing role and as such you will need to have the confidence and ability to present in a professional manner. Ideally you will be a Graduate and have studied a Business or Marketing degree, alternatively you will have an agricultural of food orientated business qualification. You will have already gained post graduate FMCG short shelf life experience in a sales or marketing capacity role with key retail account...
read moreDepartment Manager £35k Cambridgeshire
As part of a larger international organisation this 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. Reporting to the Senior Production Manager you will take full responsibility for one of the production departments. As such you will drive and motivate your team whilst measuring them against a set of specific customer focused KPIs. Included within this will be ensuring that all training and development needs are addressed and opportunities provided for people to develop and progress within the site and wider business. You will also ensure that Health & Safety is integral to your department and that every individual sees it as such. In addition to your team and people management you will take ownership for delivering against our operational expectations which have continuous improvement and lean manufacturing at their core to ensure that we deliver over and above our customers expectations. Previous experience of working within and CI or Lean Manufacturing environment is a prerequisite. In line with our lean focus to deliver a better product at a lower COP you will be numerically literate and be able to demonstrate a high level of commercial acumen. Supplying premium products to the UK grocery retail channel brings with it an expectation that you will operate in a highly professional and customer focused manner. Environmental issues are seen by us as part of our corporate and social responsibility and as such you will be central to driving down waste of all raw materials, packaging and utilities to assist in our drive to minimise our carbon footprint. You will posses high levels of communication skills along with an affinity for the people you work with. Our culture is team orientated and great pride is taken in producing a quality range of products. So if you have the people management skills, appreciation of modern manufacturing and previous FMCG manufacturing experience ideally gained within a chilled short shelf life environment then please forward your CV to WRS who will provide you with a more detailed insight to our business and this...
read moreNPD Manager £40-50k North Oxon
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 products. Reporting to the Commercial Director you will also work closely with Marketing Manager & Quality Manager and be responsible for managing product and packaging development for all NPD projects and product changes for both Branded and Own Label products and to commercially evaluate New Product Development opportunities. Your principle responsibilities will include; managing product development process from concept to customer acceptance (either brief to external suppliers or develop in-house). To Develop all packaging formats and designs in conjunction with Marketing team and develop and approve artwork whilst also evaluating product costing in conjunction with the Commercial Assistant. As part of your liaison with marketing you will assist in the research and evaluate market opportunities. You will be the primary driver of all Packaging innovations and changes to include managing the implementation of packaging changes for both NPD and EPD which includes the pioneering and innovation of new packaging formats. This will also involve the aspects specified above for NPD and product changes. In terms of Process you will evaluate current NPD process and recommend changes to system to improve efficiencies whilst also managing product and packaging change process generate and maintain critical path for projects and current status. As part of our supplier partnership ethos you will develop a high level of supplier awareness and build a database of suppliers (product and packaging) in order to be aware of capabilities and fully in touch with both formulation and packaging options. In addition to your relevant food industry experience gained supplying the UK Grocery channel you will posses a number of key personal skill and attributes that are central to how we like to do business. The first and most important will be your passion for food and cooking. You will also be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills combined with a natural consideration for other team members. These will all be combined with you natural commercial awareness and numeracy. You will also have a passion to deliver over and above your customers expectations working with quality products means we expect to deliver an equally high service level. You will already have gained a relevant food science or related degree and experience gained within a role that covers food development for both branded and own label ranges. As such you will be accustomed to working under your own initiative. Ideally you will have gained some experience of people management but more importantly you will have the required people skills to do so. Most importantly and above all else you will posses an obvious and infectious love of all things cooking and...
read moreHR Business Partner £40-45k + Car Allowance + Benefits Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
We require a high calibre Human Resources professional to join a market leading international business with operations in the UK, Continental Europe and North America focused on providing customers with innovative and sustainable solutions to their requirements. Within Europe they employ more than 3,500 people and are one of the leaders in their growing market providing a range of products and services to both the public and private sectors. In order to facility our growth strategy we are now seeking to appoint an CIPD Qualified Human Resources professional as HR Manager with responsibility for the Central Head office functions as well as the operations in London and the South East. Within this role you will be working closely with the UK Board and assisting a projects central to achieving profitable growth, as such you will need to be able to demonstrate the intellectual capacity and mental agility required to provide HR Business support at this level of seniority. Further more you will have to combine this strategic level with the personal presence and gravitas to convey this central message through out the business and crucially, through to front line operations. You will already have gained your CIPD accreditation and ideally posses a related business degree. In your HR career to date you will have provided business support in at least one of the following environments; industrial, manufacturing or public sector (Local Authority, NHS or Civil Service). Previous experience of employee relations within a Trade Union environment would also be advantageous. In addition to Employee Relations and Engagement you will also operate across; Learning & Development, Resource & Talent and Reward & Recognition. At a personal level you will be able to demonstrate a strong business awareness and commercial acumen and a natural affinity with the empowering can do approach to HR to enable the business to meet and deliver it’s objectives. These are exciting times within this sector and we are incredibly well placed to continue our focused growth. Will you be part of this next phase? In the first instance submit your CV to WRS our retained consultants E info@woodlandsrecruitment.co.uk or call Kieron Madden on M 07787 40 88 44 for an initial discussion. ...
read moreSenior National Account Manager £50-55k + Car + Bonus Home Based
Have you already developed a successful career managing major grocery multiple retailer accounts and delivered substantial sales growth whilst maintaining margin? Do you have experience of working with premium 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 one of the UK’s Top 4 Grocery multiples. You will already have gained experience of working with top grocery retailers 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 Kieron Madden our recruitment partner at WRS....
read moreEurosigns Sales Manager The North c£30k + Bonus + Benefits
Following realignment of the sales regions, Eurosigns are now looking for an experienced and talented SALES MANAGER to promote, sell and develop effective customer relationships in the North of England. Key tasks will include but are not limited to: The development of new markets for Eurosigns and Ringway Vehicle Graphics 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 The successful applicant will be able to offer: Field sales experience (preferably in a related industry) with a combination of account management and new business generation A positive and proven track record in closing sales and generating new business with effective customer relationship management Knowledge of the signs industry Good working knowledge of MS Office plus experience of a CRM system A full UK driving license Should you feel that you have the skills and experience we are seeking then please submit your CV to our retained consultants WRS email; km@woodlandsrecruitment.co.uk Or alternatively and to discuss in more detail please feel free to call Kieron Madden on 07787 40 88 44...
read moreSales Manager The North £30-35k + Bonus
As part of a UK wide investment from the international parent company our client are now seeking to strengthen their Sales & Marketing team. Forming part of a much wider and international business they supply high quality and tightly specified products to the UK Highways Agency, Civil Engineering sector, Local Authorities, NHS and sports industry. Reporting to the UK SMT you will have responsibility for £multi-million existing accounts and be tasked with extending these account by introducing the full product range. Equally you will be targeted with establishing new customers within your region in order to help drive the UK business growth strategy. You will have previous account management experience and exposure to a professional B2B environment. Ideally you will have experience of dealing with a technical or bespoke product range and an appreciation for civil engineering projects. If you feel that you have the technical appreciation and commercial acumen that we require then please apply to km@woodlandsrecruitment.co.uk or for further details please call Kieron Madden on 07787 40 88 44....
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