Dairy Manufacturing Leader: Grow High-Performing Teams

Yeo Valley Organic; South Somerset; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare cash back plan

Cycle to work

Product discounts

Annual bonus

Learning and development

Job summary

Yeo Valley Organic, the UK’s largest independent dairy producer, invites a Manufacturing Manager to lead the Dairy and Soup operations at our Somerset sites. You’ll develop high performing teams, drive site strategy, and deliver capital projects while nurturing our culture.

You will report to the site management team and partner with SMT to optimise performance, finance budgets, and continuous improvement initiatives. We value diversity and offer a range of benefits and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in High Performing Workplace / TPM / Lean within large FMCG.
• Strong manufacturing leadership across core operations.
• Proven experience as a cultural and process change agent.

Responsibilities

• Provide visionary leadership for Dairy and Soup operations, developing High Performing Teams and systems.
• Create a culture that drives peak site performance and efficient operations.
• Contribute to site vision with SMT through integrated people, plant and process plans.
• Lead capital projects and change programmes across the site.
• Influence best practice and share learnings across the business.

Skills

High Performing Workplace

TPM

Lean manufacturing

People leadership

Budgets

Stakeholder influence

Communication

Job description

Yeo Valley Organic, the UK’s largest independent dairy producer, invites a Manufacturing Manager to lead the Dairy and Soup operations at our Somerset sites. You’ll develop high performing teams, drive site strategy, and deliver capital projects while nurturing our culture.

You will report to the site management team and partner with SMT to optimise performance, finance budgets, and continuous improvement initiatives. We value diversity and offer a range of benefits and development opportunities.