Food Processing Ops Leader - Back Shift (Highlands)

Promatchconsultancy; Dingwall; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday per year

Pension

Annual bonus scheme

Job summary

Promatchconsultancy is partnering with a well-established producer in the Scottish Highlands to recruit an experienced Operations Manager for a high-volume food processing site. The role leads cross-functional teams and drives cost control, safety, and continuous improvement on a back shift (2pm–10:30pm).

You will oversee day-to-day operations, develop production plans, and ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards while delivering performance targets and staff development.

Qualifications

• Significant, proven experience in an Operations Manager or senior manufacturing/processing leadership role.
• Strong background in food production, technical compliance and engineering processes.
• Proven ability to drive results through data, metrics and people leadership.
• Excellent leadership, communication and team-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of a high-volume food processing facility, ensuring targets for production output, yield and quality.
• Develop and implement production schedules and resource plans.
• Recruit, lead, train and develop a team of department heads, supervisors and operational staff.
• Ensure compliance with customer standards, food safety, legal, health & safety and environmental policies.
• Lead continuous improvement and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Support capital investment and asset upgrade projects.

Skills

Operations leadership

Food production

Engineering processes

Data-driven decisions

People leadership

Job description

Promatchconsultancy is partnering with a well-established producer in the Scottish Highlands to recruit an experienced Operations Manager for a high-volume food processing site. The role leads cross-functional teams and drives cost control, safety, and continuous improvement on a back shift (2pm–10:30pm).

You will oversee day-to-day operations, develop production plans, and ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards while delivering performance targets and staff development.