Hygiene Performance Lead

Nestlé S.A.; Wirral; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Sincereal Group is seeking an experienced Hygiene Performance Lead to oversee hygiene, cleaning and sanitation across our production facility. You will lead a team of Line Operators, drive capability and operational excellence, and maintain HACCP, GMP and food safety standards through audits and improvements.

You will manage the cleaning contractor relationship, collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain, and ensure safe, compliant, and efficient manufacturing performance

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in FMCG or food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP and allergen management.
• Data-driven with problem-solving and continuous improvement skills.
• Ability to build relationships across Operations, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain.
• Experience with manufacturing systems and standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead hygiene, cleaning and sanitation activities across the site, ensuring the highest food safety and housekeeping standards are maintained.
• Manage and develop a team of Line Operators, driving capability, performance and operational excellence.
• Oversee the site cleaning contractor relationship, monitoring service performance, managing escalations and ensuring issues are resolved effectively.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP and food safety standards through robust hygiene validation, audits and continuous improvement activities.
• Use operational data and cross-functional collaboration to drive performance improvements, reduce waste and minimise operational risk.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement across the hygiene operation.

Skills

Hygiene leadership

Food safety

Team management

GMP/HACCP knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Continuous improvement

Safety culture

Education

NVQ Level 3 / equivalent

IOSH Working Safely/Managing Safely

Job description

Salary circa £45,000 to £50,000 (depending on experience).

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus

Scope

Provide day-to-day manufacturing support, ensuring the effective delivery of food hygiene standards while managing service relationships across food safety, quality, operational performance, and issue resolution.

A bit about us

Sincereal Group is a dynamic and growing company providing private label offers to customers in Europe. With locations in UK and France, our factories complement each other enabling us to provide a wide range of products to our customers. This is a great opportunity to contribute to a new company that is a major, sustainable and competitive player in the growing cereal private label market

As a Hygiene Performance Lead, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of hygiene, housekeeping, food safety and operational excellence across our production facility. Leading a team of Line Operators, you will oversee end-of-production cleaning and sanitation activities, ensuring hygiene plans are effectively executed and any issues are resolved quickly and efficiently.

Working at the heart of manufacturing operations, you will act as the key contact for our cleaning contractor, building strong supplier relationships, driving service performance, and ensuring a proactive approach to hygiene management. You will collaborate closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain teams to deliver safe, efficient and high-quality manufacturing performance.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Lead hygiene, cleaning and sanitation activities across the site, ensuring the highest food safety and housekeeping standards are maintained.
• Manage and develop a team of Line Operators, driving capability, performance and operational excellence.
• Oversee the site cleaning contractor relationship, monitoring service performance, managing escalations and ensuring issues are resolved effectively.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP and food safety standards through robust hygiene validation, audits and continuous improvement activities.
• Use operational data and cross-functional collaboration to drive performance improvements, reduce waste and minimise operational risk.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement across the hygiene operation.

What will you make successful

You’ll be recognised for delivering exceptional hygiene, safety and service standards while creating a culture of continuous improvement. Success in this role will be measured through:

• Strong safety performance and adherence to safe working practices.
• Consistent food safety and quality compliance, with audit-ready standards maintained at all times.
• Effective delivery of hygiene plans and operational service targets.
• Timely resolution and escalation of hygiene and service-related issues.
• Continuous improvement in operational performance, reducing repeat issues, downtime and waste.
• High levels of team capability, training completion and engagement with site standards
• Experience leading teams within an FMCG or food manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of production operations, hygiene standards and food safety requirements.
• Proven ability to drive performance, manage escalations and deliver operational excellence.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, allergen management and hygiene controls.
• Data-driven with strong problem-solving and continuous improvement skills.
• Effective communicator with the ability to build relationships across Operations, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain.
• Comfortable using manufacturing systems, reporting tools and standard operating procedures.
• Lean, TPM or Continuous Improvement experience is advantageous.

Desirable Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3, Apprenticeship, or equivalent experience in Manufacturing, Engineering, Food Hygiene or Operations.
• HACCP Level 2 or a willingness to obtain certification.
• IOSH Working Safely, IOSH Managing Safely or similar health and safety training.
• Working knowledge of Lean or Continuous Improvement tools such as 5S, Standard Work and Root Cause Analysis.

Job Posting Date 09/10/2026

Job Posting Close date 23/10 /2026

Working Conditions

Office based role within a food manufacturing environment. Role requires regular time on the factory floor and exposure to noise, dust (grain), moving machinery, temperature variation, and manual handling activities. (Flexibility is required to support shift teams, critical incidents, shutdowns, trials, and business needs – please remove).

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Sincereal sponsorship.

We work together as one team. Everyone is welcome here, and we treat each other with fairness, respect, and equality