Manufacturing Excellence Project Manager

Warburtons; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in the UK is looking for a Manufacturing Excellence Project Manager. This role involves managing manufacturing projects, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and leading negotiations for plant machinery. The ideal candidate has strong project management and operational experience, with engineering qualifications. The position offers a competitive salary, company car, extensive benefits, and the flexibility of national travel.

Benefits

Company Car (Tesla or equivalent)

Profit-related bonus

Award-winning pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Access to onsite gym

Qualifications

• Extensive project management experience in capital-based activities.
• Hands-on operational experience in multi-site manufacturing.
• Ability to provide accurate plans with milestones and target dates.

Responsibilities

• Lead Manufacturing Excellence projects and budgets across the national site network.
• Champion Health and Safety strategy, PUWER legislation, and company standards.
• Negotiate and manage supplier contracts effectively.

Skills

Project Management

Operational Experience

Stakeholder Engagement

Budget Management

Engineering Knowledge

Education

Engineering Qualifications (HND, HNC, BEng)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Location : Flexible, with national travel, hybrid working with 1 day per week in Bolton

Working Pattern : Monday to Friday

Contract : Permanent

Salary : TBC dependent on experience, plus an Electric Car (Tesla or equivalent), profit related bonus, award winning pension scheme and much more

Due to ambitious growth plans and our unrelenting pursuit of excellence , we're expanding the team! We're committed to driving our productivity , delivering continuous improvement and being the best at all we bake , so we have another new opportunity for a Manufacturing ExcellenceProject Manager to join our Manufacturing Excellence team.

The Manufacturing Excellence team are based out of Bolton in the North West but we have sites located across the UK, so we're not fixed on a location, as long as you're prepared to travel. You'll be joining a team of manufacturing, engineering and project management experts, so apply now to find out more!

The Recipe

Working alongside the Manufacturing Excellence Director and within our Manufacturing Excellence team, you'll be building relationships across the business with a wide range of stakeholders, colleagues and external suppliers.

Taking the lead on Manufacturing Excellence projects across our national site network, you'll be working with our Site Teams, Safety, Quality, Compliance and Central and Ops Engineering teams to identify and deliver productivity projects within our existing bakeries.

In previous roles you'll have managed large CAPEX budgets and provided manufacturing leadership, implementation of solutions and project management skills. You’ll be using your knowledge of purchasing and supplier negotiation skills for new plant machinery and upgrades to existing production lines, whilst managing our supplier contracts and agreements effectively.

We never compromise on Health & Safety or Quality, and you'll champion our Health and Safety strategy, PUWER, legislation and company standards in all project work and identify and instigate Food Safety and energy usage improvements within your area of responsibility.

Essential Ingredients

• Extensive Project Management experience of identifying, presenting and delivering capital based activities.
• Hands-on operational experience, ideally within a multi-site manufacturing, distribution or fast-moving consumer goods environment.
• Provide accurate and concise plans with milestones and target dates – critical path planning.
• Be influential, articulate and persuasive, a relationship builder- establishing credibility with both internal and external contacts at all levels.
• Awareness of latest technology and engineering techniques applicable to drive efficiency improvements and ensure best practise.
• We work in a 24 / 7 fast paced environment therefore we will need you to be flexible in your approach and fully mobile across the UK.
• Engineering Qualifications such as HND, HNC, BEng or equivalent.

Last but by no means least you'll want to know what your bread is worth :

Extra Dough

• Competitive Base Salary & Company Car (Tesla or equivalent).
• A slice of the annual profits.
• Family time is important to us and we know it will be to you, so you will have 5 weeks holiday and bank hols. Plus the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave.
• Award winning pension scheme with matched company contributions.
• Private medical insurance, health screening and life assurance.
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website.
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24 / 7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service.
• Access to a free GP service, counselling and life coaching through our help at hand app.
• Onsite Gym facilities at Bolton (approx. £70 per year).

Key Accountabilities and Measures

• Areas of project responsibility defined by Manufacturing Excellence Director are delivered OTIF – Customer requirements, budget & timeline
• Health & Safety and Compliance activities are prioritised and managed effectively
• Lead negotiations and purchase of items of plant and machinery for major projects in those areas agreed with the Manufacturing Excellence Director. All items purchased through SAP and ensuring Supply Agreements are in place.
• To ensure effective communication exists between site staff, MEX Team and project team.
• Provide Site reports, Gant charts with milestones and target dates with regular project reports in line with master project plan
• To attend appropriate seminars, suppliers meetings and conduct external visits to ensure awareness of Technology improvements and apply to projects as applicable to drive efficiency improvements and ensure Best Practice.
• To identify and instigate energy, productivity and safety improvements within own area of responsibility.
• To provide support to the bakery teams with advice and expertise when required.