Manufacturing Manager

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

Nurture & Nourish People & Planet

aking great food, the right way, forever.

We are the UKs largest independent dairy producing over one billion servings of food a year. This is an opportunity to lead teams in an established, distinctive and ambitious food manufacturing company that is committed to making great British dairy the right way. Forever.

So, what will I be doing?

Nurture & Nourish People & Planet

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aking great food, the right way, forever.

We are the UKs largest independent dairy producing over one billion servings of food a year. This is an opportunity to lead teams in an established, distinctive and ambitious food manufacturing company that is committed to making great British dairy the right way. Forever.

We encourage you to bring your whole self to work; we value diversity and believe that everyone can make a positive impact in an environment where we feel we belong and where we feel we have a future.

As Manufacturing Manager, you'll be part of the site management team (SMT) and key to the development and execution of the site strategy, enhancing and optimising performance through the development of high performing teams whilst supporting and nurturing our cultural journey.

As Manufacturing Manager, You Will Be Responsible For

• Providing visionary leadership for the Dairy and Soup manufacturing operations teams whilst developing High Performing Teams and implementing systems of work
• Creating a culture and environment that enables the site to perform at the highest possible level
• Contributing to the shaping of the site vision as part of the senior management team (SMT) providing an integrated strategic plan which incorporates all dimensions of people, plant and process development.
• Providing pace-setting leadership for the operations teams through the development and implementation of High Performing Workplace systems of work.
• Developing engagement and empowerment at all levels of the operations team building skills, capability and contribution.
• Leading and delivering capital projects and operational change programs across the site.
• Influencing best practice and sharing learnings across the wider business

The Important Things

• Proven experience of applied knowledge of High Performing Workplace / TPM / Lean within large complex FMCG operations
• A strong background in manufacturing leadership spanning core operations
• Proven experience as a successful cultural and process change agent
• Proven experience setting and managing financial budgets
• Demonstrable coaching and people development skills
• Demonstrable problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to influence people at all levels
• Excellent communication skills

Even Better If

• You’ve worked in the dairy or FMCG business…
• You have a passion for people and developing others

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 2000 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• competitive holiday allowance
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can.

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.