Operations Controller

Greencore Group plc; Thirsk; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Greencore employee discount

Wellbeing Centre

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Greencore is seeking an experienced Operations Controller for the Selby site. You will lead the manufacturing unit’s people, process and product KPIs across shifts, reporting to the Site GM as a core SLT member.

You will drive the manufacturing business plan, manage costs within budget, and implement capex projects and capital investments to improve efficiency while ensuring food safety and customer standards are met.

Qualifications

• Experience leading manufacturing teams in FMCG environments.
• Level 3 Health and Safety certificate, IOSH certification, legionella awareness as deputy.
• Experience working with customers and accountability for customer service.
• Analytical skills and ability to plan and implement initiatives in a complex plant.
• Knowledge of modern manufacturing methodologies and systems planning.
• Experience leading business improvement activities and projects through to deployment.
• Operational Excellence experience would be a bonus.

Responsibilities

• As Operations Controller, lead the operations function for the manufacturing unit across shifts to meet KPIs and exceed customer expectations.
• Report into the site GM as a key member of the Site Leadership Team.
• Contribute to developing and implementing the manufacturing unit business plan to meet EBIT/productivity objectives.
• Control manufacturing spend within sign-off limits to align with budget.
• Coordinate and take corrective action to ensure integrated operations with cost-efficient processes and food safety standards.
• Implement health, safety and environmental plans and manage performance to safeguard colleagues.
• Identify and prioritise capex projects delivering the efficiency plan.
• Consult with departments to ensure effective use of new capital investment and machinery.
• Highlight bottlenecks and take mitigating actions to achieve labour and waste targets.
• Provide inspirational leadership to keep the workforce safe, engaged, and productive.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Health and safety

IOSH certified

Customer service accountability

Analytical skills

Manufacturing planning

Modern manufacturing methods

Operational Excellence

Team leadership FMCG

Cost control

Job description

Why Greencore?Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately 4bn.Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.Here at Selby we employ a team over 750 colleagues. A site steeped in history, we are the UK's number one manufacturer of
customer private label cooking sauces and pickles. We have been serving our customers out of our Selby site since 1914.We produce more than 160 million units per year across 600 different product lines for customers such as Morrisons, Tesco & Asda.

Shift: Sunday to Thursday Nights

What you'll be doing

• As Operations Controller, you will lead the operations function for the manufacturing unit (people, process and product) that delivers the required KPIs across all shifts, enabling the delivery of operational objectives to exceed customer expectations.
• Reporting into the site GM you will be a key member of the SLT (Site Leadership Team).
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the manufacturing unit business plan in order to achieve the manufacturing EBIT/productivity objectives.
• Control manufacturing spend, within sign off limits, to ensure that costs are aligned with business requirements and the agreed budget.
• Co-ordinate, and take corrective action, to ensure all elements of
  operations are integrated and being utilised through cost efficient processes which deliver product to manufacturing food safety and customer standards.
• Implement health safety and environment plan and manage performance across the operational teams in order to enhance colleagues health and safety wellbeing in the workplace.
• Identify and prioritise capex projects that deliver the efficiency plan.
• Consult and advise with relevant departments to ensure the effective and efficient use of all new capital investment projects /machinery to deliver best operational advantage.
• Highlight bottleneck processes and take mitigating action that will deliver labour/waste targets.
• Provide inspirational leadership and direction to the operational community to ensure that people are kept safe engaged, focused and delivering to their potential.

What we're looking for

We're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

• Experience of leading manufacturing teams in
  an FMCG environment.
• Holds a level 3 Health and Safety certificate, is IOSH certified and trained in legionella duty holder awareness as a deputy.
• Experience of working with customers and being accountability for customer service.
• Analytical skills and ability.
• Experience of planning and implementing initiatives in a complex manufacturing organisation.
• Knowledge and experience of modern manufacturing methodologies and systems planning.
• Experience in leading business improvement activities, skilled in managing projects through to deployment.
• Experience in Operational Excellence would be a bonus.

What you'll get in return

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre
• platformEnhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date

Discipline(s): OperationsJob type: Permanent - Full Time