Plant Director UK

Capenti; Ashford; Presencial; GBP 120.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Capenti is seeking a Plant Director UK for an Ashford-based repacking site in the food production sector. The role reports to the UK Management Team and commands full responsibility for a 96 FTE operation across five production lines, focusing on safety, quality, and cost performance.

The Plant Director will drive efficient processes through a highly engaged team, align production with orders and deadlines, and collaborate with engineering, quality, supply chain, HR, and finance peers to deliver

Formación

• Experience leading production/engineering teams in manufacturing.
• Ability to manage budgets and drive profitability.
• Knowledge of food safety and quality standards.
• Willingness to relocate is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee workforce in Production, Technical and Engineering.
• Drive cost reduction and productivity across all product lines.
• Ensure health and safety guidelines are followed.
• Set ambitious production goals and communicate to stakeholders.
• Maintain production documentation and processes.
• Develop and utilise systems to manage activities, analysis and documentation.
• Create schedules to ensure optimal staffing and production flow.
• Ensure final products meet quality and customer specs.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Production planning

Cost control

Health and safety

Team management

Descripción del empleo

For one of our clients in the food production industry we are searching for a Plant Director UK. This Plant Director will be part of the UK Management Team and have full responsibility for the repacking site in Ashford, with 96 FTE. The plant operates 5 lines where food is repackaged from bulk storage into retail packs, for food retailers and foodservice players in the UK.

The Plant Director is charged with creating a fully inclusive culture where safety, quality and cost performance are paramount and delivered through a well engaged high performing team. The Plant Director will work with the site management team and the different operational teams to make sure that processes are implemented and operated efficiently, including fulfilling order and meeting deadlines. The Plant Management Team consists of an Engineering Manager, Quality Manager, Production Manager, Supply Chain Manager, HR Manager and Finance Manager.

Candidates willing to relocate are also encouraged to apply.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Overseeing the workforce in the Production, Technical and Engineering department
• Ensuring that the team understands that the organisation’s profits are reflected in all its activities – including relationships and risk management
• Developing plans for team and organisation activities to include strategy to achieve targets
• Striving to reduce cost and increase productivity across all product lines with the responsibility to adhere to budget and plans to maximise profitability
• Ensuring all employees follow industry standard health and safety guidelines
• Setting ambitious production goals and communicate them to key stakeholders, effective liaison, support and assistance between all departments of organisation
• Providing motivation, support and guidance to all employees
• Communicating any problems or obstacles to Manufacturing Director
• Establishing workflow policies that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product safety or integrity
• Creating schedules for employees to ensure optimum staffing levels
• Maintaining all production related documentations for future reference purposes, develop and utilise systems to manage activities, functions, analysis and documentation
• Working with production team to manage production workflow, schedule and quality
• Ensuring that final product/s meets quality standards and customer specifications.
• Having a good understanding customer requirement and accordingly prepare production plan
• Working with management to oversee the preparation of production proposals
• Managing and evaluating resources to ensure productivity and minimal downtime