Production Zone Manager

Greencore Group; Selby; Remote; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holiday entitlement

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Greencore Group is seeking a Production Zone Manager in sauce cooking at Selby. You will lead a nominated team, apply standardized processes, and ensure products are prepared to the highest standards according to the production plan.

The role requires strong people management skills, experience in FMCG, and adherence to food safety and HACCP protocols. A competitive package includes holidays, pension, life insurance, and opportunity for career development.

Qualifications

• Experience leading diverse teams in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong people management and coaching skills.
• Advanced Food Hygiene accreditation.
• HACCP level 2 and IOSH level 2 qualifications are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver department/zone productivity and ensure production plans are met.
• Monitor raw materials, processes, and environment to uphold food safety standards.
• Optimise labour deployment to match production needs.
• Communicate progress to the operations team and flag risks to volumes/standards.
• Oversee equipment performance and drive OEE improvements.
• Promote Health, Safety and Environment culture within the department.
• Identify opportunities for sustainable improvements in quality and efficiency.
• Support development of team members and align objectives with department goals.

Skills

People management

FMCG experience

Leadership

Safety awareness

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.

What you’ll be doing

AsProduction Zone Manager in sauce cooking, you willlead nominated colleagues and manage the consistent application of processes within a given department or zone to ensure products are prepared and manufactured to the agreed standards and production plans.

Shift: 3 on 4 off, Days 4am to 4pm

• Deliver department/zone productivity and efficiency targets to produce goods in line with the agreed production plan
• Continuously monitor raw materials/ingredients, all operational processes and the overall production environment to ensure that all activity comply with food safety manufacturing standards
• Monitor and review labour deployment to ensure that the availability and alignment fits with the production requirements of the department
• Effectively communicate with the operations team report progress against plan, highlighting any risks to the achievement of volumes and standards
• Monitors the effectiveness of machinery and equipment, through Optimum Equipment Efficiency (OEE), to ensure performance consistency and reliability
• Promote a Health, Safety and Environment culture within the department, complying to procedures, accident investigation, corrective actions and completing near miss reporting, promoting a safe working environment
• Review operational trends within department / zone. Identify and act on opportunities to that can make sustainable improvements in all areas including quality, performance and profit and the ultimately delivery of the operational plan
• Monitor and review team capability, ensuring all colleagues are clearly focused on their key objectives and are developed to maximise their potential
• Actively contribute to both customer and technical process development reviews to promote improvement to quality and consistency of production

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 managing diverse teams in a complex manufacturing environment (FMCG)
• Strong people management skills
• Holds an advanced Food Hygiene accreditation
• If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
• Has a HACCP level 2 qualification and IOSH level 2 qualification

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 Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced 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.

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