Shift Operations Manager

The Sterling Choice; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sterling Choice is seeking a Shift Operations Manager for a fast-paced food manufacturing site in East Yorkshire. You will lead through a team of Department Managers and drive improvements across safety, quality, service, cost and people while shaping the operation's long-term development.

You’ll need to build trust, ask the right questions and bring people with you to deliver lasting change as the site evolves and grows.

Qualifications

• Experience leading through other managers in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
• A good understanding of continuous improvement is valuable.
• Ability to ask the right questions, build trust and turn ideas into lasting improvements.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team of Department Managers
• Improving performance across safety, quality, service, cost and people
• Building greater consistency and accountability across the shift
• Identifying and delivering continuous improvement opportunities
• Developing the capability of the wider management team
• Supporting longer-term improvements across the site

Skills

Leadership

People management

Continuous improvement

Change management

Project management

Job description

Shift Operations Manager

Food Manufacturing | East Yorkshire | 4 on, 4 off (Days)

£55,000 - £60,000

Some operations roles are about maintaining what is already there.

This one is about helping to build something better.

You’ll take responsibility for a significant part of a fast-paced food manufacturing site, leading through a team of Department Managers and playing an important role in the continued development of the operation.

There is plenty of opportunity to improve performance, strengthen the management team and introduce more consistent ways of working. However, this won’t be achieved through process alone.

The people side will be just as important.

You’ll need to build relationships, understand what motivates the team and create genuine support for change. There will be times when you need to challenge, but the ability to bring people with you will be what makes the biggest difference.

Your role will include:

• Leading and developing a team of Department Managers
• Improving performance across safety, quality, service, cost and people
• Building greater consistency and accountability across the shift
• Identifying and delivering continuous improvement opportunities
• Developing the capability of the wider management team
• Supporting longer-term improvements across the site

You’ll ideally have experience leading through other managers within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

A good understanding of continuous improvement would be valuable, but you don’t need to arrive with every answer. More important is your ability to ask the right questions, build trust and turn ideas into lasting improvements.

The business is growing, the site is evolving and there will be genuine opportunity to develop alongside it.