Site Manager - Gadbrook

Morrisons; Northwich; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading food manufacturing company as a Site Manager, overseeing one of the UK's busiest fresh produce sites. You will lead operations focusing on efficiency and quality in potato processing, motivate teams, and drive continuous improvements while ensuring safety and compliance.

Benefits

Six weeks holiday including bank holidays

Annual bonus of up to 30%

£6,550 car allowance

Pension (5% colleague and 10% Morrisons)

Private healthcare for you and immediate family

15% discount in stores

Career progression opportunities

Morrisons MyPerks discounts

Qualifications

• Experience as a Site Manager or Director in FMCG.
• In-depth knowledge of potato handling.
• Technical and compliance background in food manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Manage full site operations from raw material intake to dispatch.
• Lead cross-functional teams across multiple areas.
• Implement best practices for safety, quality, and cost efficiency.

Skills

Team Leadership

Operational Efficiency

Continuous Improvement

Food Safety Compliance

Job description

Lead one of the UK’s busiest fresh produce sites – with a strong focus on potatoes.

At Myton Food Group, we supply a wide range of fresh produce to a diverse customer base including major retailers, foodservice providers, and other commercial partners. Our Gadbrook site is a high-performing, fast-paced operation, handling multiple fresh categories with a core focus on fresh and prepared potatoes, alongside stone fruit and grapes.

This site alone produces over 1 million packs each week, processing more than 62,000 tonnes annually, and manages a daily pick operation of around 40,000 baskets for one of our biggest customers.

As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a Site Manager with the experience, energy and leadership to take the site to the next level - particularly someone with deep expertise in potatoes, from field to fork.

What you’ll do:

• Own the full site operation, from raw material intake to finished goods despatch ensuring safety, efficiency and great quality every step of the way
• Lead and develop high-performing teams across Production, Technical, Engineering and Hygiene
• Champion best-in-class standards across safety, service, people and cost
• Build and maintain a culture where people thrive, collaborate, and consistently deliver for a broad mix of customers
• Drive continuous improvement, leveraging automation, data, and lean ways of working
• Partner with Commercial, Supply Chain, and Logistics teams to support growth, innovation and future investment
• Play a lead role in launching new products and delivering CAPEX projects
• Be a subject matter expert for potato handling, processing and quality - ensuring we get it right, every time

About you

What you’ll need:

• Proven experience as a Site Manager or Director within FMCG or food manufacturing
  
• In-depth knowledge of potatoes, particularly in fresh and prepared formats
• Strong technical and compliance background with a food safety-first mindset
• Skilled in leading large, cross-functional teams in a fast-moving environment
• Confident working with a range of external customers and internal stakeholders
• Commercially savvy, with a drive for performance and continuous improvement

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)

• Annual bonus of up to 30%

• £6,550 car allowance

• Pension (5% colleague and 10% Morrisons)

• Private Healthcare for you and immediate family

• Opportunity to invest in the Morrisons Investment Plan

• 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
  
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave

About us

You’ll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group - the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets.

At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.

We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.