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The Bart Ingredients company has been sourcing and selling herbs & spices for over 60 years. In that time the business has grown from being a husband-and-wife team selling spice racks locally, to an organisation with over 200 employees with products distributed across the UK. Today the business remains privately owned and is in its sixth year of being part of the Fuchs Gruppe family - the world’s largest privately owned herbs & spices business.

Our purpose is simple - ‘To bring the joy of food to life’ and to do it in the most sustainable way. The success of the business is routed in its people who make the business what it is with their shared passion for achieving the best and cultivating the family culture we are proud to retain.

The Role

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Interim Production Manager to work in our facility in Severn Beach. The main purpose of this role is to drive the efficiency and productivity in the factory, whilst managing the labour budget and driving the food safety and health and safety culture forward.

This is a fixed term contract from July 2025– January 2026.

Main responsibilities:

·Strong leadership, overseeing all production requirements through Production Shift Managers

·Production team circa 100 staff over three shifts

·Performance related KPI reports

·Attend production related meetings

·Overseeing project data gathering and implementations

·Ad hoc staffing issues

·Proactively driving continuous improvement programme

·Guidance and mentorship of Production Shift Manager and wider team

·Production related Health and Safety oversight

·Production related Food safety oversight

·Identify any effectiveness and efficiency improvement opportunities and strategize corrective actions plans

·Working closely with Interim Head of Production, Facilities Manager, Technical Manager and senior Management team.

·Reporting into the Interim Head of Production and Operations Director.

Person specification/Qualifications/Capabilities:

·Proven experience in food production Management. Ideally within similar interim roles.

·Exceptional leadership and team-building capabilities with ability to motivate and empower staff.

·Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues.

·Decisive and able to perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

What we offer:

Bart believe our people are our most important asset and offer the following benefits in addition to your salary:

· Pension scheme:

o Salary sacrifice scheme with company contribution of 4%

· Extra leave:

o Holiday purchase scheme – up to an additional 5 days each year

o Enhanced bereavement and pregnancy loss leave

o Enhanced maternity and paternity leave after 12 months service

o 2 x annual salary after 3 months service

o Access to GP24 service which is a remote GP & second opinion medical service

o Access to onsite Mental Health First Aiders

o Grocery Aid access - They offer emotional, financial, practical advice and support on a wide range of topics for all grocery colleagues and their immediate families

o Money off in stores, holidays and days out discount platform

o Cycle to work scheme

o Long Service Awards

o Social events

Hours and location of work:

The hours for this role are 40 hours per week Monday – Friday at Severn Beach with a salary of £50,000 (FTE)

Applications close on Friday 20th June. If you would like to apply please submit your application to [emailprotected]

Diversity & Inclusion

At Bart Ingredients we are committed to promoting equal opportunities and a rich diversity within our workplace where all individuals are valued treated with fairness, dignity and respect.

As an equal opportunities employer, we recruit on a fair and equal basis, welcoming applications from candidates regardless of age, ethnicity, gender identity or reassignment, disability, pregnancy & maternity status, sexual orientation, religion or belief or marriage/civil partnership status. Additionally, in line with the Ban the Box initiative, we do not ask you about any unspent criminal convictions during the recruitment process.

Bart Ingredients are a proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and we guarantee an interview for candidates who declares a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

We recognise that everyone’s needs are different, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.If you need any accommodations or would like to apply in an alternative format, please contact our HR team and they will be happy to help.[emailprotected] - 0117 9773474