An excellent opportunity to join a highly skilled and busy team, working together to ensure all services are operating efficiently within a leading Food Manufacturing business. OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS Working within Brand Management and Operational Excellence approach accountable to the senior leadership team to shape and develop a multi-site production capability, enabling ongoing growth in quality, profitability, efficiency and compliance. Core emphasis will focus on developing a cohesive, professionally focused team with the capability to deliver improved cost, delivery and productivity in excess of customer expectations and business KPI's. You would also be expected to gain personal credibility from and be able to influence all internal and external stakeholders. THE FACTORY MANAGER To develop a continuous Depot Improvement Plan with a clear communication of your goals and objectives to achieve key responsibilities against realistic dates to meet the vision and growth expectations of the business. Ensure optimum use of core business tools including Prophet, OAL, Marco, i-Auditor, iTime, QPerm, Microsoft Office to enhance overall resource utilization. To ensure operating to current SOP's only and a standard KPI reporting process in place to monitor and review performance and focus. Ensure an effective production planning tool in place to deliver customer service and production efficiency, productivity and profitability at levels agreed. Stringent and efficient inventory management. Reduce wastage throughout E2E supply chain, focusing on target yields per product and source. Deliver operational targets and budgets agreed at a senior level. THE IDEAL CANDIDATE A self-motivated team manager with all round operations, quality, compliance management background gained in short shelf life, chilled food processing environment over at least 5 years A good people manager with the drive and strength of character to build and sustain a cohesive team, leading by example and encouraging success. Capable of identifying, prioritising and delegating operational activities maximising available resources ensuring effective management of work load. A focused and disciplined leader. Capable of and demonstrating a proven track record in, driving CI activities across food manufacturing sites. Experienced Auditor to leading BRC & Customer Audits including hosting customer visits. Meticulous in handling data and information to generate reports analyzing trends and rhythm. Project Management and NPD / EPD Expertise If this job is of interest and you would like to investigate further, apply TODAY "Kandhu Recruitment will consider all applications based on each candidate's suitability to the role or similar roles within the Food Sector and if we feel you are a relevant candidate we will process your application by adding you to our secure recruitment database and then contacting you to progress job opportunities further. We do not contact unsuitable applicants." Kandhu GDPR & Privacy Policy Statement Kandhu has fully implemented GDPR & Privacy Policies across its business and a copy of our Privacy Policy can be found by visiting our website. By applying for this role Kandhu will add your details to our database - assuming you have the right level of experience for the roles you apply for, after which we will be in touch