Job Description
Why Greencore?\nWe're one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, employing over 14,000 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals, generating revenues of £1.8bn in FY24.\nOur mission is to make every day taste better.\n \nThis role is part of our Making Business Easier (MBE) Programme, a key transformation initiative aimed at simplifying and streamlining core business processes, enhancing data accessibility, and investing in the right technology to improve efficiency and future-proof our operations.\n \nWhat you'll be doing\nAs a Senior Business Analyst, you will be at the forefront of Greencore's digital transformation, leading business analysis efforts to improve processes, systems, and data management, with a strong focus on manufacturing operations. You will:\n\nAnalyse and optimise business processes, systems, and data flows across multiple functions, ensuring they align with food manufacturing best practices.\nLead requirement gathering efforts, ensuring clear and well-documented business needs within a fast-paced, high-volume production environment.\nDefine, plan, and prepare project capital requests, business benefits, and delivery plans for new ways of working in food production and supply chain operations.\nIdentify and specify business solutions that improve performance and enhance decision-making, with a strong emphasis on manufacturing efficiency, compliance, and automation.\nCollaborate across IT, manufacturing, and operations teams to align priorities and facilitate smooth project execution.\nEnsure testing & training requirements are met, driving successful adoption of new initiatives in a manufacturing setting.\nManage and lead small to medium-sized business process and solution-related projects, particularly those impacting production, logistics, and supply chain functions.\nMentor and support junior analysts, sharing best practices to strengthen the business analysis function within a food production context.What we're looking for\n\nProven experience in business analysis within a manufacturing environment, ideally in food production, FMCG, or a related industry.\nA deep understanding of manufacturing processes, including production workflows, supply chain management, and operational efficiencies.\nExperience working with manufacturing IT systems such as ERP, MES, or supply chain management tools.\nAbility to bridge the gap between business needs and manufacturing technology, ensuring digital solutions support factory and production line improvements.\nStrong analytical mindset, with a structured and disciplined approach to problem-solving in a production environment.\nExcellent interpersonal skills, confident in engaging with manufacturing teams, production managers, and operational leaders to influence business change.\nExperience in software testing, including planning, execution, and validation of business requirements before live implementation.\nAbility to mentor and coach others within the business analysis community.\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to work across technical, operational, and business teams.We're not all the same at Greencore, and our differences help us make every day taste better.
We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce.\n \nWhat you'll get in return\n\nCompetitive salary and job-related benefits\nCar Allowance\nAnnual Target Bonus\n25 days holiday\nPension up to 8% matched\nLife insurance up to 4x salary\nPMI Cover\nCompany share save scheme\nGreencore Qualifications\nExclusive Greencore employee discount platform\nAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.\n \nIf this sounds like you, join us and Grow with Greencore-be part of shaping our future success