Food Production Operations Manager

Becketts Foods is one of the UK’s leading food processing companies based in Coventry.

The business is part of CPC Foods and the family-run international food company Tönnies. In the last 40 years we have grown our reputation, expanded our business and enhanced our product range. We are now eager to take the business forward to achieve even more.

To support our strategic growth, we are searching for a highly experienced Operations Manager to join our senior management team.

Our ideal candidate will have led large teams with multiple direct reports. The main purpose of this position is to have responsibility for managing the local processing and workforce, planning production logistics activities.

This key role will report directly to our Head of Operations and step in in their absence.

Main responsibilities and duties for this role will include:

Safety and environment 10%

• Maintain and promote HSE/ Becketts Foods standards for safety and environmental issues

• Demonstrate continuous improvements in employee safety

Food safety 10%

• Ensure food safety standards are supported within the production team

• Member of the food safety/HACCP team

Process 30%

• Daily monitoring and review of process performance

• Continuous improvement culture

• Ensure production targets are met

• Plan and manage the execution of product demand to meet customer requirements

People management 50%

• Promote Becketts Foods policies within the process teams

• Manage the activities of the production team on site to deliver production in full

• Improve the skill base of our workforce to increase competencies

• Set high standards for yourself and your team

• Support the continuous development of our people

Skills and experience required to be our new Operations Manager

• Food production experience is essential

• Management responsibility of a large team of more than 100 people

• Data savvy not only providing reports but the ability to understand your numbers

• Experience in managing all aspects of a manufacturing organisation from intake to despatch

• In depth knowledge of operational issues, customers requirements, product quality and application specifications

• SHE (leadership) experience

• Ability to demonstrate continuous improvement knowledge and experience

• Staff engagement and culture change experience

• Practical approach to problem solving

• Sound financial skills including budget management

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

• Excellent leadership skills - communicate clear objectives, provide feedback, suggest improvement for individual performance, coaches

• Excellent change management skills - ability to adapt to changing business needs, introduce new ways of thinking, behaving and apply new ideas

• Manage conflicting priorities within tight deadlines

• Be within a commutable distance to Coventry

What we offer

• Salary up to £55,000

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays

• This is a day shift role requiring a degree of flexibility

• Employee reward and discount scheme

• Leadership training