Site Operations Manager - Food Manufacturing

Site Operations Manager - Food Manufacturing

Coventry

Monday to Friday

Salary dependent on skills and experience

Becketts Foods is a leading food processing company, operating in the CV2 area of Coventry since 1983. We are now recruiting additional colleagues to join our team and are proud to offer staff stability and a long-term future working for a thriving business.

Are you an accomplished and proven senior operational leader with experience in overseeing either food or fresh produce production/manufacturing sites? Do you have vast amounts of experience and a proven track record in implementing change, improving operational performance, and driving behavioural or cultural development?

Join us at Becketts Foods in our brand new role as Site Operations Manager leading four 24/7 shifts, goods in and despatch, reporting in to our Head of Operations. We are looking for an ambassador for Becketts Foods. We need someone who is a positive influencer who will progress and mentor their team of six direct reports, with a wider team of around 300 amazing colleagues.

Role responsibilities will include:

• Supporting Head of Operations to deliver a fantastic fans experience to both customers and their teams

• Creating a skilled team who are safe, trained and capable to carry out all elements of their roles. 

• Create and maintain an innovative environment that encourages colleague participation in raising standards of quality, team working and communication

• Interface with the customers during site visits and audits, business reviews and other key opportunities

• Develop and deliver the operations strategy through a cascade of the overall business strategy by overseeing the operational function within Becketts Foods, ensuring all operational KPIs are achieved, and finished products are safe and conform to all relevant specification, legislation and customer requirements.

Behaviours:

• Excellent leadership skills: Communicates clear objectives, provides feedback, suggests improvement for individual performance, coaches and confirms competency

• Adapts to changing business needs, introduces new ways of thinking and behaving and applies new ideas

• Innovative, continually looks at trends and opportunities to improve the business

• Responsive and agile in the thinking, makes decisions and handles change

• Confidently manages conflict and deals with poor performers 

• Builds strong relationships with customers and colleagues

• Prioritises and works within tight deadlines 

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Practical approach to problem solving

• Sound financial management skills and links commercial awareness cross functionally

• Builds a united and first-class team capability

• Motivates and inspires people by appealing to their needs, values and emotions

• Works with other departments cross functionally to contribute beyond the formal team to achieve shared success

• Resolves complex and integrated problems to bring them to a conclusion

• Takes personal responsibility and is accountable for the function

• Demonstrates self-awareness and resilience, knowing how to keep  well to perform effectively.

• Stays positive and inspires confidence in others  

Who we are looking for:

• Leadership experience in a food manufacturing environment essential

• Able to demonstrate a broad business awareness at senior level

• Proven experience of management, driving positive change

• System savvy, including MES/ERP

• Advanced Food Hygiene Level 4 or equivalent

• Level 3 HACCP certified and Level 2 Health and Safety

• Experience of coaching and mentoring a team to deliver results

• Flexible approach to working

What we can offer you:

• Salary dependent on skills and experience

• 33 days’ holiday with an option to buy up to five more

• Leadership Development Programme

• Access to GroceryAid, which provides emotional, practical and financial support

• Benefits and recognition hub, including amazing colleague discounts