CI Team Manager

Location: Newtongrange

I’m delighted to be supporting nairn's oatcakes with the recruitment of a continuous improvement team manager for their butlerfield site in edinburgh.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on manufacturing leader who enjoys driving operational performance, developing teams, and delivering continuous improvement within a fast-paced production environment.

Working closely with production, engineering, technical, supply chain, hr, and wider support functions, you’ll play a key role in improving efficiency, reliability, quality, and team capability across the operation.

The role

Reporting to the manufacturing manager, you will lead manufacturing teams while driving a culture of continuous improvement across people, plant, and process.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading and developing production teams, team leaders, and operators

Driving performance across efficiency, downtime, waste, labour utilisation, and service

Supporting day-to-day manufacturing operations to deliver safe, high-quality production

Leading continuous improvement projects focused on operational performance and process optimisation

Promoting strong health & safety, gmp, food safety, and compliance standards

Supporting structured problem-solving and data-led decision making

Working cross-functionally with engineering, technical, qa, hr, and supply chain teams

Supporting operational change, engagement, and team development initiatives

About you

We’re looking for someone with strong manufacturing leadership experience and a passion for continuous improvement.

You’ll ideally bring:

Experience with in manufacturing or food manufacturing

Previous leadership experience within a production environment

Strong continuous improvement and operational performance knowledge

Experience driving efficiency, waste reduction, and process improvement initiatives

Knowledge of health & safety, gmp, and food safety standards

Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills

Nebosh qualification, or working towards it, would be advantageous

Why join?

Having visited the site, it’s clear there is a strong focus on teamwork, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

This role offers the opportunity to genuinely influence performance, culture, and future growth within a well-known scottish manufacturing business.

For a confidential discussion, get in touch.

This is a retained search managed exclusively by rising talent recruitment

All third party or speculative applications will be directed to rising talent recruitment for review and consideration