Plant Manager

We're working with a growing food manufacturer looking for a Plant Manager who can build a culture of accountability, improve operational discipline and create an environment where people and performance thrive.

This isn't about firefighting every day. It's about creating the systems, behaviours and leadership that stop the same problems happening twice.

You'll inherit an established operation and lead a team responsible for delivering safe, efficient and customer-focused manufacturing, while embedding continuous improvement across the site.

• Leading a 24/7 food manufacturing operation
• Developing managers and frontline leaders
• Driving a culture of accountability and ownership
• Embedding KPI-driven performance management
• Championing Continuous Improvement, root cause analysis and problem solving
• Building strong partnerships across Production, Maintenance, Quality and Supply Chain
• Improving productivity, reliability and operational performance

• Plant leadership experience within food manufacturing
• A hands-on leadership style with strong floor presence
• A proven track record of improving culture and developing high-performing teams
• Experience implementing Lean, TPM or Continuous Improvement programmes
• Strong operational and commercial awareness
• Experience with in contract manufacturing, co-manufacturing or customer-driven food manufacturing environments would be advantageous

If you've built high-performing teams, enjoy improving businesses rather than simply maintaining them, and want the opportunity to leave a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

All applications and enquiries will be handled in the strictest confidence.