Based at a new production and supply chain facility, the general manager will focus particularly on maintaining and enhancing service excellence.
The right candidate will be accountable for the manufacture of their employer’s key product range and the warehousing and distribution of all sundry products into retail.
“The ideal candidate will have managed full P&L [purchasing and logistics] and come with a commercial acumen with the ability to foster customer stakeholder relationships,” according to the job ad.
World class manufacturing
“Operationally we are looking for a leader who can engender an H&S [health & safety] culture and develop a WCM [world class manufacturing] environment.”
The successful applicant for the technical and product development director position will need an “all-consuming passion for food and drink innovation” and a “high energy and collaborative working style expected as an inspirational team leader”.
They would be working for a UK market leader in its category, growing at more than 30%.
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