Overview
Location: Bedfordshire - good commute from Luton, Northants, MK, Watford, Cambridge and Northampton areas, etc.
Are you a Plant Manager, Senior Manufacturing Manager or Site Operations or Factory Manager? Ready to take the step into your first Factory General Manager role? Or an established Factory General Manager looking for a new challenge? This is a rare opportunity to take full leadership of a well-invested FMCG manufacturing site, giving you the chance to move from functional leadership into a true end-to-end site leadership position. You will lead and develop the site operational teams, inspiring a shared vision, developing and implementing formal development plans. If you\'re looking for a role where you can make decisions, shape culture, build your own leadership team and really \'own\' and \'shape\' site performance, this could be the career move you\'ve been working towards. Reporting to the Operations Director, you will take full responsibility for site performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People.
Role & Responsibilities
* Take full ownership of a manufacturing site, complex and automated
* Move from department leadership into full site accountability
* Build your profile with senior leadership
* Develop your career towards the Operations Director level
* Create a high-performance, high-accountability culture
* Driving operational improvements across output, efficiency and cost
* Developing your management team and succession pipeline
* Leading engineering and production as one aligned operation
* Delivering CI initiatives and best practice ways of working
* Acting as the senior manufacturing leader and cultural tone setter, you are visible, accessible and a true people leader
* Lead, recruit, develop and shape your management team, inspiring high performance and engagement
* This role is ideal for someone who has already proven themselves in running a large part of a factory and is now ready for full-site leadership, strong leadership of both production and engineering functions
* Evidence of improving performance and developing teams
* A hands-on, visible leadership style
* The ambition to progress into senior operational leadership
* The credibility to lead an established site leadership team
* Experience of working within a high-volume, complex manufacturing environment
* Experience in driving CI/OpEx initiatives, with a focus on inspirational people leadership
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience in running a large part of a factory and moving to full-site leadership
* Proven ability to deliver sustained performance and lead an established site leadership team
* Experience in a high-volume, complex manufacturing environment
* Skills in engagement, cultural transformation and team development
Benefits & Rewards
* Target £100k - £105k, Target plus £9k Car Bonus and Package
* A genuine step up into a Factory General Manager role or a sideways move to a progressive global business
* A site where you can make a visible impact
* Support from an experienced Operations Director
* Strong career progression opportunities
* Competitive salary, bonus and benefits including car or allowance
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