Materials Manager
This is a hands-on Materials Manager role for someone ready to take broader ownership and improve how a busy manufacturing operation really works.
You'll join a fast-paced FMCG manufacturing site with multiple production units and take responsibility for all materials from supplier through to point of use. The environment is complex, NPD is constant, and materials decisions have a direct impact on service, waste, and working capital.
The role is about uplift, not just control. Systems exist and do work, but processes are manual, adoption is inconsistent, and ways of working have not evolved. Your impact will come from improving how people use systems, tightening material flows, and introducing better structure and discipline without overcomplicating things.
You'll lead a team of four Material Planners who know the business well but need development, challenge, and stronger ways of working. Bringing a continuous improvement mindset, questioning “we've always done it this way”, and raising capability across people, process, and systems is central to the role.
You'll work closely with Central Procurement, Planning, Finance, and site teams. This is not a buyer ...