Job: Production/Operations Manager, Food, Confectionary, FMCG 18-30K.

Production Manager, Food Industry 18-30K

Our client a Cornish food producer,  is currently expanding its manufacturing business operations. They are seeking to appoint an experienced Production Manager to run all manufacturing of food/confectionary/FMCG products.

Ideally we are seeking to find a Production/Operations Manager who has work experience in the food industry. You may possibly be working in a different industry and have excellent alternative manufacturing production experience. We can assure you that our client will still have a definite interest in looking at your CV and possibly wish to meet with you in person. A keen knowledge of food hygine Health and Saftey proceedures would be ideal, but not essental.

We are looking to find a candidate that possesses a steady track record, combined with a progressive and interesting career history. An individual that can provide both personal and professional references at the first meeting.

Our client has a very healthy financial profile as well as prime-sited retail outlets where products are sold to both local residents and holiday makers. Retail professional clients include: Hotels, restaurants, other shops and internet customers.

There are plans to export products to retail and wholesale international clients within a two year time-window.

Our client’s website looks extremely professional and represents both their business and the county of Cornwall in a first-class manner.

Daily work duties will include:

• Responsible for correct production scheduling and ensuring production is carried out accurately from orders to cooking, processing, packing and despatch;
• Ensure HACCP are adhered to at all times;
• Completion and sign off of site documents (including, but not limited to recipes, production HACCP and site due diligence sheets);
• Follow company regulations regarding hygiene & safety;
• Follow procedures as defined in the company handbook;
• Assist with production work and other related tasks as and when necessary;
• Maintain high levels of cleanliness, working to the ‘clean as you go’ policy, following the cleaning procedures and schedules including the completion and sign off of all hygiene documentation;
• The training of all new, existing and temporary production staff;
• The management of all team leaders and on-site production staff;
• Collaboration with warehouse manager to maximise stock inventory levels and  ensure raw materials are available in time for manufacture;
• Production planning;
• Focusing on continuous improvement of production and processing techniques;
• Organising work shifts: 7am-4pm and 4pm-12 midnight;
• Machines used: Flow rapper, vertical bagger, vibratory weigh machine, twist rappers and air ram cutters;
• Order book analysis;
• I.T. experience: Excel, Microsoft Word and Sage: For order processing, raising PO’s, create invoices for materials and processing of orders;
• Administration tasks include: production schedules, signing of all time sheets and signing of cleaning schedules;
• Production machine controls are all touch-screen.

For further details please send your CV to cornishexecutive@aol.com

Telephone 01872 274227, speak to either Jonny Scott-Slater or Ashley Armstrong.

NB. Please be able to produce both personal and business references at your first meeting, these documents are an important part of the recruitment process.

Cornwall Executive Recruitment Ltd – An employment agency for job vacancies, personnel services and staffing solutions – 01872 274 277.