Site Manager

An opportunity has arisen for a Site Manager based in Tilbury, Essex, UK. Reporting to the Operations Director, the job holder will have overall operational responsibility for the Tilbury site and will provide leadership and management of all plant operations. Driving continuous improvement to ensure the safety of our people, products, and processes is fundamental to this leadership role. The Site Manager will focus on maximising the operational effectiveness of the plant, driving efficiencies and meeting challenging cost targets. Engaging, empowering, and developing people is key to success in this role!

Your Responsibilities

• Promote and drive the safety culture and engagement of all employees to ensure the location meets its goals for safety and health, process safety, environmental stewardship, and food safety, while achieving full compliance with the UK and ADM’s corporate regulations and standards.
• Lead the site production, maintenance, and quality teams to deliver an efficient, cost-effective manufacturing operation, continually driving manufacturing performance standards and delivering on customer quality and service expectations.
• Pro-actively engage and collaborate with the Operations Centres of Excellence (CoE’s) to drive improvements in plant performance and alignment with regional and global operations strategies.
• Drive the implementation of reliability programs on site to effectively manage the integrity and performance of all operational assets, ensuring the plant operates safely and efficiently in line with business needs.
• Identify and champion capital investment projects to deliver operational improvements and support cost-effective investment in the plant’s asset base.
• Champion and lead the location's commitment to ADM’s Performance Excellence system to drive a culture of continuous improvement through colleague engagement in continuous improvement activities.
• Effectively deploy strategic goals through all levels of the plant, ensuring effective performance management is in place and employee development is focused on building skilled, competent, and motivated teams to achieve discretionary performance.
• Work collaboratively with all other functions to create an efficient overall supply chain and ensure a high level of customer service is offered at a profitable level for the business.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s degree (or ability to operate at this level) in the fields of Manufacturing, Engineering, Chemistry, Food Technology, or other related fields.
• Demonstrable experience as a departmental manager, preferably in food manufacturing or continuous process industries.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of safety, health, environment, and food safety legislation, regulation, and associated programs.
• Knowledge and experience of continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience and understanding of reliability and engineering processes and techniques.
• Credible project management experience.
• Computer literate with various Microsoft packages.
• Proven inspirational leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Strong communication skills and an excellent team player.
• Strong problem-solving, diagnostic, and analytical skills, with a results-focused approach.
• Commercial and financial awareness.

Your Future Perspective

• Challenging tasks, short decision-making processes, and a high level of personal responsibility in a modern work environment with flexible work time models.
• Room for innovative thinking and growth with the possibility to manage your own career path.
• A company culture which promotes continuous learning and diversity.
• Excellent career opportunities in a world-leading nutrition company.
• An attractive remuneration including a variety of social benefits like subsidised health and fitness offers.
• Additional benefits and support for maternity and paternity leave.
• Support for mental health awareness and training for new starters.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and value diversity at our company to encourage a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience, and knowledge within our business.