Production Manager

Ready to drive change in a legacy-rich ingredients manufacturer? You are already excelling in operations, driving KPIs and optimising performance, but now you are looking for something more—an opportunity to combine your expertise and make a real impact.

Take your next step as the Production Manager for a well-established ingredients manufacturer. With backing from a wider global group, the team are on the cusp of rolling out site-wide transformation, making it the perfect time for you to join.

You won’t just be maintaining output as the Production Manager; you’ll be part of the transformation. With your knowledge and leadership, you will be rebuilding the culture and instilling a mindset of continuous improvement and performance focus.

You’ll lead a team of long-serving shift supervisors and play a key role in developing structure, coaching behaviours and enhancing performance within the team, which in turn, would see you have a significant impact on the site.

You’ll have a high level of autonomy while also getting to work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure production runs efficiently and consistently, with an engaged approach to team management.

Being part of a small, dedicated team comes with its unique challenges, but you’ll also benefit from being part of a much larger international group, offering opportunities for long-term career growth and development.

The business is longstanding within the heart of the community and has been operational for around 150 years! Despite not supplying directly to the shelves of your favourite retailer, they supply some of the biggest names in the food sector and are in several of your household brands.

The location of the site is idyllically nestled away overlooking the River Stour estuary, don’t let it fool you! The site has fantastic train line connections, being able to step off the train into site and is a little over an hour from London.

What You’ll Need

You’ll bring proven experience in a food or FMCG manufacturing environment, with responsibility for a team of supervisors or managers. You’ll be confident managing performance and coaching supervisors, and you’ll understand the realities of working in a hands-on, fast-paced production environment. Strong operational oversight, a continuous improvement mindset, and the ability to lead from the front will be essential in order to deliver the transformation required.

What Next

I know you are more than your CV and may not have one up to date at the moment, send what you have now we can worry about refining it later. Let’s first have an informal chat. Please email Evie at evie@corvinfox.co.uk and we can line up that first conversation.

Corvin Fox is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage candidates from all backgrounds and walks of life to apply. Whilst we aim to respond to all applicants, there are times where this is not possible due to the high number of applicants we receive. If you haven’t heard back from us within 10 working days of your application, you have unfortunately been unsuccessful.