Office Manager-Food in Heywood

Yearsley Food is a leading frozen food specialist, supplying a wide range of products across retail, foodservice, wholesale and export markets. With decades of heritage and expertise, and as part of Lineage – the world’s largest temperature-controlled logistics provider – we combine the strengths of a trusted UK business with the scale and stability of a global organisation. We’re now looking for an Office Manager to play a central role in supporting and enabling our Food leadership team.

This is a trusted, highly visible position at the heart of the Food function. You’ll act as the organisational backbone of the business, working closely with the Vice President – Food to bring structure, coordination and clarity across commercial, operational and people activity. It’s a role suited to someone who enjoys variety, thrives in a fast-moving environment, and is naturally calm, organised and solution-focused.

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Acting as a close operational partner to the VP Food, supporting priorities, planning, reporting and follow-up
• Coordinating leadership meetings, reporting rhythms and key business communications
• Owning core office and business governance processes, including audits, controls and SOX-related activity
• Producing sales, margin and KPI reporting, highlighting risks and discrepancies
• Overseeing rebates, invoice approvals, cost centres and spend authorisation
• Acting as a key point of contact between Food, Operations, Finance, HR, IT and Supply Chain
• Line managing and developing an office/support team of 4 colleagues
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding and continuous improvement across the Food Sales function

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience as an Office Manager or in a business support role within a commercial or operational environment
• Strong understanding of finance, reporting and governance processes
• Experience working closely with senior leaders in a high-trust role
• Highly organised, detail-focused and able to manage multiple priorities calmly
• A pragmatic problem-solver who knows how to get things done and improve ways of working

Why Yearsley Food?

You’ll be joining a well-established, respected UK food business with a strong culture and long-standing customer relationships, backed by the investment and opportunity of a global organisation. This role offers influence, variety and the chance to impact how the Food function operates day to day.

Benefits:

As a Lineage team member, we aim to provide everything you and your family need to thrive. That’s why we offer competitive rates of pay, paid time off, skills training, and development opportunities to grow a long and fulfilling career with us – plus generous financial rewards when you successfully refer new employees. This is enhanced by recognition schemes, plus the chance to make your salary go even further with our cycle-to-work scheme and preferential rates for loans and savings courtesy of a leading credit union. Your everyday wellbeing is also important to us, so we will provide you with all the protective equipment you need to be safe and comfortable at work, and you will have access to a free 24/7 employee assistance phone line, which offers confidential counselling and advice. With all of this offered against the backdrop of a fun and social environment in which you will be supported by a team who enjoy helping each other in achieving their goals, we are confident you will excel with us.