At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a large production team and drive operational performance in a fast-paced environment.
- Company: Join a well-established food manufacturing business with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career development opportunities, and a supportive work culture.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a focus on continuous improvement and people development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a leadership role while developing future leaders.
- Qualifications: Proven leadership experience in food manufacturing and strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 46000 - 50000 £ per year.
Location: Fife, Scotland
Industry: Chilled Food Manufacturing
The Opportunity
We are recruiting for an experienced Factory Manager to join a leading food manufacturing business operating within a fast-paced, high-volume production environment. This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for one of the organisation's largest operational functions, leading a substantial workforce and ensuring the delivery of safety, quality, service, cost and people objectives. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving operational performance, developing future leaders, embedding continuous improvement initiatives and creating a culture where people can perform at their best.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a large production team, including managers, supervisors and operatives.
- Take ownership of daily, weekly and long-term production performance.
- Develop and implement production strategies aligned to business objectives.
- Drive a strong culture of safety, quality, hygiene and operational excellence.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant food safety, quality and legislative requirements.
- Manage labour, productivity, yield and operational cost performance.
- Analyse operational data and KPI trends to identify improvement opportunities.
- Lead continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives across the factory.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across Technical, Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning and HR.
- Support succession planning and leadership development across the operation.
- Deliver operational budgets and contribute to long-term business planning.
About You
- Proven leadership experience within a large-scale food manufacturing or FMCG environment.
- Strong track record of leading sizeable production teams through managers and supervisors.
- Experience driving operational improvements, productivity gains and cost reduction programmes.
- Strong understanding of food safety, quality, hygiene and health & safety standards.
- Experience implementing lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Able to build high-performing teams and create a positive, accountable culture.
- Commercially aware with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment and managing competing priorities.
What's on Offer
- Opportunity to join a well-established and growing food manufacturing business.
- Highly visible leadership role with significant influence across the operation.
- Career development opportunities within a successful international organisation.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Supportive environment focused on continuous improvement, innovation and people development.
If you are an experienced Factory Manager, Operations Manager or Senior Production Leader looking for your next challenge, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Factory Manager in Inverkeithing employer: Protea Recruitment
Join a leading food manufacturing business in Fife, Scotland, where you will have the opportunity to lead a large production team and drive operational excellence in a fast-paced environment. With a strong focus on continuous improvement and employee development, this role offers significant career growth opportunities and a supportive culture that values safety, quality, and innovation. Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package while making a meaningful impact in a well-established organisation.
