Moorland Recruitment
Operations Manager
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Production Operations Manager
đź“Ť Suffolk
đź’° ÂŁ55,000 - ÂŁ70,000
🏠High-Growth Food Manufacturing Business
We’re partnering with an ambitious, rapidly growing food manufacturer to recruit a Production Operations Manager for its modern manufacturing facility in Suffolk.
This is not a traditional “keep the lines running” management role. The business is scaling quickly, investing in its operation and challenging an established consumer market with a premium, quality-led product.
You’ll take ownership of day-to-day production operations, leading teams across a fast-paced, high-care environment while improving performance, developing people and creating the structure needed to support continued growth.
The role will involve:
- Leading production teams to deliver against safety, quality, service, cost, and output targets
- Managing and developing Production Managers, Shift Managers, and frontline team leaders
- Improving labour efficiency, line performance, yield, waste, and overall productivity
- Introducing stronger operational processes, routines, and performance measures
- Working closely with Technical, Engineering, Planning, Supply Chain, and People teams
- Ensuring consistently high standards of food safety, hygiene, and product quality
- Supporting capacity planning, new product introductions, and operational change
- Building an accountable, positive, and high-performing production culture
- Identifying bottlenecks and delivering practical continuous improvement initiatives
- Helping develop the site’s operational strategy as the business continues to scale
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We’re looking for someone with:
- Senior production or operations management experience within food manufacturing
- Experience managing complex, labour-intensive, or high-care production environments
- A strong understanding of food safety, traceability, hygiene, and manufacturing controls
- A track record of improving output, efficiency, waste, labour performance, or service levels
- The ability to bring structure and operational discipline without slowing down an entrepreneurial business
- Strong people leadership skills and experience developing managers and frontline teams
- A hands-on, visible, and solutions-focused leadership style
- Experience within chilled, frozen, protein, ready-meal, or short-shelf-life manufacturing would be particularly relevant
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This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced operational leader who enjoys building, improving, and scaling manufacturing operations rather than simply maintaining the status quo.
The successful candidate will join a highly ambitious business with a distinctive product, significant growth plans, and the opportunity to make a genuine impact on the future direction of its manufacturing operation.
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