Job Title: Day Operations Improvement Manager

Location: Northampton

Permanent – Full Time  

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits: product allowance, bonus scheme, access to 24/7 GP services, company pension contribution, generous holiday (inc bank holidays), life assurance & access to a range of high street discounts.

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) is one of the leading, historic brewers in the UK. Formed out of a joint venture between Carlsberg UK and Marston’s PLC, we combine over 300 years of shared values, history, and heritage in UK brewing.

We are now recruiting for a Day Operations Improvement Manager to join us. Reporting to the Head of Department, this role will be responsible for providing leadership, driving performance excellence and a culture of engagement.  We are looking for someone who can champion change in all aspects, building and executing strategic plans within the business that enable the brewery to become a leader in best practice for Carlsberg Group.

Key Accountabilities:

• Take responsibility for building capability in the department on Excellence improvement methodologies and tools.
• Develop a behavioural safety culture and promote a safe working environment by ensuring full compliance with all SH&E Policy and process.
• Recruit, lead, motivate and develop a flexible and agile multi-disciplined Improvement team
• Sets clear development strategy for team ensuring key targets and objectives will be achieved relating to quality service people and cost, driven through effective deployment of the performance management system and Excellence tools and Techniques
• Effectively communicates strategic plans, regular business performance updates and local KPI performance to the team and department manager
• Take lead role in delivering improvement around Good Manufacturing Practice, embedding working practices and excellence processes (tagging, CIL, 5S, etc..) that will deliver sustainable results creating pride with in the work place
• Take responsibility for department level KPIs improvements plan and TIP, levering the excellence methodologies for problem solving and improvements (RCA/BDA/SMED/12-step problem solving/Chrono, LBO, etc..)
• Identify and prepare capital projects for Exec approval which improve operational efficiencies and product profitability
• Help prepare and gain approval of the annual budgets for the Operations function and once agreed ensure that all the targets are met and/or exceeded
• Full ownership for creating detailed visibility of losses and opportunities on department priorities on a monthly and quarterly basis.

Experience and Key Attributes:

• Demonstrable experience within a blue-chip food manufacturing / FMCG company is desirable.
• Implementing improvements that will drive us to a world class performance.
• Knowledge of key standards in Quality, Health and Safety and Environmental would be advantageous.
• Takes responsibility for personal development and obtains the technical knowledge required to make key decisions
• A Capable and experienced people leader, standard setting, influencing, motivating, coaching, and developing skills.
• Desire to drive brewery output and performance through effective standardisation of processes.
• Ability to turn vision into strategic plans for teams and individuals whilst generating excitement and enthusiasm to achieve the plans.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to network positively with staff from all levels and departments.
• Ambitious, driven, committed and takes responsibility for own development listening to feedback from others with an ability to manage change.
• Significant operational manufacturing experience & knowledge (products, processes, maintenance) within an FMCG context.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement techniques.

This is an exciting time to join the business whose founders believed in quality, research, and developing the community. They looked to the future, prizing long-term growth over short-term gain. At Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company (CMBC), we are making a difference. Diverse people with diverse skills, working together and at speed. Navigating changes in society, technology, and consumer preference. If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.

So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and a member of the recruitment team will be in touch!

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CMBC is a new company, fuelled by highly engaged, empowered and passionate employees who will go above and beyond to deliver best in class customer service and help grow our portfolio of brands and business. With their entrepreneurial spirit, these employees take personal accountability and initiative to act and find solutions. Our employees work hard and have fun, enjoying supportive relationships that extend across the whole business.