Operations Support Manager

Why Greencore?

We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day.

We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op.

What You'll Be Doing

As Operations Support Manager you will provide a comprehensive business focused service, handling and interpreting volume data, contributing to the provision of accurate insight and business understanding across functions

• Challenge the status quo and drive transformation, innovation, and improvement within the Operations team.
• Develop, implement, and review operational support strategies to ensure operations are continually evolving to meet the demands of the business and customer alike.
• Proactively seek to partner and build understanding of the needs and activity of the Zone Manager teams to help promote an excellent customer service. With a culture of continuous improvement whilst encouraging adoption of the underpinning technology.
• Provide Leadership and direction to the Operations teams, support training for staff to ensure that people are engaged, focused, and delivering to their potential.
• Maximise proficiency in working on all aspects of master data development, systems improvement, and the strategic roll out of the tablet based KPI systems.
• Maintain strong compliance culture, leading appropriate preparation activity with the Operations functions to ensure all auditable documentation is accurate and up to date.

Monday - Friday

What we're looking for

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

• Ability to identify and deliver the needs of the wider Operational team
• Ability to juggle differing priorities simultaneously
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Ability to identify problems, provide solutions and implementing the most appropriate actions
• Ability to meet targets and deadlines
• Coaching and mentoring skills
• Effective time management
• Ability to respond to the current and future needs of the business

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.