Join the Samworth Brothers Family!

Working for Soreen, part of the Samworth Brothers Group, a 4th generation family business, we offer competitive benefits to all our colleagues including:

• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Onsite Gym
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Training and Progression opportunities
• PRP
• Contributory Private medical
• Long service days holidays
• Paid social events

The Opportunity

We have the opportunity for you to join our team as our Operations Manager to direct, lead and efficiently utilise all operational resources to maximise the efficiency of site. You’ll be generating continuous improvement in cost and quality to deliver excellent customer service. Some of what you can expect to be doing includes:

• Direct leadership and management of the Manufacturing and Hygiene department to ensure that efficiency of all plant is maximised.
• To successfully deliver profit and capital plans to meet the requirements of the business.
• To continuously challenge and improve the solutions available to the business. To play a pro-active role in supporting the business, to continuously improve the operational effectiveness.
• To lead, motivate and develop a high performing site team to deliver on time, to the required standards and within budget to meet customer requirements. To effectively manage and meet budgetary requirements for the site. Pro-actively identify opportunities to reduce costs across all areas of the site.
• Critically review management capability and ensure development, recruitment and succession plans are in place.
• To improve and maintain a safe working environment. Ensuring that those working on site are fully aware and comply with all Health and Safety standards, company and legal requirements. E.g. COSHH, HACCP.
• Ensure visit ready standards (hygiene, housekeeping and GMP) thereby succeeding with customer visits and audits.
• To play a lead role in developing and co-ordinating new products, in conjunction with Technical and/or NPD resources so that new products can be manufactured consistently and within spec.
• Working effectively with the Supply Chain Department to ensure that effectiveness and utilisation of plant and labour is scheduled and maximised as well as exceeding targeted service level.

The Right Person

We are one big team, and we look for people to join our business who want to work with others but take responsibility for doing their best every day to help to make the business a success.

• Management experience, in a commercially challenging, results driven, and face paced food manufacturing environment.
• You must be able to show an effective process of reporting and managing KPI’s and promote a culture of cost reduction whilst ensuring continuous improvement of product quality, customer service and operational capability.
• Bakery knowledge is preferential

The Company

Soreen is our Manchester based business within Samworth Brothers. Take a highly successful bakery company, add a much loved, iconic brand and pour on lashings of passion! This is the recipe you’ll experience when working for Soreen bakery. As makers of a delicious range of fruit and malt loaves we require outstanding, passionate and committed quality professionals. Behind every great brand are its people! Be part of a brand with over 80 years heritage built on the dedication and commitment of our workforce and enjoyed by over 1.1m consumers every week!

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative