Overview of role
📍 Location: Stockport
🕒 Full-time (Monday–Friday)
🚀 Lead. Inspire. Transform.
Are you a driven manufacturing leader ready to take ownership of performance, people, and continuous improvement? We’re looking for a Plant Manager to lead a fast-paced production environment, delivering excellence across safety, quality, cost, and service—while building a high-performing, engaged team.
This is your opportunity to make a real impact, drive operational success, and shape the future of manufacturing on site.
What We Offer
💰 Competitive salary
🎁 Great benefits package (including holidays, pension, private healthcare and more)
⚖️ Monday to Friday working pattern – supporting work-life balance
📈 Career development opportunities in a growing, forward-thinking business
🌟 A culture that values leadership, innovation, and continuous improvement
What You'll Be Doing
🎯 Deliver World-Class Performance
Own production output and achieve ambitious performance targets
Drive efficiency, OEE, and cost control while optimising plant capacity
Deliver Profit Delivery Plans and maximise operational performance
🛡 Champion Health, Safety & Quality
Lead a safety-first culture, ensuring compliance and continuous improvement
Manage audits, risk assessments, and incident investigations
Drive quality standards, reduce customer complaints, and maintain compliance
👥 Build and Lead Exceptional Teams
Motivate, coach, and develop your team to achieve their full potential
Deliver performance reviews, training plans, and workforce development
Manage absence, performance, and disciplinary processes
🔄 Drive Continuous Improvement & Change
Lead and sponsor continuous improvement initiatives
Embed best practices and a “clean as you go” culture
Support NPD activity, trials, and capital/equipment projects
🤝 Collaborate Across the Business
Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional customer service
Communicate effectively to ensure alignment and operational success
You’ll be accountable for delivering across:
Health & Safety: Incident reduction and safe working practices
People: Engagement, development, and performance
Performance: Efficiency, OEE, and cost control
Quality & Food Safety: Compliance and continuous improvement
Service: On-time delivery and strong communication
Continuous Improvement: Embedding a culture of innovation
The Right Person
Essential
- Lead by example with the ‘Safety First’ message. Demonstrate a good standard of Health and Food Safety record with an awareness of environmental factors.
- A good understanding of manufacturing systems and procedures with a knowledge of safety standards and sustaining a continuous improvement. With a focus on results, you will have the ability to operate and make decisions effectively.
- Experience in a managerial operations role in a commercially challenging environment with strong leadership skills, confident, open and honest style of communicating.
- Experience and evidence of accepting and driving ownership and accountability to drive team performance and quality output.
- A strong customer focus, always willing to go the extra mile to deliver a good service.
- A lateral thinker with good critical reasoning skills capable of identifying opportunities for improvement and delivering pragmatic solutions with high commercial acumen.
- A self – starter with the energy and determination to set the standards and drive quality, performance and change.
- PC literate including a working ability with Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint and Word; capable of using Management Systems.
- Numerate with the ability to analyse and communicate clear, concise information.
Advantageous
- Previous experience in a FMCG company.
- Budgetary skills.
- Preferably educated to degree or equivalent standard.
💬 Why Join Us?
Lead from the front and make a visible impact every day
Be part of a team focused on excellence and growth
Take your career to the next level in a high-impact leadership role
👉 Ready to step into a role where you can truly lead and make a difference? Apply now.