Factory Manager

As a Factory Manager you will have site responsibility for our Nestlé Coffee factory in Tutbury and be accountable for a team of skilled employees. Your role is to execute the business strategy whilst supporting and driving an innovative leadership team, supporting them delivering their areas and continuously improving cost efficiencies, sustainability and delivering to our consumers., The Factory Manager will have responsibility over operational functions at our Nestle Coffee site in Tutbury. Areas of responsibility include Manufacturing, Engineering, Safety, Quality, Finance and HR.

Key Duties Include:

• Lead the factory safety culture and champion a safe working environment (zero injuries and illness).



• Taking ownership of the site's quality culture, focusing on delighting consumers and delivering zero defects



• Ensure adherence to all company values, policies and standards as well as local laws and regulations. Ensure compliance to health, food safety and regulatory requirements of all products manufactured



• Support Manufacturing Excellence implementation to achieve long term, strategic objectives. Demonstrate the capability to mobilise teams in the factory to embrace sustainable change and make the factory a cost advantage for the category.



• Outline a key focus on environmental sustainability



• Focus on the development of the factory management team and staff by promoting a coaching culture to engage and empower people, support performance management, career development and succession planning. Ensure that this is reflected by other managers within the factory



• Encourage a constructive dialogue with all relevant stakeholders (local teams, unions, local communities and authorities, Nestlé Functions inside /outside the factory). Support locally the Market related initiatives to create shared values
  
  We are looking for an inspirational senior leader who builds a culture of openness and inclusion, thrives on developing great relationships to enable collaboration within the zone category and UK technical and manufacturing community. You will have a sharp focus on delivering the results that are required in a competitive business, through the site teams. It is important that you demonstrate an ability to engage, coach and encourage teams to understand the continued need to be cost oriented without compromising on the fundamentals., Experience of working at a strategic level and in senior leadership within manufacturing.



• Experience of managing managers and demonstrating capability to oversee a large group of cross functional teams. A focus on developing people to be the best that they can be.



• Preferably experience in FMCG



• A proven track record in delivering results and leading others to achieve challenging objectives



• Experience of developing a culture of openness. It is important that you have excellent interpersonal skills and an honest approach to develop a level of trust with stakeholders



• Experience in leading change in a factory environment and working collaboratively with key stakeholders (Unions, local authorities.)



• Proven background in delivering World Class Manufacturing and working in a continuous improvement environment (Lean, TPM etc.)



• Experience of working in a matrix structure would be beneficial
  
  The Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is one of the largest Nestlé factories in Europe, with 720 employees and a total investment of circa £500 million over the past years. The factory is a Centre of excellence for Nescafé products around the world producing freeze-dried, spray dried and pod coffee technologies and is at the forefront of coffee innovation globally. The factory is moving forward with continuous improvement principles and actively developing Lean/TPM processes so it's an exciting time to be involved., At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect - for our employees, our customers and our consumers. That's why championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!
  
  Salary: competitive salary + (car allowance) + potential bonus + other fantastic benefits


This is a full-time permanent opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individual's flexible working needs so please speak to us during the recruitment process on what this could look like., What can we offer in return? Great benefits you'd expect from a business the size of Nestlé - in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.