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Assistant Brand Manager Coventry £32,000-£35,000 Here s the deal: We re looking for a sharp, ambitious marketer who wants to own brands, run campaigns, and actually make things happen. No sitting in a cubicle doing spreadsheets all day. About the Role You ll work alongside the Marketing Controller, managing brand partnerships, shopper marketing, social media, packaging, and budgets. Basically, if it s marketing, you re in the mix. Responsibilities Brand Partnerships: Own relationships with key contacts, execute the annual plan, and make recommendations for future campaigns. Shopper Marketing: Take briefs from sales and marketing, work with agencies to deliver creative in-store campaigns that drive results. Social Media & Packaging: Lead our always-on social presence, approve content, generate ideas, and ensure packaging looks amazing on shelf. Budgets & Admin: Track spend, manage POs, resolve payment queries, and keep everything running smoothly. Skills Required: Relevant FMCG marketing or Brand Management experience. Tech-savvy (MS Office), great communicator, highly organised. Passion for building brands, proactive, resilient, and ready to hit deadlines. Ready to roll up your sleeves and make things happen? Apply now and let s grow some amazing brands.

Quality Systems Manager Food Manufacturing Greater Manchester £48,000 £50,000 + 10% matched pension Let me guess. You re good at what you do. You know chilled. You understand short shelf life. You ve rewritten HACCP more times than you care to admit. But you re stuck. Stuck in retailer red tape. Stuck fighting Production instead of partnering with them. Stuck maintaining a system instead of improving one. This isn t that. This is a site that s brought in one of the sharpest Senior Technical Managers in the industry. They ve restructured properly. They ve reset expectations. They ve already rewritten HACCP and tightened up the QMS. Now they need someone to take ownership of it. Not to rip it apart. Not to revolutionise everything. But to evolve it. Sharpen it. Raise the bar. It s close to a blank canvas - but with a competent team in place. No firefighting culture. No Technical vs Production nonsense. Just grown-up collaboration. What s in it for you? Freedom. Real autonomy to implement ideas without being strangled by retailer governance. Progression. There s a genuine pathways to Technical Management as well as Group Technical here. Not lip service. A clear route. And your manager? Supportive. Driven. Commercially sharp. Actually available. The kind of person you d choose to work for. What do you need? Experience as a Quality Systems Manager or Technical Services Manager in chilled, short shelf-life manufacturing. A hands-on mindset. If you prefer a desk to the factory, this isn t your role. You ll be on the factory floor. In conversations. Setting standards. Showing people what good looks like. If you re ready for more influence, without the politics, apply below and let s have a confidential chat.

Factory Technical Manager Hull Food Manufacturing £55,000 to £60,000 This is a hands-on Factory Technical Manager role. You ll be on the factory floor developing your team in real time, setting standards, and driving compliance the right way. Visible leadership. Clear expectations. High standards. You ll join a site led by a new, high-calibre leadership team, all aligned around one goal: taking an already impressive manufacturing operation to the next level. The site has undergone significant transformation over the past year and continues to invest heavily in expansion, new equipment and system upgrades. You ll be the technical anchor the experienced head in the room. Supporting a capable but relatively junior team, developing their confidence and competence, keeping them on track where needed, and raising the bar across the board. What s in it for you? If you enjoy building teams and embedding standards, you can make this your long-term home. If progression matters to you, there s genuine scope as the business continues to grow. You ll have the platform, backing and autonomy to make a real impact. What they re looking for: Strong people management experience you know what good looks like and how to coach it. Background in chilled, short shelf-life manufacturing. Experience supplying major retailers. A proven track record of developing and upskilling technical teams. If this sounds like your kind of role, apply below. All conversations are confidential happy to talk through the detail.

Technical Manager Food Manufacturing Leicestershire £50,000 - £55,000 This is a Technical management opportunity within a food manufacturing business that has undergone significant positive change over the past 6 to 12 months. A newly appointed senior leadership team, combined with investment in systems, people and ways of working, has created a genuine opportunity for an experienced and ambitious QA Manager to take full technical ownership of the site. As the technical lead, you ll be responsible for all food safety, quality systems and compliance. Your focus will include BRC readiness, complaint reduction and implementing robust, long-term corrective actions. A key priority will be strengthening day-to-day standards and embedding a strong quality culture on the factory floor. This is a hands-on role with real scope and pace, ideal for someone looking to accelerate their career within a business that is moving forward. This is not a box-ticking position. You ll have genuine ownership, the backing to make meaningful change and exposure across a complex manufacturing operation. Background You ll be an established QA Manager or Technical Manager within food manufacturing, ideally with experience working with major retailers and in high-risk manufacturing environments. What s next? If this feels like the right move as you head into 2026, apply below and let s have a confidential conversation about what could be the start of something great.

Demand Planner West London Food Manufacturing £50,000 - £55,000 Please note: This role is fully office-based with no hybrid or remote working options. If you re the kind of Demand Planner who doesn t just update forecasts, but challenges them - this will interest you. I m hiring for a major UK food manufacturer with a strong portfolio across a variety of categories. Big volumes. Recognisable brands. Serious retail exposure. This isn t a keep the spreadsheet ticking role. You ll sit at the centre of Commercial, NPD and Supply Chain, owning short, mid and long-term forecasts in a fast-paced, short shelf-life environment. What you ll be responsible for: Building and refining accurate forecasts using SAP. Adjusting for seasonality, promotions, customer dynamics and supply constraints Analysing demand patterns daily, weekly and monthly Leading forecast conversations within S&OP Modelling promo impact and NPD launches Tracking forecast accuracy, bias and adherence to plan Improving processes, data quality and system utilisation You ll need: 3+ years in Demand Planning within FMCG (short shelf life is ideal) Strong SAP APO experience Advanced Excel capability (modelling, scenario analysis, data automation) Confidence to challenge Commercial and influence stakeholders Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-variability environment The package is competitive, with strong healthcare benefits, enhanced family policies, pension, life assurance and 33 days holiday (plus purchase scheme). If you re looking for a role where your forecast genuinely drives operational performance - not just reporting, apply below.

Materials Manager This is a hands-on Materials Manager role for someone ready to take broader ownership and improve how a busy manufacturing operation really works. You ll join a fast-paced FMCG manufacturing site with multiple production units and take responsibility for all materials from supplier through to point of use . The environment is complex, NPD is constant, and materials decisions have a direct impact on service, waste, and working capital. The role is about uplift , not just control. Systems exist and do work, but processes are manual, adoption is inconsistent, and ways of working have not evolved. Your impact will come from improving how people use systems, tightening material flows, and introducing better structure and discipline without overcomplicating things. You ll lead a team of four Material Planners who know the business well but need development, challenge, and stronger ways of working. Bringing a continuous improvement mindset, questioning we ve always done it this way , and raising capability across people, process, and systems is central to the role. You ll work closely with Central Procurement , Planning, Finance, and site teams. This is not a buyer role, but you will be expected to challenge ordering logic, minimum order quantities, and supply decisions where they create waste or don t reflect true demand. This role could suit someone stepping up into their first Materials Manager position , provided you ve had some level of people management responsibility at some point in your career, even if that was managing a single person or acting as a stand-in. It may also suit someone currently titled Production Planning Manager or Supply Planning Manager , provided you ve had genuine ownership of materials in an FMCG manufacturing environment. This is not a logistics, warehousing, or stock control role. Candidates without hands-on FMCG manufacturing materials experience will not be considered.

In summary, this is not a desk job, this is a make it happen job. We re looking for a Product Developer who loves turning ideas into food products people actually want to buy. You ll take briefs, create recipes, solve problems, and help bring new products to life from concept to factory launch. You ll work across teams, manage multiple projects, and make sure every product hits the mark on taste, quality, cost and sustainability. If you re creative, organised, obsessed with detail, and excited by food trends and innovation - you will feel right at home here. You will be supported by a highly sought after manager and have plans in place for personal development, as well as the chance to make your own mark in the role. If this role could be of interest to you, please click apply or get in touch via email url removed or by giving me (Jade) a call on (phone number removed)

Quality Auditor Grimsby Reports to: QA Supervisor Location: Grimsby Unfortunately unable to support with sponsorship We need a detail-obsessed, cool-under-pressure Quality Auditor to keep our products safe, legal, and top-notch. You ll own audits, temperature checks, GMPs, microbiological sampling, and all things quality while supporting the team and keeping reports sharp. You ve Got: FMCG experience or a knack for processes Speed, accuracy, and attention to detail Confidence to audit, report, and enforce standards Perks: 28 days holiday, pension, life insurance, EAP, cycle-to-work, unlimited refreshments, on-site parking, referral bonuses. Think you can keep quality on point and have fun doing it? Apply now.

If you re leading hygiene teams on nights and feel like you re firefighting more than improving - this one s worth a look. I m working with a well-established food manufacturing site that s investing heavily in its people, equipment, and hygiene standards. They re looking for a Hygiene Team Leader who can bring structure, consistency, and confidence to the night shift. This isn t just about keeping things clean. It s about leading people, raising standards, and being trusted on the factory floor. What you ll be doing Leading and motivating night-shift hygiene teams Driving consistency and standardisation across all cleans Closing gaps in hygiene practices and instruction cards Working closely with Engineering and Production to improve trust and collaboration Taking ownership of improvements and seeing them through Supporting hygiene education across manufacturing teams The setup Nights Early involvement on days for training, planning, and onboarding Managing experienced teams Why this one s different Strong people-first culture (wellbeing, mental health support, annual events) Annual pay reviews A genuine pathway toward a future Hygiene Manager role You ll suit this if you Have led hygiene teams in food manufacturing Are confident, proactive, and people-focused Like improving standards - not just maintaining them Interested? Drop me a message for a confidential chat.

If weekends suit you better than rotating shifts and you like having real responsibility on shift - this could be worth a look. I m working with a food manufacturing site looking for a Hygiene Technician to take ownership of hygiene standards across the weekend shift. This is a hands-on role with coordination responsibility, not just doing the clean and going home . You ll be the go-to person for hygiene on shift, working closely with Manufacturing and Engineering to keep standards high and consistent. What you ll be doing Coordinating hygiene activity across the factory Leading and supporting hygiene operators on shift Inspecting and verifying cleans Managing hygiene paperwork and cleaning records Updating cleaning cards and supporting investigations Feeding back ideas to improve efficiency, equipment use, and standards Why people like this site Strong hygiene focus with experienced teams in place Opportunity to influence how hygiene hours and resources are used Trusted, respected hygiene function that works closely with production If you re a Hygiene Technician who likes ownership, structure, and consistency - get in touch for a confidential chat.