93 Production Operations jobs in the United Kingdom

Reporting into a Director, the Production Operations Manager involves overseeing daily operations within Production, Engineering, Warehouse, Supply Chain and Procurement, ensuring efficiency and adherence to high-quality standards. Based in Winchester Area, this position requires strong leadership, communication and EQ skills to help guide the brand into their next chapter.

Client Details

My client is Beverage small-sized beverage manufacture that is known for its prestige, quality, and sustainability. Operating in the Winchester Area they are looking for a passionate and hand-on Production Operations Manager.

Description

• Oversees team development and overall performance to drive growth and success
• Coordinates operations to align with strategic business goals and requirements
• Manages daily production, procurement, and operational planning
• Maintains clear communication with team members to ensure timely delivery of products
• Plans and reviews workloads and staffing to meet targets efficiently and cost-effectively
• Oversees inventory control and ensures accuracy of stock records
• Ensures the production team meets manufacturing and delivery schedules based on company demands
• Develops detailed production schedules aligned with strict deadlines
• Communicates any order or delivery changes to relevant stakeholders
• Monitors and enforces production quality standards
• Maintains a safe and compliant working environment
• Procures necessary materials and services to support production
• Identifies and addresses disruptions to departmental operations
• Plans and manages inventory activities
• Ensures compliance with health and safety regulations
• Provides support, leadership, and guidance to team members
• Coordinates adequate absence coverage to maintain smooth operations
• Ensures all activities are conducted efficiently and cost-effectively
• Supports compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
• Analyzes financial data to enhance operational profitability
• Manages departmental budgets and financial forecasts
• Leads project management initiatives
• Conducts quality control checks and tracks production KPIs
• Ensures compliance with Health & Safety (H&S) and HACCP standards
• Collaborates with the QC Manager and CEO on environmental and regulatory compliance

Profile

An ideal Production Operations Manager will possess:

• Demonstrated experience in Production, Engineering, Planning, or Operations within the Food or Beverage manufacturing sector
• Hands-on experience in a small-scale manufacturing environment, ideally managing teams of 15-100 employees
• A proactive, adaptable mindset-comfortable working in ambiguity, taking initiative, and wearing multiple hats
• In-depth knowledge of production management, manufacturing operations, and production planning processes
• A solid understanding of health and safety regulations and best practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with sound decision-making capabilities
• Proven leadership ability with a focus on motivating and managing cross-functional teams effectively
• A foundational understanding of Procurement, Supply Chain, and Inventory Management-with a genuine interest in developing expertise in these areas
• Confidence in interpreting and utilizing production data to drive performance improvements
• A people-first approach, valuing a collaborative, close-knit team culture and demonstrating emotional intelligence in interpersonal interactions
• Experience with small-scale CAPEX projects or project management is a strong advantage
• A valid UK driver's licence and access to a personal vehicle for commuting to the Greater Winchester area are required

Job Offer

• Competitive salary in the range.
• Work life balance: Monday 8-3 PM & Tuesday- Friday 6-4 PM (no weekend or evening production)
• Permanent role within a reputable Beverage organisation.
• Opportunities for professional learning and development.
• A supportive work environment in the Winchester Area location.
• 25 days holiday + bank with opportunity to earn up to 28 days after years of service.

If you are ready to take on this exciting opportunity as a Production Operations Manager in the Food and Beverage industry, we encourage you to apply today!

Reporting into a Director, the Production Operations Manager involves overseeing daily operations within Production, Engineering, Warehouse, Supply Chain and Procurement, ensuring efficiency and adherence to high-quality standards. Based in Winchester Area, this position requires strong leadership, communication and EQ skills to help guide the brand into their next chapter.

Client Details

My client is Beverage small-sized beverage manufacture that is known for its prestige, quality, and sustainability. Operating in the Winchester Area they are looking for a passionate and hand-on Production Operations Manager.

Description

• Oversees team development and overall performance to drive growth and success
• Coordinates operations to align with strategic business goals and requirements
• Manages daily production, procurement, and operational planning
• Maintains clear communication with team members to ensure timely delivery of products
• Plans and reviews workloads and staffing to meet targets efficiently and cost-effectively
• Oversees inventory control and ensures accuracy of stock records
• Ensures the production team meets manufacturing and delivery schedules based on company demands
• Develops detailed production schedules aligned with strict deadlines
• Communicates any order or delivery changes to relevant stakeholders
• Monitors and enforces production quality standards
• Maintains a safe and compliant working environment
• Procures necessary materials and services to support production
• Identifies and addresses disruptions to departmental operations
• Plans and manages inventory activities
• Ensures compliance with health and safety regulations
• Provides support, leadership, and guidance to team members
• Coordinates adequate absence coverage to maintain smooth operations
• Ensures all activities are conducted efficiently and cost-effectively
• Supports compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
• Analyzes financial data to enhance operational profitability
• Manages departmental budgets and financial forecasts
• Leads project management initiatives
• Conducts quality control checks and tracks production KPIs
• Ensures compliance with Health & Safety (H&S) and HACCP standards
• Collaborates with the QC Manager and CEO on environmental and regulatory compliance

Profile

An ideal Production Operations Manager will possess:

• Demonstrated experience in Production, Engineering, Planning, or Operations within the Food or Beverage manufacturing sector
• Hands-on experience in a small-scale manufacturing environment, ideally managing teams of 15-100 employees
• A proactive, adaptable mindset-comfortable working in ambiguity, taking initiative, and wearing multiple hats
• In-depth knowledge of production management, manufacturing operations, and production planning processes
• A solid understanding of health and safety regulations and best practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with sound decision-making capabilities
• Proven leadership ability with a focus on motivating and managing cross-functional teams effectively
• A foundational understanding of Procurement, Supply Chain, and Inventory Management-with a genuine interest in developing expertise in these areas
• Confidence in interpreting and utilizing production data to drive performance improvements
• A people-first approach, valuing a collaborative, close-knit team culture and demonstrating emotional intelligence in interpersonal interactions
• Experience with small-scale CAPEX projects or project management is a strong advantage
• A valid UK driver's licence and access to a personal vehicle for commuting to the Greater Winchester area are required

Job Offer

• Competitive salary in the range.
• Work life balance: Monday 8-3 PM & Tuesday- Friday 6-4 PM (no weekend or evening production)
• Permanent role within a reputable Beverage organisation.
• Opportunities for professional learning and development.
• A supportive work environment in the Winchester Area location.
• 25 days holiday + bank with opportunity to earn up to 28 days after years of service.

If you are ready to take on this exciting opportunity as a Production Operations Manager in the Food and Beverage industry, we encourage you to apply today!

We're Hiring: Process Improvement Technician

 Location: Felixstowe

polkadotfrog is excited to be recruiting for a Process Improvement Technician to join a dynamic team driving performance and quality across a leading biofuels and distilled spirits operation. This is a hands-on, analytical role where science meets strategy, and your work directly impacts efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction.

What Youll Be Doing

• Conducting non-routine lab analysis of raw, in-process, and finished materials
li>Interpreting and communicating results to cross-functional teams
• Supporting Lean manufacturing initiatives and troubleshooting plant processes
• Partnering with shift managers to apply tools like DMAIC, RCPS, and Loss Waste analysis
• Maintaining and updating SOPs and test methods
• Promoting and adhering to high standards of Health Safety

What Success Looks Like

• Measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality
• Proactive problem-solving and continuous development
• Strong collaboration across on-site and off-site teams

What Were Looking For

• Degree in Science, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering (preferred)
• Experience in Food Beverage or Food Services industry
• Background in QA or lab environments
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Familiarity with GLP, statistical analysis, and quality control charts
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma, 5S, and other manufacturing excellence tools
• Enthusiasm for biotechnology, fermentation, and science
• Full clean driving license

Personal Traits

• Results-driven with a “can-do” attitude
• Committed to safety, change, and continuous improvement

At polkadotfrog, we are dedicated to ensuring both client and candidate satisfaction. We value inclusivity and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments, whether for accessibility or information in an alternative format.

Our Specialist Consultants bring expertise, passion, and dedication to delivering a professional, personalised, and quality service. Our mission is simple—to create positive relationships, built on honesty, transparency, and thoughtfulness, for both employers and job seekers.
 

We're Hiring: Process Improvement Technician

 Location: Felixstowe

polkadotfrog is excited to be recruiting for a Process Improvement Technician to join a dynamic team driving performance and quality across a leading biofuels and distilled spirits operation. This is a hands-on, analytical role where science meets strategy, and your work directly impacts efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction.

What Youll Be Doing

• Conducting non-routine lab analysis of raw, in-process, and finished materials
li>Interpreting and communicating results to cross-functional teams
• Supporting Lean manufacturing initiatives and troubleshooting plant processes
• Partnering with shift managers to apply tools like DMAIC, RCPS, and Loss Waste analysis
• Maintaining and updating SOPs and test methods
• Promoting and adhering to high standards of Health Safety

What Success Looks Like

• Measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality
• Proactive problem-solving and continuous development
• Strong collaboration across on-site and off-site teams

What Were Looking For

• Degree in Science, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering (preferred)
• Experience in Food Beverage or Food Services industry
• Background in QA or lab environments
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Familiarity with GLP, statistical analysis, and quality control charts
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma, 5S, and other manufacturing excellence tools
• Enthusiasm for biotechnology, fermentation, and science
• Full clean driving license

Personal Traits

• Results-driven with a “can-do” attitude
• Committed to safety, change, and continuous improvement

At polkadotfrog, we are dedicated to ensuring both client and candidate satisfaction. We value inclusivity and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments, whether for accessibility or information in an alternative format.

Our Specialist Consultants bring expertise, passion, and dedication to delivering a professional, personalised, and quality service. Our mission is simple—to create positive relationships, built on honesty, transparency, and thoughtfulness, for both employers and job seekers.
 

Process Improvement Manager

Salary: up to £75,000 + benefits and discretionary bonus

Locations: London, Nottingham, Leeds, Sheffield or Oxford

Hybrid/Remote

Lorien are currently engaged with one of our legal services client who are currently looking for a Process Improvement Manager to support the team in documentation and continuously improving best practice. This is a new role that has been created to drive the ambitious growth strategy of the organisation.

In this role, you will be responsible for Discover, Define, Design/Develop and Deliver across many initiatives collaborating with Process Owners across the business.

Responsibilities include:

• Investigate and assess impactful process improvement opportunities across the business. Areas of focus will be determined by senior management in accordance with organisations strategic objectives and priorities from time to time.
• Setting the scope and definitions for processes under review, and documenting clear objectives and problem statements/success criteria. S
• Facilitating workshops with key stakeholders and process operators to document in Microsoft Visio, utilising Lean Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate errors and inefficiencies of process.
• Supporting senior management in maintaining organisation wide process architecture, including maintaining and making accessible to the business the centralised catalogue.
• Collaborating with IT BAs to document clear, actionable Business/User Requirements for new technical solutions that will serve to support/enable Agreed Best Practice.
• Establish relationships and working arrangements with Process Owners to ensure they drive adoption and continuous improvement feedback and establish an effective review protocol for the Process Catalogue to ensure continuous improvement, harnessing new best practices, new opportunities for improvement, and innovative new ideas.

Required Skills

• Experience and demonstrable impact facilitating process improvement
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders and drive change
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills that are data-driven and detail orientated approach

Qualifications

• Lean Six Sigma Certified
• Prince2 Certified

Administrator – Process Improvement - £36 - £44k

Would you love to work for a unique organisation dedicated to enhancing biodiversity and creating opportunities for lasting social connection?

Would you like to use your exceptional administrative and process improvement capabilities to positively impact communities and the environment?

If so, this brilliant opportunity could be just for you!

Hire Purpose is delighted to be partnering with Belmont Estate as we look to recruit an experienced Administrator with a clear focus on process improvement.

This is a full-time role based in beautiful offices and grounds located south of Bristol.

About Belmont:

Belmont Estate is a business rooted in nature restoration, climate action, and community connection, with a mission to inspire behavioural change by reconnecting people to nature, food, and one another.

As an employee of Belmont, you’ll be contributing to their purpose which is to restore, reconnect and to inspire change.

The Role: Administrator (Process Improvement)

As a process specialist you’ll be the driving force behind smarter, more streamlined ways of working across the organisation. From mapping workflows to coordinating initiatives, you’ll help teams work with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Collaborating across all the teams, you will be initiating and delivering process improvements that reduce waste, boost efficiency and streamline working practices across the organisation.

Being an excellent communicator, you will be coordinating initiatives, tracking progress and managing change to ensure smooth delivery across the organisation, acting with confidence and assertiveness, combined with empathy and understanding.

Documenting processes with clarity and precision with ongoing reporting to the Senior Leadership Team, the role will see you implementing quality management using ISO 9001 principles.

You will support and add to the Belmont culture of continuous improvement, helping to elevate the organisation, and increase its impact to drive biodiversity and support the planet.

What we’re looking for:

The successful candidate will have significant administration, process improvement and operational efficiency experience.

You will have proven experience rolling out new processes and supporting audits and will have a love of process and detail!

Being a confident and empathic communicator and change champion is an essential skill for this role as you will be dealing with a broad range of individuals across the wider team.

With a drive to continuously improve, exceptional organisation skills are required and an ability to manage multiple administrative projects.

Finally, you should be values led, and a natural fit with Belmont’s ethos of community, nature, and climate.

If you would like to apply for this incredibly unique, exciting and change making role, and you fit the brief, I would love to hear from you!

Hire Purpose champions inclusive recruitment.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. We uphold equal opportunity principles and challenge bias at every stage, partnering only with organisations that share our commitment to integrity, diversity, equity and inclusion.

Hire Purpose is also proud to be an active member of The TEAM Network, the UK’s largest recruitment community of independently owned recruitment businesses.

Engineer, Process Improvement

Nuneaton

Full Time, Permanent

SDUK's brands include the Nations favourite cheese brand Cathedral City plus other well-known butter & spreads (Clover, Country Life, Vitalite, Utterly Butterly), functional ingredients and dairy free products.

A key objective for this individual is to coordinate activities and standards primarily in the production area. Designing out flaws .

Job Title: Business Process Improvement Analyst

Location: Bury St Edmunds - 3 days in; 2 days remote
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Excellent salary & benefits package on offer

Job Overview:
We're partnering with a well-established, multi-disciplinary group operating at scale across the UK to help them hire a Process Improvement Analyst . This role sits at the heart of a business-wide transformation initiative, aimed at streamlining workflows, improving productivity, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement across diverse business units.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to review operational processes, identify root causes of inefficiency, and recommend practical improvements.
• Map and document existing ("as-is") workflows to highlight pain points, bottlenecks, and opportunities for optimisation.
• Design future-state ("to-be") workflows and process strategies, supported by clear documentation and flow diagrams.
• Champion lean thinking, ensuring simplicity and consistency for end users throughout transformation efforts.
• Support and lead elements of implementation, working closely with relevant teams to embed new processes effectively.
• Provide timely project updates and communication to stakeholders at all levels.
• Contribute to broader operational improvement initiatives as needed.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience in process mapping and optimisation, ideally within tech, utilities, or operationally complex environments.
• Skilled in identifying inefficiencies and delivering measurable time/cost-saving improvements.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to present insights and solutions clearly and persuasively.
• Confident using Excel (pivot tables, lookups, advanced formulas), Visio, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, etc.
• Comfortable managing your own workload, working cross-functionally, and engaging with stakeholders at all levels.
• A positive, solutions-driven approach with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

It would be advantageous for applicants to have the below:

• Previous experience in a Business Analyst or continuous improvement role.
• Further education or professional development in business process improvement or similar.

A full and comprehensive job spec will be provided on application. We will be supporting our client in the appointment of this person ASAP. Suitable candidates should apply without delay for consideration.

• Shaping and deploying the Bakkavor Operating System into site ways of working. The Bakkavor Operating System represents standard processes, tools / techniques and behaviours that support the manufacture of products, creating value for the company and customers (to include Redzone Productivity Module).
• Shaping and deploying standard Management Control & Reporting Structure (MCRS) across balance score of card metrics into all functions and areas.
• Supporting the delivery of team-based Kaizen improvements in line with top loss data and site manufacturing strategy. Working cross functionally to ensure all departments contribute, assist, and deliver quantifiable performance improvement across the business.
• Developing and supporting delivery of annual PIP plan in line with site manufacturing strategy. Working cross functionally to ensure all departments contribute, assist, and deliver quantifiable performance improvement across the business.
• Ensure mechanisms are in place to communicate and drive employee involvement within continuous improvement projects and continually review their effectiveness and explore new options which link to & support the site engagement plans.
• Data analysis, report development, cost saving evaluation and creation of improvement narratives
• Supporting site teams to solve complex problem by facilitating structured problem-solving events
• Managing Trials - To deliver trials against the plan, in line with the business critical paths, using a problem solving approach ensuring issues are captured and communicated across multiple functions, with an awareness of the budget.
• Preparation and completion of transit tests in compliance with customer codes of practice, taking a logical approach.
• Facilitate Post Trial Evaluation: Co-ordination of samples required for evaluation, plan the trial review for QAS generation and organoleptic assessment. Ensure SOP, photo std, captured.
• Using a pragmatic approach to ensure all procedures e.g. transit trials.
• Develop a supportive function to stakeholders, with a pragmatic, problem solving approach to ensure all relevant information collected to input in business systems. Post launch review incorporating possible cost reduction opportunities, ensuring procedural compliance.
• Completion of controlled documents for trials, pre-productions and launches against the customer specification and BOM.
• To operate in a safe working manner and support the site/business on continuous improvement relating to health, safety and environment

• 1-2 years demonstrable experience in a manufacturing environment in at least one of the following disciplines: Technical; Production; Development; or graduate in related discipline.
• Experience of working closely and effectively with support functions including: Planning, Engineering, Technical, Process, SHE and HR.
• Lean manufacturing or process improvement experience, to progress to green belt level
• Experience of leading change projects
• Ability to build credible & successful working relationships at all levels within the organisation
• Is vigilant with good attention to detail and spots opportunities for improvement
• Has good organisational skills and is able to manage own time and workload with the ability to multi-task

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Short Term Bonus Scheme up to 10%
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays -option to buy a maximum of 5 days more
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• MyBargains Discount Platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free Independent Mortgage Advice
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free Carparking