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Location

Carlisle, Cumbria | United Kingdom

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Job description

When you join 2 Sisters, you will become part of the UK’s largest food manufacturer, with an annual turnover of £3billion+, over 13,500 people and covering more than 18 sites.

This role sits within our Meals division, where we live by our mantra of ‘Making Every Meal Moment Special’. We have5sites creating over 500 different products to feed our nation, from ready meals to iced fingers…we love our food, and we love our people.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we couldn’t do it without our team. It is a team where everyone counts…we empower you with trust and give you the freedom to deliver. We ‘do what we say’ and accept accountability which allows our customers to trust us to create great tasting, innovative and quality meal solutions.

Role Overview:

Our site in Carlisle is a key part of our Meals Solutions division, employing around 1100 people and producing a wide range of ready meals and chilled foods for major retailers.

It is a complex, fast-paced business and as Site Director you will have full P&L ownership and be responsible for developing and leading site strategy. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading your senior management team, empowering them to deliver their objectives and ensure all short, medium, and long-term objectives and targets are achieved.
• Providing strong leadership to deliver operational excellence, contribute to divisional strategy, and ensure the provision of high levels of customer service at all times.
• Developing and maintaining strong business relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Ensuring site financial targets are achieved by delivering improvement plans to reduce costs of production and managing capital investment.
• Driving development, communication, and employee engagement across the site.
• Ensuring a safe working environment through the implementation of an effective site Health & Safety strategy.

About You:

• Previous experience of leading a large, complex, chilled foods manufacturing business (c.800 employees or more) with a diverse, unionised workforce.
• Exceptional leadership skills, able to coach and develop senior managers to drive performance, process improvements, change management, and staff engagement.
• Experience of lean manufacturing and operational excellence.
• Able to operate at a strategic level, while also engaging with colleagues at all levels across the business.
• Demonstrable experience of full P&L responsibility.
• Results driven with strong commercial acumen.

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