Process Manager

Process Manager -FTC - 6 months


We're Proud to be Bakkavor

Salary: Competitive salary


Benefits include up to 10% company bonus, life insurance, staff shop, MyBargains discount platform and more.


Location: Bakkavor Meals - London - Cumberland ( site based)


Ways of working - Fully site based


Shift: Monday- 08:30 - 17:00 * flexibility required for business needs, requirements and audits*

Why join us?


We're proud to offer you a career with options to explore and pursue. Where you'll be supported to work hard, push further and show resilience - As a valued Process Manager, we'll support your ambition, reward your resilience, and encourage you to rise to challenges and create a career you can be proud of too.

What we do


This particular role is at our Bakkavor Meals site in Park Royal - West London. Split across 3 factories and 1 distribution centre. The factories make chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products & savoury accompaniments and employs over 2,000 people.

About the role

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Process Manager to join Bakkavor Meals London.


In this exciting role you will provide leadership and expertise in the Process function and drive delivery of process development with stakeholders at business, functional and individual level.

Accountabilities:
Building relationships & trust in department and business by providing a flexible but pragmatic approach.
Ensures & challenges audit readiness to meet business and customer needs demonstrating a drive towards best practice
Provides direction for the team, if site supports one, from business objectives. Develops the team by coaching and by setting stretch objectives in line with business and customer target or establishes clear, agreed objectives for themselves if working in a smaller unit.
Ability to influence business, NPD, CI and innovation direction. Supporting innovation & improvement plans in line with business objectives Share learning across the site
Responsible for providing consistent cross function communication. Lead resolutions of project issues with all stake holders by negotiating in a pragmatic and calm objective manner.
Leading the delivery of the Critical path for projects across categories & customers from project definition to launch. Delivers the trial programme against the critical path to successfully launch products against timelines, achieving customer requirements
Proactive management of the trial budget. Accountable for delivery of NPD products within defined project costs and margins.
Provides direction in problem solving guidance. Demonstrate problem solving skills and root cause analyses with a consistent and proactive approach About you:
Strong preference for process development in fresh food manufacturing
Experienced in process management with sound operational and technical experience at site level
Demonstrates good organisational and influencing skills and an ability to facilitate across all levels of the business
Commercially minded, monitors initiatives with agreed processes
Communication style that engages multi discipline teams to get results
Experienced People Manager with a track record in developing people and teams What you'll receive


As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You'll enjoy:


Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)


Private medical insurance


Annual Bonus Scheme


25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)


Staff Shop


Stakeholder Pension Scheme


Discount & cashback platform


Personal Accident Insurance


Free health check


Employee Assistance Programme


A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)


Salary sacrifice car lease scheme


Free independent mortgage advice


Discounted tutoring for children


Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary


Free car parking

Proud to be Bakkavor


We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

At Bakkavor, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, and we believe that diversity makes us stronger. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and ensure fair, transparent recruitment practices. Learn more about our commitment in our Inclusion and Diversity Policy ( Inclusion & Diversity Policy ).

Apply now to find out more!

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