Posted 12 days ago
Description
This is a senior management position where you will be responsible for managing all aspects of performance from a state of the art whey ultra filtration facility, including upstream and downstream processing plant operations to produce whey protein and lactose-based nutrition products supplied to global customers in the infant formula, health and food sectors.
The Role
- Lead a multi-skilled team to operate and maintain the whey processing plant safely and efficiently.
- Manage upstream and downstream processing to improve output, cost and quality.
- Use strong technical and analytical skills to support high-performing continuous operations.
- Use process trends to link inputs with outputs and support data-led decisions.
- Make decisions that balance quality, cost and customer needs.
- Identify the root cause of quality issues and lead timely corrective action.
- Identify and implement ways to improve output, yield and plant efficiency.
- Identify process bottlenecks and work with engineering to remove them.
- Work closely with external customers to understand and meet their expectations.
- Clearly communicate operational needs across the business to improve performance.
- Maintain best-in-class standards for a global customer base.
- Monitor and meet daily targets for production, quality, efficiency and compliance.
- Build a culture of continuous improvement in performance, yield and reliability.
- Lead investment and improvement projects that strengthen manufacturing performance.
- Set high standards for leadership, communication, team development and accountability.
- Meet all food safety, quality, health and safety, and operational standards.
- A third-level qualification, ideally in an applied science or food related subject.
- A minimum of five years’ management experience in food processing or a similar environment.
- Demonstrate strong technical and analytical skills within a continuous processing or complex environment.
- Proven experience leading and developing multi-skilled teams in a fast-paced production environment.
- A record of improving quality, cost, output and operational performance.
- Excellent communication and management skills, with the ability to work well with internal teams and external customers.
- Experience in dairy, whey or nutritional ingredients manufacturing.
- Experience with filtration technology and complex processing plants.
- Experience leading improvement or capital investment programmes in manufacturing.
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