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Operations Controller

Employer
Greencore Group
Location
South East London
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
6 May 2014

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Finance

Job Details



Operational Strategy includes input into capital and strategic plans as well as callaborating with relevant departments with regards to capacity and volume planning. Engaging with retail customers and commercial colleagues to maximise business building opportunities. You will provide support and guidance as well as act as mentor and coach to your team.

You will be expected to deliver a performance which meets and exceeds the category plan through the effective management of material costs, direct and indirect labour, cost savings and profit opportunities through total lowest cost projects. You will be relentless in your approach to discovering profitable growth initiatives and opportunities and lead your team to hit or exceed in achieving KPI's.

People leadership and development is vital to this role and you will have to develop and implement a leadership transformation programme to establish clear shift leadership and front line leadership capabilities. We are looking for someone to be an inspirational leader to develop and build a culture of engagement to provide a highly energised team which is flexible to meet the changing needs of the business in addition you will actively support and drive the people development programme at all levels within your team.

The labour plan must fit the commercial requirements and needs of the business, whilst effective talent management will provide succession plans which develop the existing generation and ensure the future upward mobility of talent at all levels.

The ideal candidate will have vast experience of developing a site 3 year operational strategy as well as sponsor and encourage visionary thinking to evolve capabilities in Structure, Systems and Skills.

Your broader contribution will involve you establishing your role as deputy to the General Manager in addtion you will contribute at Executive level to the development of change thinking in the pursuit of exceptional performance and you will be a functional leader who is open to positive and constructive challenge, and add value to other functional leaders through collaboration on initiatives which may not be core to manufacturing. Finally you will contribute at Group Peer Level to the standardisation of best practice techniques and thinking across the Group wide activities to continue our road to World Class Manufacturing.

Company

Greencore Group is a leading international manufacturer of convenience foods. Our ambition doesn't stop at being the world’s largest sandwich producer; we’re looking for passionate, talented people who can help us to drive our future success. People who innovate, create, lead and inspire. We set the bar high, and expect that our people do too.

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