Project Manager
- Employer
- Burtons Biscuits
- Location
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Closing date
- 14 Mar 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Project Manager
The Role
We are looking for a Project Manager to lead the excellent execution of brand projects, primarily product and pack changes. To be a passionate brand project champion, inspiring the delivery of plans across functional partners on both the commercial and supply side of the business. An ability to hit the ground running in this hands on, fast paced, entrepreneurial culture is essential.
This role is suitable for a commercially minded project manager or individuals with strong and proven project management experience.
Typical Day
The successful project manager will:
- To lead the excellent execution of brand projects, primarily product and pack changes.
- To be a passionate brand project champion, inspiring the delivery of plans across functional partners on both the commercial and supply side of the business.
- An ability to hit the ground running in this hands on, fast paced, entrepreneurial culture is essential.
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver against key product and pack change projects.
- Enable the delivery of sales and profit objectives by initiating and responding to trading opportunities.
- Disciplined project management approach to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of resource allocation, priority setting, decision making and reporting
About You
This role is suitable for a commercially minded project manager or individuals with strong and proven project management experience, coming from either commercial or supply side roles.
The successful Project Manager will have:
- Experience and competency in an operational role e.g. product development, logistics etc. or as a project manager in a food manufacturing /FMCG business.
- Proven record of successful, fast paced, project delivery with strong factory relationships and understanding.
- Evidence of leading development of new products, packaging design changes and promotions.
Why Burton’s Biscuit Company
Ask anyone here at Burton’s Biscuit Company what we’re most passionate about and you’ll get the same answer from everyone – the baking of quality biscuits for the whole family to enjoy. To us, a ‘treat’ is nothing less than a deliciously tasty biscuit that will delight our customers every time and ensure they come back for more.
We offer fantastic company benefits, an environment that you will enjoy to work in and genuine development and progression opportunities.
Does this sound like the role for you? Apply by clicking the link.
Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to notify unsuccessful applicants. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been short listed for an interview.
Company
Who Are Burtons Biscuits?
We are the home of Jammie Dodgers, Paterson Shortbread, Maryland Cookies and Wagon Wheels to name just a few! We are incredibly lucky to work in the world of making delicious biscuits!
‘We are a more successful and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves’.
At Burton’s we believe in the power of being authentic, being entrepreneurial and being supportive to each other to meet our common goals…oh and did we mention having fun?!
Understanding our customers is crucial to our success, so having a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers is vital.
As a business we are committed to the continuous improvement of diversity and equality in the workplace and we welcome talented individuals from all backgrounds who share our Pride and Passion for Baking Great Biscuits and snacks.
Along with having amazing brands, we have secured long term agreements to allow us to manufacture a number of sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Cathedral City & Marmite branded products. We also have several key strategic partnerships within the Retailer Private Label sector and our proud of the amazing biscuits we bake for our customers and consumers.
Within our Burton’s group, we have 6 bakery sites across the UK, located in Blackpool, Livingston, Edinburgh, Dorset, Isle of Arran and Llantarnam, with our head office in St Albans. In total we employ circa 2,100 people around across our locations.
Burton’s Biscuits is owned by Ferrero and we are proud to be part of such a fantastic and successful business. The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 Countries and their products are sold in over 170 Countries. We are delighted to be part of the Ferrero group which represents over 377,000 employees across the world and has a consolidated turnover of €12.3 billion (2020).
- Website
- http://www.burtonsbiscuits.com/
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