Continuous Improvement Manager

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
  
  
  

The Opportunity

In this role you will be acting as a partner to leaders and managers in the food manufacturing operation. The Continuous Improvement Manager role provides specialist knowledge and guidance, training and coaching to identify, gain support for and manage the delivery of CI projects and objectives to drive progress of the Manufacturing Excellence strategy within the operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that delivery of continuous improvement projects and activities maintain full compliance with health and safety and environmental, risk assessments, procedures, and good practice.
• Work closely with Technical, Hygiene and Engineering colleagues to ensure that food safety considerations are well managed throughout project planning and delivery
• Be accountable for driving action plans across the operation to deliver improvements in line with the Manufacturing Excellence roadmap and business objectives, and for pro actively contributing to the wider Manufacturing Excellence community.
• Utilise recognised change management methodology to engage colleagues, teams and stakeholders to collaborate and achieve successful change
• Apply and utilise the full suite of continuous improvement tools and techniques, selecting the best approach for the matter in hand and its context.
  
  
  

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

• Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) preferably in chilled food manufacturing
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or level 5 Improvement Specialist Apprenticeship
• IT Skills including Microsoft Office
• People Management experience plus training and or qualification
• Functional Skills - Level 2 Maths and English ideally level 3
  
  
  

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member - you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.