Job Description

Job Title: Manufacturing Site Leader
Location: Bellshill
Full Time / Permanent
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Manufacturing Site Leader to oversee our Bellshill site's Manufacturing operations. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for driving operational excellence, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, and delivering outstanding performance across all key metrics. You will lead a high-performing team, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and collaborate cross-functionally to support business growth and transformation.
Established in 1998, Bellshill is one of Warburtons' most established and strategically important manufacturing sites. It operates two production plants and is the exclusive producer of our milk roll, delivering nearly one million units weekly. With over 150 full-time colleagues and a dedicated temporary workforce, the site plays a central role in our five-year growth strategy, which includes significant investment in automation, modernisation, and innovation to support increased capacity and future expansion.
Your Leadership in Action
As the Manufacturing Site Leader, you'll take full ownership of site operations, leading a high-performing team to deliver on safety, quality, service, and efficiency.
You'll embed a strong health and safety culture, ensuring compliance and proactive risk management. Food safety and product quality will be non-negotiable, with robust systems in place to meet internal and external standards.
Your leadership will drive operational performance, managing budgets, improving reliability, and collaborating across functions to meet customer expectations. You'll champion continuous improvement, using lean principles to enhance processes and embed a culture of excellence.
People development will be central to your approach. You'll coach, support, and grow talent, ensuring your team is engaged, accountable, and future ready.
This is a role for a strategic thinker and someone who can deliver results today while shaping the site for tomorrow.
Key Requirements

• Proven leadership experience in an FMCG manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of Lean manufacturing tools and techniques; TPM experience desirable.
• Understanding of food production processes and relevant legislation.
• Expertise in H&S, food safety, hygiene systems, and quality standards (e.g. HACCP, IOSH, COSHH).
• Commercial and financial acumen, including budget management.
• Strong communication, coaching, and influencing skills.
• Strategic thinker with a track record of delivering operational improvements.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary with car allowance
• Personal bonus opportunity and discretionary profit share
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave
• Private medical insurance, health screening, and life assurance
• Award-winning pension scheme
• Access to exclusive discounts and wellbeing support services

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.

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