Job Description

We are looking for an Operations Manager to join the Frontier team, based at Ruddington on a permanent, full-time basis.
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and managing day-to-day operations of the site; to ensure Health, Safety, Environment and QA standards are met in line with legal requirements, Company COPs, regulations, and site-specific plans.
Accountable for ensuring team operates with integrity whilst delivering a high standard of customer service, within financial framework across all product lines, while creating and maintaining a Great Place to Work culture.
The site comprises of a 25000 -tonne grain drying and storage facility, added value crop processing facility along with a Crop Protection store and distribution fleet.
The Benefits

• Competitive salary

• Opportunities for a mixture of home and site working (to be agreed with Line Manager)

• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase up to 5 more days (subject to meeting eligibility requirements)

• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career

• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)

• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees

• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%

• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)

• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Women's network groups.

• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Excellent communications skills with the ability to build effective working relationships both internally and externally at all levels with key customers & local authorities
• Motivate and create a positive team environment while providing team with clear direction, while using delegation appropriately to ensure team development
• Ability to adapt quickly to accommodate changing business and customer needs, while providing a responsive customer focussed service
• Attention to detail providing high levels of accuracy
• Adapts quickly and successfully to accommodate changing business and customer needs, while providing a responsive customer focussed service to ensure delivery of SLA's and KPI's
• Experience of managing P&L's
• Experience of leading and managing teams
• Knowledge of BASIS/TASCC/UFAS - desirable

Your Role
As an Operations Manager your role will involve:

• Ensure grain store and processing facility is run to all relevant QA and company policies and procedures
• Develop strong working relationship with other key personnel within the region
• Develop staff, and deliver KPI's across all product lines as offered by site
• Drive efficiencies and challenge the process to ensure that the site operates to best practice while maintain high levels of customer service
• Create a positive workplace culture
• Deliver annual Health & Safety Audit within company targets
• Ensure compliance with the company Health, Safety and Environmental policies
• Full accountability for site and site fleet P&L's
• Take responsibility for CAPEX requirements for site

We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date as applications will be reviewed and interviews may be booked in before that date.
We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.
About Us
Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than 1.5 billion. With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.
Our business approach is underpinned by our core values - Integrity, Customer First and Expertise - or 'ICE'. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.