Night Production Manager - #193034
Sofina Foods Europe
Date: 1 day ago
City: Haverhill
Contract type: Full time
Summary
Lead high-performing night shift operations in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
Additional Benefits
Enhanced Sick Pay
The Role
Our new Night Production Manager will take ownership of site-wide night shift operations, leading cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional performance across safety, quality, service and cost. This is a highly visible leadership role within a complex FMCG manufacturing environment, focused on driving operational excellence, building strong teams and ensuring consistently high standards across production.
Working closely with the wider senior leadership team, you will play a key role in shaping operational strategy, embedding continuous improvement initiatives and creating a positive, accountable culture on shift. This opportunity would suit an experienced Production Manager, Operations Manager or Manufacturing Manager with strong food manufacturing experience and a hands-on leadership style.
This role is based in Haverhill at our pork production facility.
Your Key Responsibilities
The Night Production Manager will be responsible for leading a large-scale night operation across manufacturing, packing and supply chain functions, ensuring operational targets are achieved while maintaining the highest standards of safety, hygiene and quality.
Key Responsibilities Will Include
You will be an experienced manufacturing leader with a strong background in fast-paced FMCG or food production environments, ideally within a unionised setting.
You Will Also Bring
This is an opportunity to take ownership of a critical operational leadership role within a well-established food manufacturing business supplying leading retail customers. You’ll join a collaborative leadership team where continuous improvement, operational excellence and people development are genuinely valued.
The role offers real scope to influence site performance, shape culture and contribute to wider business success while developing your own long-term career within a growing manufacturing environment.
Company Information
Sofina Foods isn't just a food company - It’s a place to build your future.
With a team of over 13,000 people across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, we're passionate about delivering quality meats and seafood products to consumers around the world.
Join a company where innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction drive everything we do. At Sofina, you’ll grow your skills, make a real impact, and work with responsibly sourced products from more than 50 protein sources across five continents.
Our vision is bold: to be the most successful food company in the world. If you’re looking for a rewarding career in the food industry, there’s a place for you at Sofina Foods.
Equal Opportunities
Sofina Foods is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences – regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Schedule
Monday to Friday, Night Shift
Location
Haverhill, Suffolk
Hours of Work
Full-time
Company
Sofina Foods
Country Code
GB
AutoReqId
5554BR
AdRef
INDB3
Lead high-performing night shift operations in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
Additional Benefits
Enhanced Sick Pay
The Role
Our new Night Production Manager will take ownership of site-wide night shift operations, leading cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional performance across safety, quality, service and cost. This is a highly visible leadership role within a complex FMCG manufacturing environment, focused on driving operational excellence, building strong teams and ensuring consistently high standards across production.
Working closely with the wider senior leadership team, you will play a key role in shaping operational strategy, embedding continuous improvement initiatives and creating a positive, accountable culture on shift. This opportunity would suit an experienced Production Manager, Operations Manager or Manufacturing Manager with strong food manufacturing experience and a hands-on leadership style.
This role is based in Haverhill at our pork production facility.
Your Key Responsibilities
The Night Production Manager will be responsible for leading a large-scale night operation across manufacturing, packing and supply chain functions, ensuring operational targets are achieved while maintaining the highest standards of safety, hygiene and quality.
Key Responsibilities Will Include
- Leading all cross-functional night shift operations across production and supply chain areas
- Driving a strong safety-first culture and ensuring full compliance with Health & Safety and environmental legislation
- Developing and implementing operational strategies to maximise manufacturing efficiency and performance
- Monitoring operational KPIs and financial controls to ensure delivery against budget and site targets
- Embedding continuous improvement principles across the operation using Lean, GMP and manufacturing best practice methodologies
- Leading cost reduction and efficiency improvement projects aligned to wider manufacturing strategy
- Ensuring product quality, hygiene and customer standards are consistently achieved across all operational areas
- Managing departmental budgets and contributing to overall site performance and operational planning
- Building strong working relationships across Technical, Engineering, Supply Chain and Senior Leadership teams
- Coaching, developing and motivating operational teams to deliver high levels of engagement and performance
You will be an experienced manufacturing leader with a strong background in fast-paced FMCG or food production environments, ideally within a unionised setting.
You Will Also Bring
- Experience leading large operational teams within food manufacturing
- Strong knowledge of production, packing and wider supply chain operations
- Experience working within high-volume, fast-paced manufacturing environments
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies
- Experience supplying major retail customers
- Strong understanding of GMP, food safety and quality standards
- Confident leadership and people management skills with the ability to motivate teams
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability
- Good IT and systems knowledge
- Degree qualification in Food Science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
- Experience within meat processing, slicing or packing operations would be advantageous
This is an opportunity to take ownership of a critical operational leadership role within a well-established food manufacturing business supplying leading retail customers. You’ll join a collaborative leadership team where continuous improvement, operational excellence and people development are genuinely valued.
The role offers real scope to influence site performance, shape culture and contribute to wider business success while developing your own long-term career within a growing manufacturing environment.
Company Information
Sofina Foods isn't just a food company - It’s a place to build your future.
With a team of over 13,000 people across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, we're passionate about delivering quality meats and seafood products to consumers around the world.
Join a company where innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction drive everything we do. At Sofina, you’ll grow your skills, make a real impact, and work with responsibly sourced products from more than 50 protein sources across five continents.
Our vision is bold: to be the most successful food company in the world. If you’re looking for a rewarding career in the food industry, there’s a place for you at Sofina Foods.
Equal Opportunities
Sofina Foods is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences – regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Schedule
Monday to Friday, Night Shift
Location
Haverhill, Suffolk
Hours of Work
Full-time
Company
Sofina Foods
Country Code
GB
AutoReqId
5554BR
AdRef
INDB3
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