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General Manager

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General Manager

Bali, Indonesia

Food Manufacturing

Major Talent is partnered with a global seafood business in Indonesia. We are currently looking to speak with qualified candidates for a General Manager opening.

As a general manager, you will oversee sourcing and manufacturing operations, driving yield, productivity and cost improvements while ensuring food safety, quality, traceability, sustainability, and customer requirements are consistently met. You will be responsible for a team of supply chain, quality, lab and administration staff.

Responsibilities of a General Manager

  • Develop and execute the Company’s strategic plans, business objectives, and annual budgets in alignment with company goals and business priorities.
  • Provide leadership and ensure effective performance of all managerial and functional areas to achieve organizational objectives.
  • Drive overall business performance by monitoring revenue growth, profitability, cash flow, working capital, and operational efficiency.
  • Oversee key business functions and multiple business entities.
  • Identify and pursue strategic business opportunities, partnerships, investments, and growth initiatives to support long-term business expansion and sustainability.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, governance standards, and internal control systems.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Company Management, customers, suppliers, government authorities, and financial institutions.
  • Represent the Company in strategic meetings, audits, negotiations, and external business engagements.
  • Lead sourcing and procurement activities to ensure adequate raw material supply, quality, and cost competitiveness.
  • Drive manufacturing performance through yield improvement, productivity enhancement, and cost optimization initiatives.
  • Ensure compliance with food safety, quality, traceability, sustainability, and customer requirements.

Experience/ Skills Required to be a General Manager

  • Bachelor’s degree in any related field; Master’s degree (MBA or equivalent) is an advantage.
  • Progressive leadership experience in a complex and dynamic business environment.
  • Experience in a senior management or general management role with full accountability for business performance.
  • Strong business acumen with solid understanding of core business functions, including operations, finance, supply chain, and organizational management.
  • Proven record of accomplishment in driving business growth, profitability, and operational excellence and organizational performance.
  • Demonstrated leadership capability in managing cross-functional teams and complex organisational structures.
  • Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, decision-making and stakeholder management skills.
  • Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

If you are interested, please click apply now and one of our recruitment specialists will be in touch.

Major Recruitment is an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract, you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straightforward.

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Machine Operative

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Job Description:

Machine Operative

Location: New Mills
Salary: £12.95 + £1.86 per hour shift allowance
Shift: Rotating Shifts | Immediate Starts Available

We are currently recruiting for Machine Operators to join a well-established and growing manufacturing company based in New Mills. This is a fantastic opportunity to secure a long-term position with competitive pay and ongoing support.

Shift Pattern

Week 1

  • Monday – Thursday: 06:00am-14:00pm
  • Friday: 06:00am – 12:00pm

Week 2

  • Monday – Thursday: 14:00pm – 22:00pm
  • Friday: 12:00pm-18:00pm

Pay & Benefits

  • £12.95 per hour
  • Additional £1.86 per hour shift allowance
  • Weekly pay
  • Immediate starts available
  • Opportunity for long-term work

Key Responsibilities

  • Operating production machinery safely and efficiently
  • Monitoring product quality and reporting any issues
  • Following health & safety procedures at all times
  • Supporting the production team to meet daily targets
  • Keeping work areas clean and organised

What We’re Looking For

  • Previous manufacturing or machine operating experience is desirable
  • Good attention to detail and quality standards
  • Reliable with a strong work ethic
  • Ability to work rotating shifts

If you are looking for a stable role within a supportive manufacturing environment, apply today

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Technical Machine Operative (Nights)

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Technical Machine Operator

Location: New Mills
Salary: £13.10 – £13.31 per hour + £2.67 per hour shift allowance
Shift: Night Shift | Immediate Starts Available

We are currently recruiting for a Technical Machine Operator to join a busy and well-established manufacturing operation in New Mills. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking for stable, ongoing night work with competitive pay and consistent hours.

Shift Pattern

  • Sunday: 00:00 – 06:00
  • Monday – Thursday: 22:00 – 06:00

Pay & Benefits

  • £13.10 – £13.31 per hour
  • Additional £2.67 per hour night shift allowance
  • Weekly pay
  • Long-term opportunity for the right candidate
  • Immediate starts available

Key Responsibilities

  • Operating and monitoring technical machinery during night shifts
  • Ensuring production runs smoothly and efficiently
  • Carrying out routine checks and basic troubleshooting
  • Maintaining high standards of quality and safety
  • Recording production data accurately
  • Working as part of a small, focused night team

What We’re Looking For

  • Experience in machine operation or manufacturing preferred
  • Good technical awareness and attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently on night shifts
  • Reliable, punctual, and safety-conscious

If you’re looking for a consistent night shift role with strong hourly rates and long-term potential, apply today – immediate positions available.

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National Account Executive

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As a National Account Executive, you will support the management and growth of key customers within the Convenience and Discount channels. Working closely with the Senior National Account Manager, you will take ownership of day-to-day account activities, ensuring excellent customer execution, strong commercial performance, and effective delivery of business objectives.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to major retail customers, branded and Retailer Own Brand products, and develop the commercial skills required for progression into a National Account Manager position.

Key Responsibilities

You will play a vital role in delivering profitable growth and strengthening customer partnerships by:

  • Driving volume and value growth across assigned accounts through effective relationship management and execution of commercial plans.
  • Monitoring account performance against agreed targets, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending appropriate actions.
  • Managing customer budgets, including trade spend, to support profitable growth and business development initiatives.
  • Supporting the Senior National Account Manager in creating and implementing strategic customer plans.
  • Producing clear and concise performance reports, highlighting key sales, distribution, and market trends.
  • Conducting regular store visits and market reviews to assess execution standards and identify new opportunities.
  • Working closely with the Category team to develop insight-led recommendations that improve customer performance.
  • Leading the day-to-day operational management of assigned accounts, including forecasting, promotional planning, service levels, and customer execution.
  • Supporting projects across both branded and Retailer Own Brand portfolios.
  • Providing account support and cover for the Senior National Account Manager when required.
  • Contributing accurate customer forecasts and performance data for the annual budgeting process.

Skills, Experience & Knowledge

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

  • Experience within FMCG, food, retail, or foodservice environments.
  • A commercially focused mindset with the ability to influence stakeholders through clear communication and well-founded recommendations.
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret customer, market, and sales data using tools such as Kantar, IRI, and Nielsen.
  • Experience using data and insights to support sales growth, profitability, trade spend management, and business performance.
  • Advanced capability in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the confidence to present findings in a customer-focused format.
  • Excellent attention to detail, particularly when working with pricing, promotional activity, forecasting, and reporting.
  • Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and customers at all levels.
  • A proactive, organised approach with a commitment to delivering high standards and continuous improvement.

Cake creator

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Are you passionate about transforming flour, sugar, and imagination into edible works of art? We’re looking for a talented and creative Cake Creator to join our growing team. This is more than baking cakes, it’s about creating unforgettable centrepieces that make celebrations truly special.

As our Cake Creator, you’ll be the inspiration for designing, bake ( not all on your own!) , decorate, and deliver stunning cakes for birthdays, weddings, and major retail customers, and special occasions. If you love experimenting with flavours, perfecting your craft, coming up with new ideas for products and are excited by cakes , we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing

🍰 Designing and creating new and innovative ideas for cakes tailored to customer requirements

🎨 Decorating cakes using a variety of techniques including fondant, buttercream, piping, and sugar craft

🧁 Developing new cake designs, flavours, and seasonal collections

📸 Showcasing your creations for social media and marketing campaigns

✅ Maintaining exceptional quality, presentation, and consistency

🤝 Providing outstanding customer service and helping clients bring their cake visions to life

What We’re Looking For

  • A genuine passion for cake decorating and baking
  • Strong creative flair and attention to detail
  • Experience in cake making, baking, or sugar craft
  • Ability to work to deadlines and manage multiple orders
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Positive attitude and team-player mentality
  • Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects
  • Food Safety and Hygiene certification (preferred)

What We Offer

✨ The opportunity to turn creativity into a career

✨ A supportive and friendly working environment

✨ Freedom to develop innovative designs and ideas

✨ Ongoing training and development opportunities

✨ Employee discounts and company perks

✨ The chance to be part of customers’ most memorable celebrations

Night Hygiene Manager

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We are seeking a highly capable Night Hygiene Manager to lead our hygiene operations and ensure that our site is fully compliant, safe, and production-ready every morning. This is a pivotal role in maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness, food safety, and compliance across our chilled food manufacturing facility.

About the Role

As Night Hygiene Manager, you’ll be responsible for ensuring our site is cleaned effectively, efficiently, and in line with strict health, safety, and food safety requirements. You’ll manage and develop a dedicated hygiene team, drive continuous improvements in standards and systems, and ensure compliance with external audits and certifications (BRC, ISO, and customer standards).

This role requires a hands-on, motivated leader with a sharp eye for detail and a strong ability to inspire and engage people in a compliance-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Take full ownership for hygiene operations on the night shift, ensuring the site is clean, safe, and production-ready.
  • Lead, develop, and motivate the hygiene team to deliver exceptional standards, clear objectives, and a positive team culture.
  • Plan and allocate workload for night hygiene staff, monitoring performance and driving continuous improvement in hygiene standards.
  • Ensure compliance with all hygiene, food safety, and health & safety regulations, including BRC, ISO, and other industry standards.
  • Maintain and update hygiene schedules, SOPs, and work instructions to meet internal and external audit requirements.
  • Deliver training on chemical handling, safe systems of work, and hygiene best practices for individuals and groups.
  • Take responsibility for waste segregation, recycling, and the delivery of cost-saving initiatives within hygiene and waste management.
  • Manage department budgets effectively, ensuring accurate reporting and driving efficiencies where possible.
  • Conduct risk assessments, enforce safe working practices, and ensure all incidents are investigated with corrective actions implemented.
  • Act as a visible champion for food safety and quality, leading by example during audits, technical visits, and daily operations.
  • Partner with HR and other departments to recruit, retain, and develop staff who align with our company culture and values.
  • Support root cause analysis of non-conformances, ensuring robust corrective and preventative actions are in place.

About You

We’re looking for someone who can bring energy, experience, and expertise to the role. Ideally you will have:

  • Proven experience managing and leading a hygiene team in a food manufacturing environment.
  • Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks such as BRC, ISO, or similar.
  • A track record of improving site hygiene and operational standards.
  • Knowledge of cleaning systems, chemicals, and methodologies in food manufacturing.
  • Experience managing budgets, reporting on spend, and driving cost efficiencies.
  • Background in waste segregation and recycling initiatives.
  • Excellent communication and people management skills, with the ability to train, coach, and motivate staff.
  • Confident IT skills with the ability to use PC-based systems for reporting and planning.

Senior Process Technologist

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An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Process Technologist to join a well-established food manufacturer This role sits within a close-knit, collaborative technical team.

The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing product trials, supporting production, and mentoring junior technologists, ensuring efficient delivery of products to major UK retailers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage production trials across a range of products
  • Work hands-on in the factory on a daily basis
  • Support troubleshooting and problem-solving in production
  • Mentor and develop junior technologists within the team
  • Ensure smooth progression of products through the NPD gate process
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to meet customer timelines and expectations
  • Maintain strong communication with production and technical teams

Key Requirements

Experience & Background

  • Experience in food manufacturing (essential)
  • Strong understanding of NPD processes and product launches
  • Experience working in a factory-based, fast-paced environment

Skills & Attributes

  • Energetic, enthusiastic, and proactive
  • Strong personality with the ability to influence and lead
  • Team-oriented with the ability to build strong working relationships
  • Practical, hands-on approach
  • Willingness to learn and adapt quickly

HR Advisor

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HR Advisor

Are you a passionate HR professional looking to make a real impact in a fast-paced environment? We’re looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join our team and play a key role in delivering a professional, proactive and people-focused HR service.

Working closely with managers and the wider HR team, you’ll provide expert advice across a broad range of HR activities including employee relations, absence management, recruitment, engagement, wellbeing and organisational development. You’ll be a trusted partner to managers, helping to drive performance, support change and create a positive employee experience.

What you’ll be doing

  • Providing advice and guidance on employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, conduct and capability cases.
  • Supporting managers with absence management and employee wellbeing initiatives.
  • Assisting with recruitment, onboarding and workforce planning activities.
  • Ensuring HR systems and employee records are maintained accurately and confidentially.
  • Supporting engagement initiatives and promoting an inclusive, positive workplace culture.
  • Working collaboratively with Learning & Development and other specialist teams to drive business and people objectives.

What we’re looking for

  • Previous experience in an HR Advisor or similar generalist HR role.
  • Sound knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Experience advising managers and handling complex employee relations matters.
  • CIPD qualification (or working towards) is desirable.

Why join us?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive HR team where you can make a genuine difference to people and business performance while continuing to develop your HR career. You’ll be part of an organisation that values teamwork, ownership, integrity and continuous improvement.

QA manager 3-6 months Fixed term contract

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Reporting into the Technical function, you will be responsible for leading day-to-day quality assurance activities across the site and ensuring that products consistently meet customer, legal, and company requirements.

This is a highly visible role requiring strong stakeholder management skills, with regular interaction across Operations, Production, Supply Chain, and Technical teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage and lead the QA team on site.
  • Ensure compliance with BRCGS, HACCP, and food safety standards.
  • Drive GMP standards and promote a strong quality culture throughout the business.
  • Support internal and external audits.
  • Investigate non-conformances and implement corrective actions.
  • Work closely with Production and Operations teams to resolve quality issues.
  • Monitor quality systems and ensure all documentation is maintained and up to date.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

About You

We’re looking for an individual who can hit the ground running and quickly build credibility across the business.

Requirements

  • Previous experience in a QA Manager, Quality Manager, or Senior QA position within food manufacturing.
  • Bakery experience would be highly advantageous.
  • Strong understanding of BRCGS, HACCP, and food safety legislation.
  • Proven ability to influence and engage stakeholders across multiple functions.
  • Hands-on approach with excellent attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

What’s On Offer?

  • Fixed-term contract for 3-6 months.
  • Salary up to £40,000 pro rata.
  • Opportunity to join a reputable and growing food manufacturing business.
  • Immediate impact role with significant stakeholder exposure.

To find out more, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Director of Engineering

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Director of Engineering

Food Manufacturing

Greater Chicago

Major Talent is partnering with a global food ingredients manufacturer that offers a range of speciality ingredients to industrial and foodservice customers globally. We are looking to speak with engineering professionals for a Director of Engineering opening.

As a Director of Engineering, you will lead the engineering function, capital project delivery and multi-site maintenance strategy across all operations. You will be responsible for developing and executing both annual and long-term capital expenditure (CAPEX) plans, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time and within budget.

Responsibilities of a Director of Engineering

  • Lead the development and delivery of annual and long-range Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) plans across multiple facilities, identifying, prioritising, and justifying investments that support safety, food safety, quality, operational efficiency, capacity growth, and business objectives.
  • Oversee the full lifecycle of capital projects, from concept and design through procurement, execution, commissioning, and handover, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the highest standards.
  • Drive robust CAPEX governance by managing budgets, forecasts, risk mitigation, change control, and performance reporting, providing clear visibility and recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Provide strategic leadership and support to site Maintenance Managers, establishing performance expectations and driving improvements in equipment reliability, uptime, preventive maintenance compliance, responsiveness, and contractor effectiveness.
  • Develop and standardise best-in-class maintenance and reliability programmes across all sites, leveraging CMMS systems, predictive maintenance techniques, reliability-centred maintenance practices, and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Lead the development of a multi-site spare parts strategy that balances inventory optimisation with operational resilience, ensuring critical equipment availability and minimising downtime risks.
  • Serve as the senior technical resource for Operations and Maintenance teams, supporting complex troubleshooting, root cause investigations, and the implementation of sustainable corrective actions.
  • Drive the implementation of future automation and digitalisation initiatives, providing expertise in electrical, controls, and process automation systems while partnering with external integrators and contractors.
  • Champion a culture of safety, food safety, environmental stewardship, and regulatory compliance across all engineering and maintenance activities.
  • Manage relationships with key engineering suppliers, OEMs, contractors, utilities, and service providers, ensuring strong technical performance, cost effectiveness, and service reliability.
  • Travel regularly to manufacturing sites to support project delivery, maintenance performance reviews, technical problem-solving, audits, and critical operational activities.

Skills required to be a Director of Engineering

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Chemical, or a related discipline).
  • A minimum of 10 years’ experience in engineering, maintenance and/or capital project leadership within food manufacturing or another highly regulated process manufacturing environment. Experience supporting multiple sites is highly desirable.
  • A proven track record of developing CAPEX strategies and successfully delivering capital projects from concept through commissioning, with strong control of budgets, timelines and project outcomes.
  • Strong expertise in maintenance and reliability best practices, including preventative and predictive maintenance programmes, asset performance optimisation, and KPI-driven continuous improvement.
  • Proficiency with engineering and project management tools, including AutoCAD, Bluebeam Revu (or equivalent), Microsoft Office applications, project scheduling software, and CMMS platforms.
  • The flexibility and willingness to travel regularly across US operations to support project delivery, site performance improvement initiatives, and key business priorities.

If you are interested, please click apply now and one of our recruitment specialists will be in touch.

Major Recruitment is an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Should you be seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment, or contract, you will find our staff professional and courteous and our interview process straightforward.

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