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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.

QA Supervisor – Nights

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To champion a culture where food safety, quality, and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do. Working closely with operational teams, you will provide visible leadership that drives high standards, empowers people, and ensures products consistently exceed customer and regulatory expectations.

As a trusted technical partner, you will build strong cross-functional relationships, develop capability across teams, and inspire a proactive approach to quality through coaching, collaboration, and problem-solving. You will lead by example, creating an environment where food safety is everyone’s responsibility and continuous improvement is part of the daily routine.

Shift pattern – 4 on 4 off 6-6

Development Manager

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The NPD Manager will report into a NPD Controller and help to drive the innovation agenda internally and with our customers. Ensuring a continuous quality first agenda. Supported by the Process Technologist and reporting to the Head of NPD. We are looking for a real foodie and someone who gets excited about innovation

Food Obsessed – You are the engine behind our product innovation agenda. Keeping your finger on the pulse of food and drink trends and sharing your findings, products and examples across the team.

Continuous learning / researching. Use personal experience, product tastings, online research and insight driven by the category team.

NPD and EPD management – Relentlessly driving innovation and product improvement from concept to launch.

Working in tandem with the Category and Commercial team to ensure we are using data driven insight to target the largest and most strategic opportunities to deliver category value and volume growth.

Proactive and continuous product management. Driving the long-term innovation plan to deliver against our customers strategic ambitions

Working cross functionally with Category and Commercial to ensure a joined-up approach to product launches with all of our customers.

Developing innovation briefs, in partnership with our customers as their partner supplier.

To develop products from concept, customer sign off, factory trials, nutrition and shelf-life evaluation through to launch procedures. Includes associated specification and quality system maintenance.

Internal systems and specs maintained and up to date. Customer critical path management, paperwork and systems management.

Sample Management – Development of products will require kitchen development work regarding samples for customer presentations.

Samples are fit for purpose and of the highest quality for both internal and customer approval.

Project management – Lead and own all customers and projects working closely with Category, Commercial, Technical, Planning & Operations.

Internal and external teams understand the ownership of the project. Provide clear communication to and direction to all key stakeholders both internally and within our customers.

NPD Meeting leadership – Cross functional, biweekly meeting.

Specifications and artwork are approved in a timely manner as directed by our customers and inline with the critical path.

Benchmarking – Support the benchmarking schedule. Feedback to the business updates with opportunities and developments within the sector

Process Management – Support the Process Technologist in investigation of process related issues, identifying issues and making recommendations to deliver quality and consistency.

Continuous improvement approach to NPD & Production

Customer presentations – Lead NPD / Product development and Benchmarking meetings with all customers.

Product Presentations are led by the NPD team to customers and aligned with Category and Commercial.

A passion for food culture, research through media, online platforms, comp shops, food safaris and recipe exploration. Share your findings with the team.

ESSENTIAL / DESIRABLE SKILLS, COMPETENCIES AND QUALITIES

Essential

Desirable

Previous NPD / Process experience.

Previous experience in FMCG environment

A real passion for food

  • A well-developed palate
  • Driven and motivated
  • Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills
  • IT literate
  • Good attention to detail

Excellent English speaking and written skills

Ability to plan and organise your time to deliver concepts to an agreed quality and timescale

Category Marketing Manager – 6 month FTC

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Role Overview

The Category Manager turns shopper and market data into clear, actionable insights that drive category growth for both the business and retail partners. Blending data analysis with category strategy and customer leadership, this role shapes ranging, merchandising, pricing and promotional decisions.

Acting as the bridge between commercial, marketing and retail teams, the focus is on ensuring decisions are insight‑led and rooted in real shopper behaviour.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver an insight‑driven category strategy that unlocks sustainable growth
  • Build strong, influential relationships with key retail partners
  • Identify opportunities through shopper insight, market trends and competitor analysis
  • Partner with Brand teams to embed category and consumer insight into innovation plans
  • Turn complex data into compelling stories that influence customers and internal teams
  • Champion the voice of the shopper by understanding missions, behaviours and drivers
  • Lead shopper insight projects that deliver clear commercial recommendations

Core Competencies

Leading Performance

  • Takes ownership, delivers to high standards and follows through on commitments

People & Talent

  • Supports development through coaching, feedback and inclusive collaboration

Business Awareness

  • Applies commercial understanding to interpret data and support sound decision‑making

Leading Change

  • Positively supports change and keeps teams engaged and outcome‑focused

Collaborating & Influencing

  • Uses insight and strong communication to influence and build trusted partnerships

Commercial Executive

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The Role

This is a hands-on, commercial role where you’ll work closely with the Commercial Manager to unlock growth across the UK market. You’ll play a key part in managing major customer accounts day to day, helping to drive profitable growth, outstanding service levels, and long-term partnerships.

You’ll be right at the heart of the action – influencing account strategy, owning commercial admin, supporting forecasting and revenue management, and acting as a central contact for customers. You’ll also take the lead on NPD project management, ensuring launches land on time, on spec, and with impact.

If you enjoy variety, pace, and seeing your work translate directly into results on shelf, this role will keep you engaged and challenged.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Take P&L responsibility for a defined account, driving brand growth in line with business objectives

  • Act as the day-to-day commercial contact for customers, building strong, trusted relationships

  • Partner with Marketing to create and deliver compelling customer plans, including in-store and online activation

  • Analyse promotional performance, turning insight into clear recommendations that maximise ROI

  • Deliver robust reporting and data analysis, supporting decision-making with actionable insights

  • Manage forecasting (internal and external) on a weekly basis

  • Support S&OP and revenue management, ensuring alignment across the business

  • Own NPD project critical paths, coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver successful launches

  • Work closely with Supply Chain on stock, availability, and service level performance

  • Liaise with supply site planners to maintain full CSL

  • Manage customer administration for allocated accounts, including promotional nominations and EPOS analysis

  • Support the delivery of Joint Business Plans and sustainable channel growth

  • Act as the voice of the customer internally, championing their needs across the business

  • Ensure timely, accurate information flows to wider business teams