Process Manager

Bakkavor

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 5 days ago
Process Manager -FTCWe're Proud to be BakkavorSalary: Competitive salaryLocation: Bakkavor Meals - London - Cumberland ( site based)Shift: Monday-FridayHours: 08:30 - 17:00 * flexibility required for business needs, requirements and audits*Benefits include up to 10% company bonus, life insurance, staff shop, MyBargains discount platform and more.Why join us?We're proud to offer you a career with options to explore and pursue. Where you'll be supported to work hard, push further and show resilience - As a valued Process Manager, we'll support your ambition, reward your resilience, and encourage you to rise to challenges and create a career you can be proud of too.What we doThis particular role is at our Bakkavor Meals site in Park Royal - West London. Split across 3 factories and 1 distribution centre. The factories make chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products & savoury accompaniments and employs over 2,000 people.About the roleThis is a fantastic opportunity for a Process Manager to join Bakkavor Meals London.In this exciting role you will provide leadership and expertise in the Process function and drive delivery of process development with stakeholders at business, functional and individual level.Accountabilities:
  • Building relationships & trust in department and business by providing a flexible but pragmatic approach.
  • Ensures & challenges audit readiness to meet business and customer needs demonstrating a drive towards best practice
  • Provides direction for the team, if site supports one, from business objectives. Develops the team by coaching and by setting stretch objectives in line with business and customer target or establishes clear, agreed objectives for themselves if working in a smaller unit.
  • Ability to influence business, NPD, CI and innovation direction. Supporting innovation & improvement plans in line with business objectives Share learning across the site
  • Responsible for providing consistent cross function communication. Lead resolutions of project issues with all stake holders by negotiating in a pragmatic and calm objective manner.
  • Leading the delivery of the Critical path for projects across categories & customers from project definition to launch. Delivers the trial programme against the critical path to successfully launch products against timelines, achieving customer requirements
  • Proactive management of the trial budget. Accountable for delivery of NPD products within defined project costs and margins.
  • Provides direction in problem solving guidance. Demonstrate problem solving skills and root cause analyses with a consistent and proactive approach
About you:
  • Strong preference for process development in fresh food manufacturing
  • Experienced in process management with sound operational and technical experience at site level
  • Demonstrates good organisational and influencing skills and an ability to facilitate across all levels of the business
  • Commercially minded, monitors initiatives with agreed processes
  • Communication style that engages multi discipline teams to get results
  • Experienced People Manager with a track record in developing people and teams
What you'll receiveAs an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.You'll enjoy:Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)Private medical insuranceAnnual Bonus Scheme25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)Staff ShopStakeholder Pension SchemeDiscount & cashback platformPersonal Accident InsuranceFree health checkEmployee Assistance ProgrammeA range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)Salary sacrifice car lease schemeFree independent mortgage adviceDiscounted tutoring for childrenAccess to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salaryFree car parkingProud to be BakkavorWe're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!Apply now to find out more!#LI-LM1#CVLBakkavorWe are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with operations also in the US, positioning the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 15,000 colleagues operate from 31 sites across our two markets supplying a large portfolio of products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US.Department: ProcessLocation:London, GB, NW10 7RQWorkplace: Site BasedDate: 29 Aug 2025Req ID: 25881

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