Head of Supply Chain

2 months ago


Rugeley, United Kingdom AB Agri Full time

**The Role & Key Responsibilities**:
**Job Title**:Head of Operations & Supply Chain - Premier Nutrition

**Location**:Hybrid - Rugeley, UK

**Salary**: Competitive + up to 30% bonus + car allowance + private healthcare + matched pension up to 10%

Permanent 37.5 hours per week - Typically working Days and Hours - Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 17:00 - If flexibility is important to you, please discuss potential opportunities with our hiring team.

Have you got experience of leading site operations across multiple locations? If you are looking to use these skills as part of a leadership team to shape business performance and develop our supply chain capability, join us today

Due to an internal promotion, we are excited to be recruiting for a people focused leader to join our leadership team. With a function of approx. 85 people across Maintenance, Operations, Warehousing, Customer Service and Planning, you will have responsibility for creating an environment where people can thrive brining together operations and supply chain.

Some key responsibilities will include:

- Ensuring we have an environment and culture of safe people, feed and products while delivering great service for our customers.
- Create and execute operational strategy in line with our 5-year plan.
- Balance day to day needs with the future and vision for growth.
- Champion and promote our Everyday Excellence Continuous Improvement programme.
- Develop talent and ensure there is robust succession planning.
- Manage budget of circa £11Million to optimise and ensure there is business benefit.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to step into a leadership role with a high performing effective team where the focus will be on the future where you will have the opportunity to influence business growth by bringing in the knowledge of best-in-class operations.

**Skills and Experience**
- Knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental good practice, quality assurance and control expectations in a large manufacturing business.
- Ability to think strategically and work with the leadership team to develop an operational strategy aligned to the business 5-year plan.
- Experience of working in and leading teams within a Lean/Continuous improvement (CI) work environment.
- Experience of optimising manufacturing, warehouse and planning processes/systems would be desirable.
- Experience of project management and CAPAX Improvement would be desirable.

**Location**

Our Premier Nutrition site has two manufacturing facilities close to each other, one in Rugeley and the other in Fradley Park. As a Senior Leader in the business, we would like you to be at site 2 - 3 days a week mixed with home working. Some travel to the AB Agri head office in Peterborough or other sites may be required.

**About The Company**:
**Rewarding your passion**

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits - these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

**About us**

Premier Nutrition are a leading provider of vitamin premix to manufacturers of animal feed across Europe and Asia and offers expert advice to customers from some of the worlds leading nutritionists.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.

**Application Notes**

**Agencies and media sales**

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.


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