Location: Wiltshire
Salary: £55,000 base salary + bonus
Hours: Monday to Friday
Are you a food manufacturing professional who enjoys being close to the factory floor, understanding product quality in detail and driving practical improvements that make a real difference?
A well-established and growing food manufacturing business is looking for a Process Manager to step into a newly created role with real scope, visibility and influence.
This is not a typical Process Development Manager position. The focus is on product quality, consistency and manufacturing capability, acting as the key bridge between NPD, Technical and Production. You will help ensure products are suitable for production, can be made consistently, and that the right process controls and improvements are in place to support quality, efficiency and customer outcomes.
If you enjoy solving problems, shaping a function and seeing the impact of your work in real time, this is a great opportunity to step into a role with genuine influence.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Drive improvements in product quality, process reliability and manufacturing performance
- Lead and support factory trials for new products, process changes and improvement activity
- Monitor process performance and ensure consistency following product launches
- Use factory insight, product data and taste panel feedback to identify priorities and areas for investigation
- Evaluate existing processes and introduce more efficient or robust ways of working
- Establish and strengthen process controls to improve right first time delivery
- Carry out structured process reviews and investigate root causes of quality issues, failures or complaints
- Support equipment and process validation activity across the site
- Work closely with cross functional teams to align manufacturing capability with product requirements
- Define and refine quality parameters in line with operational realities
- Identify opportunities to reduce cost through smarter processing methods
- Support the transfer of process learnings across the wider manufacturing operation
- Coach and guide teams on best practice and process standards
What’s In It for You
- Opportunity to take ownership of process performance within a growing manufacturing site
- A newly created role where you can help shape the function and lead the agenda
- Real visibility and influence across Production, Technical and NPD
- Long-term career development within a business investing in its people, processes and manufacturing capability
- Exposure to continuous improvement, product quality and large-scale manufacturing projects
- Stable, well-invested environment with a strong focus on quality, innovation and future growth
- Company performance bonus and a wider employee benefits package
- Supportive leadership team with a focus on progression and capability building
Your Background
- Experience within a food manufacturing or food processing environment
- Background in process development, QA, NPD, product quality or a similar product and process-focused role
- Strong understanding of how factory processes impact product quality, consistency and customer experience
- Detail-oriented with a structured and methodical approach
- Comfortable analysing issues and implementing practical factory-led solutions
- Confident working cross functionally and influencing stakeholders across NPD, Technical and Production
- Able to manage priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing setting
- Hands-on mindset with the confidence to work independently and lead improvement activity
- Genuine interest in food, quality and delivering high standards
Join a Business That Invests in You
You will be joining a business that is continuing to invest in its people, processes and manufacturing capability, with a clear focus on delivering high-quality products and driving operational excellence.
This is a role where you can genuinely shape how things are done, working closely with multiple teams to improve performance and standards across the factory.
With long-term growth, continued site investment and a strong mix of experienced people and new talent across the team, this is an environment where you can make a visible impact while developing your own career.
If you are looking for a position where you can influence change, develop your skill set and be part of a forward-thinking manufacturing environment, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today and get in touch with Kimia at Found Food and Drink.