Head of Manufacturing
Company
Location
Rogerstone, Wales, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/18/2025
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Description
Location: Rogerstone Meal Solutions (Newport)
Salary: Excellent Remuneration + 15% Bonus + Benefits
About Us
Joining 2 Sisters means becoming part of the UK’s largest food manufacturing group, with a turnover exceeding £3 billion and over 13,500 employees. Our Rogerstone site, Europe’s largest ready-meals facility, employs 1,600 people with an annual turnover of £200 million. Renowned for producing high-quality meals and benefiting from substantial ongoing investment, Rogerstone exemplifies our commitment to "Making Every Meal Moment Special."
About The Role
The Head of Manufacturing at Rogerstone Meal Solutions is a pivotal leadership role, overseeing operations across multiple departments to drive efficiency, maintain operational stability, and champion safety. This individual will lead a large team, handle responsibilities from safety compliance to managing production variances, and serve as the face of operations internally and externally.
Key Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have proven operational leadership experience in FMCG, especially in short-life chilled ready meals. You should excel in people management, problem-solving, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment, with a track record of delivering results in large-scale operations.
Key Requirements
Rogerstone has received £25 million in investments over the past 3 years, bolstering its facilities and providing a stable, growth-oriented environment. This role not only involves leadership within Europe’s largest ready-meals facility but also positions you for career progression towards a Site Director role in the near future.
Salary: Excellent Remuneration + 15% Bonus + Benefits
About Us
Joining 2 Sisters means becoming part of the UK’s largest food manufacturing group, with a turnover exceeding £3 billion and over 13,500 employees. Our Rogerstone site, Europe’s largest ready-meals facility, employs 1,600 people with an annual turnover of £200 million. Renowned for producing high-quality meals and benefiting from substantial ongoing investment, Rogerstone exemplifies our commitment to "Making Every Meal Moment Special."
About The Role
The Head of Manufacturing at Rogerstone Meal Solutions is a pivotal leadership role, overseeing operations across multiple departments to drive efficiency, maintain operational stability, and champion safety. This individual will lead a large team, handle responsibilities from safety compliance to managing production variances, and serve as the face of operations internally and externally.
Key Responsibilities
- Full ownership of operations, including HSE and Food Safety, stock accuracy, complaints management, and engineering functions.
- Drive preventative maintenance and operational engineering projects to improve equipment performance
- Engage and motivate a multi-functional team across shifts, empowering teams to drive for and improve performance, through appropriate measures and KPIs,
- Provide direction and support to direct Management team to support and deliver site objectives and targets
- Raise factory operating standards
The ideal candidate will have proven operational leadership experience in FMCG, especially in short-life chilled ready meals. You should excel in people management, problem-solving, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment, with a track record of delivering results in large-scale operations.
Key Requirements
- Experience in FMCG chilled goods manufacturing, with operational leadership and strategic development with customers.
- Proven track record in large complex factory with high volume, high sales turnover and large headcount.
- Strong people engagement skills, with a focus on motivating and leading teams through complex challenges.
- Agility and quick problem-solving skills in dynamic, high-pressure environments
- Previous experience in a similar role e.g. General Manager, Senior Operations Manager, Site Director, with readiness for a larger operational scope
- 15% Bonus
- Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and Grocery Aid, offering confidential support services 365 days a year
- Boparan Restaurant Group Discount
- Cycle2Work Scheme
- Relocation assistance available
- Monday – Friday, core hours; flexibility is required due to 24/7 operational demands
Rogerstone has received £25 million in investments over the past 3 years, bolstering its facilities and providing a stable, growth-oriented environment. This role not only involves leadership within Europe’s largest ready-meals facility but also positions you for career progression towards a Site Director role in the near future.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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