Operations Manager- Flixborough and Fridaythorpe

at  AB Agri

Location: Flixborough & Fridaythopre, North Lincolnshire, UK
Permanent Monday - Friday 37.5 hours a week
Are you a manufacturing leader with the experience and commitment to elevate performance and delivery? Do you enjoy working as a team to achieve long-term goals? Are you an advocate for Everyday Excellence?
If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join ABN as an Operations Manager where you will be responsible for our Feed Mills at Flixborough & Fridaythorpe. You will support growth, ensure safety and quality, and maximise profitability. It is not just a job; it is a chance to make a real difference in the world.
You will inherit well-established teams and effective operational site with further opportunity for continuous improvement and shaping the future direction of operations. This role demands leadership skills, budgetary management expertise, and a significant background in CI methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, ownership, and governance of both sites, working towards growth plans.
• Support and coach colleagues to achieve professional quality.
• Promote everyday excellence initiatives.
• Profit & Loss responsibility and budget controls.
• Main point of contact for customers, facilitating effective service delivery and profitable supply relationships
• Promote a culture of training and development.
• Ensure compliance with HSE, Feed safety, and quality requirements.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t exactly match the job description. Your skills and motivation are what truly matter to us. We value our diverse workforce and believe that our inclusive culture creates an environment where everyone can thrive.

• Proven Manufacturing leadership experience with the ability to improve culture and performance.
• Experience managing significant budgets and capital projects.
• Ability to inspire the team to deliver business goals and lead through change and ambiguity.
• Strong continuous improvement knowledge and capability.
• Excellent leadership and engagement skills.
• Sound understanding of business drivers and the ability to translate knowledge into cohesive plans.
• Excellent commercial and financial acumen with prioritisation skills.
• Experience gained in a Feed Mill, Anaerobic digestion plant or similar industry is desirable.

ABOUT US

We’re AB Agri part 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.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

• Provide leadership, ownership, and governance of both sites, working towards growth plans.
• Support and coach colleagues to achieve professional quality.
• Promote everyday excellence initiatives.
• Profit & Loss responsibility and budget controls.
• Main point of contact for customers, facilitating effective service delivery and profitable supply relationships
• Promote a culture of training and development.
• Ensure compliance with HSE, Feed safety, and quality requirements