Chief Operating Officer

QLM Search is recruiting a COO for a specialist Food manufacturing group. Reporting to the CEO this role forms part of the ELT responsible for driving best in class operational performance across the business units manufacturing sites (x5)

Key responsibilities include:

· Provide strategic leadership and planning for the division improving national/global operations and services

· Lead and guide the operational remit of the business unit strategic/operational plans

· Driving the strategy and simplification of processes through standardization, technology and innovation, and the implementation of methodologies for the unit

Candidates must have come from a Food/Ingredients/Beverage background where you have managed, at C-suite level, the entirety of the end-to-end Supply Chain. You will have implemented enhanced standard operating procedures processes and methodologies and must have the ability to lead and motivate a team, combined with a strategic approach to implementing change to drive operating performance.