Extrusion Manager

Overview

In this Extrusion Manager role, you own the extrusion and flavouring production area within a fast-paced food manufacturing setting. You will drive safety, quality, yield and efficiency while developing and mentoring the production team.

You’ll oversee critical processing assets, ensure traceability, and lead continuous improvement to cut waste and costs. This position offers significant autonomy, impact on production performance, and opportunities to contribute to growth through NPD trials and new product launches.

You’ll work closely with senior operations management to align with the company’s quality and safety standards and strategic goals.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• significant autonomy
• career progression opportunities
• opportunity to impact production performance
• dynamic growing business

Responsibilities

• Manage product flow from raw materials through extrusion and flavouring operations
• Drive Health & Safety, GMP and hygiene compliance across the department
• Ensure production processes meet quality, yield and efficiency targets
• Oversee critical processing assets (dies, blades, screws)
• Oversee flavour and oil application, stock control and traceability documentation
• Develop and maintain training matrices to ensure operator competency
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on waste reduction and cost control
• Support NPD trials, scale-up projects and new product launches
• Coach, mentor and develop production teams to maximise performance

Key requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading large teams in a manufacturing or production environment
• Strong production management and process improvement experience
• Proven ability to drive operational performance, efficiency and quality standards
• Excellent people leadership and team development skills
• Strong understanding of food safety, GMP and quality systems
• Extrusion experience would be highly advantageous
• Hands-on leadership style with a continuous improvement mindset
• leadership
• coaching and mentoring
• problem solving
• extrusion
• GMP
• food safety

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