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    Financial Controller - Pizza

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Accounting
    Hybrid
    Lincolnshire
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Role Purpose: To deliver optimal operational performance, personally provide decision support to key operations stakeholders and ensure that the internal control environment is implemented in line with group policy, and lead on Finance process, governance and standardisation for all operations Key Accountabilities: - Provide leadership and direction to ensure that the local finance team is engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their full potential - Take ownership of the internal control environment to ensure that identified risks are addressed, and ensure the integrity of the balance sheet through monthly detailed reviews and maintaining a detailed knowledge of balance sheet items including risks and opportunities - Support key stakeholders to ensure optimal decisions are made with factual information. Take the lead on preparation of financials for business cases, capital investment proposals and other such activity. Own financial review to assess the delivery of initiatives - Optimise financial performance with a particular focus on budget process and conversion reconciliation by providing support and challenge to stakeholders and budget holders. Lead the process for a robust budget and forecasting process including communication key stakeholders. Be a driver of continuous improvement e.g., through margin accretion, site conversion or net revenue management - Owner and gatekeeper of the site capital process, including planning and prioritising future spend, maintaining an accurate view of capital cash spend phasing, risk monitoring and management, monitoring and challenge of project timescales from inception to completion, quality control for all capital proposals being issued from the site and monitoring capital spend - Contribute to the wider finance team to ensure continuous improvement in controls, efficiency and ways of working - Lead key projects when called upon to enable data to be understood, insight gleaned and better solution delivered - Play a key role in driving excellence across the business, including monitoring and driving of performance - In conjunction with the data and analytics team, develop, continually improve, own and implement advanced analytics that lead to improved insights and recommended actions for the senior leadership team to use to drive improved business performance - Actively sponsor and commit the necessary resource and focus required to deliver our inclusion and diversity commitments, goals and targets and be a role model for inclusive leadership behaviours - Actively sponsor and commit the necessary resource and focus required to support delivery of our sustainability commitments, goals and targets - Actively manage organisational risk related to both Cyber Security and data, by committing the necessary focus, resource and investing in the skills and experience required to ensure compliance to relevant policies and legislation, along with taking ownership for personal and commercial data processed throughout the group Knowledge, Skills and Experience - (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) post qualification experience or QBE - Experience of operational or commercial decision support in a manufacturing environment - Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate to all levels of the business - Ability to build, lead and develop a high performing team - Proactive, organised and able to work flexibly in order to meet deadlines and have the drive to deliver results - Able to partner, challenge and collaborate at a senior level and provide value add insight to a team of professionals What you'll get in return: - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - 25 days Holiday - Competitive matched pension contributions - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date

    Finance Business Partner

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Accounting
    Hybrid
    Lincolnshire, Low Fulney
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Leeds or Spalding Base Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. What you'll be doing We are looking to hire a Finance Business Partner to lead the Procurement Finance team, to deliver optimal operational performance, and ensure that the internal control environment is implemented in line with group policy. - Provide leadership and direction to ensure that the Procurement analysts are engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their full potential - Take ownership of the internal control environment to ensure that identified risks (eg internal/external audit) are addressed. Ensure the integrity of the balance sheet through monthly detailed reviews and maintaining a detailed knowledge of balance sheet items including risks and opportunities - To be a key member of the procurement team providing visible leadership and contributing to the running of the department. Provide decision support to the SLT and Controllers to ensure optimal decisions are made with factual information. - Optimise procurement financial performance. Lead the process for a robust budget/forecasting process including communication within the procurement leadership team and to BULT stakeholders. - Contribute to the wider finance team to ensure continuous improvement in controls, efficiency and ways of working. What we're looking for - (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) post qualification experience gained within Retail, Manufacturing or FMCG - Experience of operational decision support - Excellent interpersonal skills able to communicate to all levels of the business - Ability to build, lead and develop a high performing team - Proactive, organised and able to work flexibly in order to meet deadlines and have the drive to deliver results At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - 25 days holiday - Pension - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

    QA Auditor

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Accounting
    Hybrid
    Lincolnshire
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Quality Auditor Salary: Competitive salary Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contribution, Life insurance up to 4x salary Location: Holbeach, Lincolnshire Ways of Working: Site based Hours of work: 3's & 2's 06:00-18:00 Contract Type: Permanent Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food, both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Our site in Holbeach St Marks, Lincolnshire, specialises in producing chilled pizzas and employs around 880 people, operating in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. What you'll be doing In this busy and hands-on role as a Quality Auditor, you'll audit, monitor, and continuously improve quality systems and procedures across site operations. Working closely with operational teams, you'll provide practical technical support while maintaining and promoting quality and food safety standards in line with Greencore, customer, and legal requirements, with guidance from the QA Supervisor or Manager. Role Accountabilities - Audit compliance with QMS, GMP, and HACCP, raising clear non-conformances and driving corrective actions to closure - Apply an inquisitive audit mindset to identify root causes and reduce repeat non-conformances - Conduct traceability audits, efficiently retrieving data and presenting findings clearly - Complete sampling activities to schedule, including microbiological, nutritional, swabs, and organoleptic testing - Prepare, facilitate, and trend taste panels, escalating out-of-specification results and recommending improvements - Calibrate factory measurement equipment to schedule and manage out-of-tolerance actions - Support investigations into complaints, incidents, and out-of-specification results through audits and data analysis - Support NPD trials and product launches, including testing, shelf-life assessment, and taste panels - Provide day-to-day technical support to factory teams, audits, and customer visits - Contribute to Technical KPI delivery through audits, investigations, and proactive improvement actions - Work safely at all times, promoting strong health, safety, and environmental standards What we're looking for - A strong understanding of quality systems, GMP, HACCP, and traceability within a manufacturing environment - A proactive, detail-focused approach with a natural curiosity to challenge and improve standards - Confidence working hands-on on the factory floor, providing clear and practical technical guidance - Ability to audit effectively, identify root causes, and drive corrective and preventative actions - Strong communication skills, able to engage confidently with colleagues at all levels - A collaborative mindset, working effectively within cross-functional teams - Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities to deadlines - Commitment to continuous improvement and personal development - A positive, resilient approach aligned to Greencore values We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - Holidays - Competitive matched pension contribution - Life insurance up to 4x salary - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform - Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career. Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent. "We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.

    QA Manager

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Technology
    Hybrid
    Lincolnshire, Dyke
    Permanent
    Competitive

    QA Manager Salary: Competitive salary Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contribution, Life insurance up to 4x salary Location: Bourne, Lincs Ways of Working: Site based Hours of work: Tuesday-Saturday, 08.30-17.00 (Flexibility required in line with business needs) Contract Type: Permanent Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. This role is based in Bourne at a site specialising in the preparation of fruit, leafy and dressed salads, noodles, and stir-fry mixes. The site employs over 1,300 people and is conveniently located just 16 miles from Peterborough and 12 miles from Spalding. What you'll be doing A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a QA Manager to join our site team. In this key leadership role, you will lead and motivate the Quality Assurance team to effectively monitor and evaluate product and process controls across the site. You will be responsible for understanding, applying, and embedding Greencore, customer, and legal standards, ensuring compliance is consistently achieved and maintained. This role plays a critical part in driving improvements in GMP performance and audit readiness, helping to raise quality standards and strengthen food safety culture across the site. Role Accountabilities - Understand and apply Greencore, customer, BRC, and legal standards to ensure ongoing compliance - Implement, maintain, and review HACCP, supporting risk assessments and defining controls for new processes, products, and raw materials - Manage and continuously improve quality management systems to meet agreed food safety and quality standards - Implement and maintain robust audit systems, reviewing findings, identifying trends, and driving preventative actions - Support audit preparation and delivery, hosting audits and managing non-conformance close-out - Communicate effectively with internal teams, customers, and suppliers to meet technical requirements - Lead, develop, and manage the QA team, ensuring appropriate training, capability, and succession planning - Generate, analyse, and communicate technical KPIs, agreeing and driving action plans through continuous improvement - Champion a strong Quality Assurance and food safety culture across the site - Ensure a safe working environment for the QA team, meeting health and safety standards What we're looking for - Strong background in QA or technical leadership within a food manufacturing environment - Confident application of food safety, quality, legal, and customer standards - Proven ability to manage HACCP, audits, and quality management systems - A people-focused leader who motivates, develops, and builds high-performing teams - Clear and confident communicator, comfortable engaging at all levels - Collaborative approach when working with operations, technical teams, and stakeholders - Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to drive improvement - Proactive mindset with a passion for quality, compliance, and continuous improvement - Commitment to building and sustaining a positive food safety culture We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - Holidays - Competitive matched pension contribution - Life insurance up to 4x salary - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform - Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career. Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

    Finance Clerk - AP

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Accounting
    Hybrid
    Nottinghamshire, Balderton
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Location: Newark Why Join Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Key Accountabilities We are looking for an AP Clerk to process invoices and payments, provide financial, administrative, and clerical support to the Finance function to ensure effective and accurate financial and administrative operations. - Process day to day financial transactions within an agreed control process to enable accurate creation of financial information - Process, allocate and monitor payments and receipts ensuring assets and liabilities are appropriately stated in a timely manner - Code, log, or match source documents in a timely manner to enable efficient processing within the financial systems - Communicate and resolve general enquiries via email or phone, escalating where appropriate, to deliver great customer service - Reconcile transaction data to external sources to ensure accuracy and completeness of data - Reconcile transaction data to external sources to ensure accuracy and completeness of data - Capture transactional deficiencies and reason codes to produce key performance indicator information What we're looking for - Numerate with a high level of data input skills - Impeccable communication skills and good attention to detail - Computer literate with a good understanding of Excel and experience of finance systems Ability to prioritise and manage workload - Experience of processing high volumes of work If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - Holidays - Competitive matched pension contributions - Life insurance up to 4x salary - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career. We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date. Recruitment Fraud Warning: Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

    Procure to Pay Team Leader

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Accounting
    Hybrid
    Lincolnshire, Low Fulney
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Location: Spalding Monday - Friday Hybrid working Why Join Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop What you'll be doing: Invoice Processing - Monitor and review PO and Non-PO invoice processing. - Oversee Credit and Refund processing. - Ensure accuracy and timeliness in invoice processing. Payments (when required for cover) - Oversee standard and ad-hoc payment processing. - Review payment run reports and submit for approval. - Ensure payments align with internal controls and cash flow objectives. - Reconcile supplier statements during month-end close. Query Resolution - Resolve purchase order discrepancies and settlement issues. - Address escalations and supplier inquiries within SLAs. Audit and Internal Controls - Support internal and external audits with necessary documentation. - Maintain a robust internal control environment. - Collaborate for timely and accurate month-end close. People Management - Build strong team relationships and respond to queries. - Provide guidance, coaching, and training to PTP associates. - Conduct performance reviews and monitor team metrics. Communication and Change Management - Cultivate relationships with stakeholders and suppliers. - Identify continuous improvement opportunities. Performance Management - Collaborate to develop and monitor performance measures. - Support course correction activities as needed. - Respond to customer feedback surveys. What we're looking for: - Strong knowledge of financial systems and Finance processes - Understanding of best practices and metrics for PTP - Previous experience in working with ERP, specifically with S/4 HANA preferred - Ability to guide the PTP team by setting clear goals, prioritise effectively, motivating team members, and fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - Holidays - Competitive matched pension contributions - Life insurance up to 4x salary - Company shares save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre Platform - Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies We reserve the right to close this advertisment before the stated closing date. Recruitment Fraud Warning: Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

    Technical Controller

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Finance
    Hybrid
    Lincolnshire, Dyke
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Technical Controller (Business Technical Manager) Salary: Competitive salary Benefits: Up to 20% bonus p/a, £7,000 p/a car allowance, Private Healthcare Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire Ways of Working: Site based Hours of work: Monday - Friday, 08.30-17.00 (Flexible based on business needs) Contract Type: Permanent Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we are one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we are proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. This role is based in Bourne at a site specialising in the preparation of fruit, leafy and dressed salads, noodles, and stir-fry mixes. The site employs over 1,300 people and is conveniently located just 16 miles from Peterborough and 12 miles from Spalding. What you will be doing - As Technical Controller you will head up the site technical function and lead multi-disciplinary teams ensuring that the manufacturing unit operates within the required technical and hygiene process standards by adhering to customer, business and legal standards. - Provide leadership and direction to ensure that across the functions colleagues are engaged, focused, developed and delivering their potential. - Contribute to the site leadership team to ensure that food safety and quality systems complement the operational model. - Provide a senior interface with customers on joint business planning activities to deliver exceptional standards of customer service and adherence to customer policies and requirements. - Ensure technical governance across a multi-disciplinary team to deliver audit compliance with respect to internal, external, legal and customer requirements. - Create and deliver an integrated business plan to ensure that technical and hygiene processes are resourced and directed to deliver manufacturing, customer and legal business objectives. - Identify and promote technical business improvement practices to deliver legal compliance and competitive advantage whilst driving functional improvements. - Devise and implement a Quality Management Systems (QMS), ensuring that management information and statutory information is available for audit and MU Executive decision making. - Ensure that the technical team has the appropriate capability to comply with food safety and quality compliance. - Ensure that a safe working environment exists for all colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set out in the Health, Safety and Environment Policy. What we are looking for - Extensive experience in chilled food manufacturing. - Senior technical leadership experience within large, complex food manufacturing businesses. - Proven own-label retail experience and a strong understanding of retailer standards and expectations. - Excellent customer relationship management skills, with experience leading customer audits and building strong retail partnerships. - Strong leadership and people development skills, with the ability to build, coach and motivate high-performing teams. - Experience working collaboratively with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain and other cross-functional teams. - Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a focus on continuous improvement. - Proven experience leading technical and business improvement projects and delivering measurable KPI improvements. - Experience developing and implementing internal audit programmes and maintaining robust food safety and quality management systems. - A sound understanding of UK food legislation, BRCGS standards and food safety compliance. - Level 4 HACCP or equivalent - A degree in Food Science or a related discipline (desirable). If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - £7,000 car allowance per annum - Up to 20% bonus per annum (depending on company performance) - Private Medical for employee and spouse - Holidays - Competitive matched pension contributions - Life insurance up to 4x salary - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform - Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career. Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

    People Partner

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    HR
    Hybrid
    Middlesex
    Permanent
    Competitive

    People Partner Salary: Competitive salary Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contributions, Life insurance up to 4x salary Location: Elveden Park Royal, NW10 7SY Ways of Working: Site Based Hours of work: Monday - Friday / 08:30-17:00 Contract Type: Permanent Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Our site in Park Royal, West London, spans three factories and a distribution centre. The site produces a variety of chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products, and savoury accompaniments, employing over 2,000 people in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. What you'll be doing In this busy and exciting role, you will work in partnership with senior leaders and line managers to deliver the People Plan, providing pragmatic HR support, driving engagement, strengthening leadership capability and ensuring effective people processes that support business performance. Role Accountabilities - Partner with leaders to diagnose people challenges, recommend solutions and support delivery of agreed actions - Provide expert guidance on employee relations, attendance management and complex people matters - Support ethical compliance activity including SEDEX audits, modern slavery requirements and internal audit readiness - Produce and analyse people data and reports to support leadership decision making - Work collaboratively with Centres of Expertise across HR operations, payroll, reward, talent acquisition and learning - Drive engagement initiatives, employee voice activity and delivery of the annual engagement survey action plans - Build effective relationships with unions, employee forums, wellbeing champions and temporary labour providers - Support reward processes including pay reviews and accurate HR system implementation - Strengthen workforce planning and talent pipelines for both hourly paid and salaried roles - Coach and develop managers to build capability, support organisational change and deliver performance and succession processes What we're looking for - Proven ability to build relationships, influence and challenge stakeholders effectively - Strong understanding of business priorities and how HR drives performance outcomes - Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt approach to different audiences - Proactive, pragmatic and solutions-focused mindset - Ability to work to tight timescales within a fast-paced environment - Strong analytical capability with experience extracting and presenting people data - Experience delivering HR or people-focused projects through to completion - Strong organisational skills with excellent prioritisation and time management - Sound judgement with the ability to assess risk and escalate appropriately - High integrity with a passion for inclusion and championing a positive culture We're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - Holidays - Competitive matched pension contributions - Life insurance up to 4x salary - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform - Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career. "We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date. Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

    Lead People Partner - Highbridge & Devizes

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    HR
    On-Site
    Wiltshire, Roundway
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Lead People Partner - Greencore Desserts Salary: Competitive salary Benefits: Bonus, Car Allowance, Company share save scheme, competitive matched Pension contributions, Life insurance up to 4x salary Location: Dual site, Highbridge and Devizes Ways of Working: Hybrid (Circa 4 days per week in the office) Hours of work: 08:30am-17:00pm (flexible as per business needs) Contract Type: Permanent Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. The Sites You'll be Partnering Our Highbridge (Somerset) and Devizes (Wiltshire) sites form a key part of our chilled desserts business. Highbridge specialises in cheesecakes, tarts and sponges, while Devizes produces tarts, doughnuts, crumbles, pies and pastries. Together employing over 1,150 colleagues , the sites operate in fast-paced manufacturing environment, delivering high-quality products to all major retail customers across the UK. What you'll be doing In this busy and exciting role you will work closely with site leadership to deploy the people strategy, acting as a trusted adviser who drives engagement, capability and high impact people solutions that support business performance in a fast paced operational environment. Role Accountabilities - Partner with site and functional leaders to deploy people priorities, providing pragmatic advice, challenge and insight to support effective leadership and delivery of business objectives - Lead, coach and develop the site people team, setting clear direction and creating a positive, inclusive and high performing team culture - Drive colleague engagement, communication and colleague voice activity, using feedback and surveys to deliver meaningful site level improvements - Lead day to day employee relations activity, including effective engagement with trade unions or colleague representatives, ensuring fair, consistent and timely outcomes - Support talent, succession and development activity at site level in partnership with Centres of Excellence, ensuring strong pipelines for critical roles - Support and embed organisational change and continuous improvement initiatives, managing people impacts to ensure sustainable adoption - Ensure compliance with employment legislation, data protection, people policies and human rights standards, proactively managing and escalating people risks - Build line manager capability through coaching and support, enabling effective performance management and high - quality people conversations What we're looking for - CIPD qualified (MCIPD/FCIPD) - Proven experience in a senior HR or people leadership role, ideally within a manufacturing or distribution environment - Strong working knowledge of UK employment legislation and employee relations - Experience leading and developing high - performing, diverse teams - Proactive, organised and able to work flexibly in a fast - paced environment - Confident communicator with the credibility to challenge and influence senior stakeholders At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits incl. bonus and car allowance - Holidays - Competitive matched pension contributions - Life insurance up to 4x salary - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform - Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on - the - job training and development opportunities to further your career. Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

    Specifications Technologist

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Technology
    Hybrid
    Lincolnshire, Dyke
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Specification Technologist Salary: Competitive salary Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contribution, Life insurance up to 4x salary Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire Ways of Working: Site Based Hours of work: Monday-Friday, 08.30-17.00 Contract Type: Permanent Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. This role is based in Bourne at a site specialising in the preparation of fruit, dressed salads, noodles, leafy salads, and stir-fry mixes. The site employs over 1,200 people and is conveniently located just 16 miles from Peterborough and 12 miles from Spalding. What you'll be doing In this busy and dynamic role as a Specification Technologist, you will be responsible for completing finished product specifications for retailers and managing the retailer systems and processes used to generate finished product packaging. You will ensure accuracy, compliance, and consistency across all specifications, working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to maintain high standards and support business operations. Role Accountabilities - Complete finished product specifications and artwork on time, ensuring all technical, legal and quality data is accurate and right first time - Work closely with raw materials, packaging and NPD teams to ensure specifications reflect current materials, legal requirements and retailer standards - Manage retailer online systems and specification housekeeping, maintaining accuracy, compliance and critical path delivery - Support audits and customer visits by providing accurate specification and artwork information, reporting non-conformances and identifying improvements - Maintain robust document control, ensuring confidentiality, accurate filing and clear version control of specifications and artwork - Communicate effectively with internal teams and customers, escalating missing or inaccurate information promptly - Operate safely, comply with legislation, report hazards and contribute to continuous improvement in health, safety and the working environment What we're looking for - Strong attention to detail with a methodical and organised approach to specifications and artwork - Good understanding of retailer specifications, artwork and legal labelling requirements - Ability to manage critical paths and balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment - Confidence working with retailer specification systems and technical data platforms - Clear and effective communication skills when working with internal teams and customers - Proactive mindset with the ability to identify issues and drive solutions - Willingness to learn, develop and build technical expertise within a collaborative team - Commitment to quality, accuracy and compliance in all aspects of work We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - Holidays - Competitive matched pension contribution - Life insurance up to 4x salary - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform - Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career. Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

    Insight Manager

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Sales
    Hybrid
    Leeds, City
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Job: Insight Manager Location: Leeds Broadgate Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food, both our own and from trusted partners, to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. We have an exciting opportunity for an Insight Manager to join our Insight Team within our newly developed Commercial Strategy Team. This pivotal role will support our business-wide consumer and shopper Insight function, working with multiple stakeholders across Greencore and ensuring insight plays a clear role in shaping evidence-led business decisions. What You'll Be Doing: As a go-to Insight partner for our Category Management team and wider business stakeholders, you'll advocate for the shopper and consumer, shaping our thinking and influencing decisions to ensure consumers are at the heart. Operating in a fast-paced environment, you'll translate consumer, shopper and market evidence into meaningful insight that helps colleagues and customers act confidently. Key responsibilities include:Support Greencore's Insight Lead, helping to uncover and embed insight across the business. - Act as a trusted business advisor on consumers and shoppers delivering compelling insight outputs with clear messages, strong narratives and actionable recommendations. - Partner with Category Managers to provide credible, consumer-centric rationale for customer engagement and business decisions. - Use primary, secondary, internal and external data sources to understand evolving consumer and shopper needs and behaviour and identify strategic implications for Greencore. - Support key strategic insight workstreams, ensuring outputs are commercially relevant, clearly structured and aligned to business priorities. - Own and manage ad-hoc tactical research requests, from clarifying objectives through to designing and delivering primary research and impactful de-briefs. - Experiment with AI and emerging tools to improve efficiency across the end-to-end insight process, while maintaining quality and rigour. - Work with incumbent agency partners to deliver high-quality primary research, from briefing and proposal review through to fieldwork, debriefs and sharing outputs across the business. - Engage with new agencies and industry bodies to ensure Greencore is leading in consumer, shopper and research best practice. - Support on regular Insight reporting, including the monthly Greencore Consumer Report and 'Greencore Views On' topics. - Support the Insight Lead in developing consumer drivers, insight frameworks, narratives and resources that land clearly across the business and support strategic planning. - Manage the internal insight library and associated training, ensuring self-serve resources are easy to access, understand and apply effectively. This role will involve travel for internal meetings and visits to customers and agency partners, and therefore you must have a full UK driving licence, access to your own vehicle and be willing to travel, with the occasional requirement for overnight stays. What We're Looking For: If you're captivated by the intricacies of human behaviour, passionate about consumer insight and motivated by using evidence to drive better business decisions in fast-paced environments, we'd love to hear from you. - You will be skilled at gathering, collating, analysing, connecting and interpreting information from multiple sources, using strong analytical reasoning to generate relevant, actionable consumer and shopper insights. - You'll bring expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, with the ability to select the right approach, apply best practice and translate findings into meaningful business messages. A demonstrable background in successfully managing research projects is essential. Experience of managing collaborative agency relationships would also be useful. - You'll be curious and experimental in your approach to AI, proactively exploring how it can increase efficiency across the entire insight process, from research design through to analysis, storytelling and knowledge sharing. - You'll be proactive and passionate about people, with good commercial acumen and a clear understanding of the business drivers that shape decision-making. - You will have strong influencing, presentation and communication skills, with the ability to build compelling insight narratives and articulate findings to all levels of stakeholders with clarity, confidence and energy. What You'll Get In Return: - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - Holidays - Competitive matched pension contributions - Life insurance up to 4x salary - Company ShareSave scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform - Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you'll be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career. We reserve the right to close this advert before the stated closing date.

    Senior Finance Analyst

    Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group)

    Accounting
    Hybrid
    Lincolnshire, Dyke
    Permanent
    Competitive

    Why Join Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, Greencore is one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we employ over 28,000 colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Our products span every meal occasion, and in FY25 our shared passion helped deliver combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct-to-store network ensures fresh and frozen food reaches thousands of stores every day. To support this scale, we are delivering a significant transformation through our Making Business Easier (MBE) programme, and this role is a key part of making that change land successfully. Role Purpose To provide financial analysis and insight to support stakeholders to drive action and improve future performance. Support the process for a robust budgeting and forecasting and lead multi-site improvement activities as required. Optimise financial performance with a particular focus on relevant key performance indicators within business specialisation. Key Accountabilities - Develop and communicate key performance indicators to monitor and drive positive change and expand understanding of cost or margin drivers - Ensure input into costings is accurate and within agreed timescales - Build cross functional relationships with key stakeholders - Support budget and quarterly forecasts, demonstrating an understanding of the key drivers, to inform strategic decision making - Identify, challenge, and proactively satisfy internal customer requirements to provide information, interpretation, and insight to the functional teams to promote effective delivery of commercial and operational performance - Continuously review business practices to make recommendations for changes which will enhance cost efficiency and business improvement - Preparation and monitoring of monthly reports and ensure queries are resolved in timely and effective manner - Validate and monitor excellence initiatives for monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting - Provide ad hoc analysis and insight to aid interpretation and decision making What we're looking for - Food manufacturing or FMCG experience - Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), QBE or studying towards a qualification - Excellent Microsoft Excel skills - Excellent interpersonal skills able to communicate to all levels of the business - Proactive, organised, and able to work flexibly to meet deadlines and have the drive to deliver results At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return - Competitive salary and job-related benefits - 25 days holiday - Competitive matched pension contributions - Company share save scheme - Greencore Qualifications - Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform - Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform