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.

Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 540 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready meals for major retailers such as Asda, Co-op and Sainsburys.

What you’ll be doing

• Set up Performance control systems (including short interval control)
• Lead diagnostic ideation process
• Complete line studies to build improvement case studies
• Lead improvement teams to deliver work stream improvements in line with the set targets/ROI
• Lead best practice sharing and support replication on other sites
• Set and coach the behavioural standard in site teams

What we’re looking for

• Project management experience supported by robust root cause analysis skills and an ability to identify and deliver permanent solutions.
• Good communication skills, ideally having been practised by leading people through change, engaging people in the need for change.
• Skilled in lean improvement techniques
• Capable of coaching frontline teams through to GMs in performance behaviours/SIC and best practice adoption
• Able to interpret a site P&L and provide insight into improvement opportunities

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
• 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.

Redeployment Priority statement: Colleagues whose roles are at risk of redundancy and who meet essential role criteria will be given priority consideration for this role. 

Colleagues in central/support functions whose roles are at risk of redundancy and who accept a new role can continue working from their current location, in accordance with our location guidance, where feasible. The exception to this would be if a colleague accepts a role that requires in-person attendance at a specific location e.g. a Finance colleague who accepts an operationally focussed Finance role. All other successful applicants will be expected to attend work at locations where roles are based. Location expectations and any associated working arrangements will be discussed and confirmed as part of the interview and offer process