Bulmers is part of C&C Group plc, a premium drinks company which owns, manufactures, markets and distributes a unique portfolio of beer and cider brands in its home markets and across the globe. You probably know us best from brands like Bulmers, Magners and Tennent’s.

About the Role 

The Team Manager will be responsible for the day to day running of the relevant operational & processing area. Ensuring KPI targets are met in Production, Quality, Health and Safety, Environmental and costs.

In this role, you will manage and develop the team, championing continuous improvements, while maintaining and delivering excellent performance standards.

The Team Manager will be responsible for Management Process/Fermentation areas and associated teams.

Key Accountabilities

• Quality, Health & Safety, Hygiene, and Environmental: Ensure all Quality, Health & Safety, Hygiene, Environmental and Food Safety standards are met in relevant process and fermentation areas.
• Stock reconciliation: Maintain a stock reconciliation system which maintains losses within agreed loss levels. Carry out regular stock reconciliations and provide reports in a timely manner to Finance.
• Yield Management: Measure and control losses within your area of responsibility within company agreed parameters.
• Liquid Planning & Delivery: Contribute to the preparation of Liquid Plans, including analysis of current activities and performance to deliver best practice and more effective operations ensuring the delivery of liquids for packaging on time and in full meeting the production schedule.
• Operational and Employee Resourcing: Ensure the process facility is appropriately resourced, including people, facilities, raw material, etc, to ensure delivery of targets. Ensuring the team have the right skills both technically and behaviourally to run the areas.
• Leadership & Performance Management: Lead, manage and develop the team to create an open, responsive and cohesive working environment to support a continuous improvement culture. Manage the performance of the team through personal development plans and objectives, to achieve the area strategies. Have suitable succession plans in place to ensure team development
• IR/ER: Ensure all local IR issues are handled and managed at an appropriate level, to maintain effective working relationships.
• Continuous Improvement: Work with your team to develop operational solutions to minimise down-time and costs and achieve improved operational targets in line with area strategy.
• Technical Knowledge: Provide technical advice and guidance to operational team and associated functions to ensure effective resolution of operational issues.
• Budgeting: Contribute to the delivery of operational budgets
• Customer: Liaise with external & internal contacts to ensure supply of services/products to meet operational requirements in a timely way.

Compliance with: -

• Health, Safety and environmental legislation
• Quality standards
• Operational standards and requirements
• Company standards, practices and policies

Achievement of Operational area performance in terms of:

• Liquid Delivery & service levels
• Operational targets
• Quality targets
• Waste targets
• Budgets and Cost parameters
• HACCP
• Hygiene standards

Completion of weekly stock takes of:

• Concentrates/Liquid product
• Sugars
• Acids

-Completion of monthly stocktakes of all additives and liquids.
-Use of Stock control software (AS400) to monitor liquid movement and usage 
-Resolution of operational issues
-Competent and capable operational teams
-Effective training and development of the team

About you 

• Appropriate third level/technical qualification or relevant experience.
• Experience of managing high volume Operational teams in a shift environment.
• Good working knowledge of process/fermentation processes
• Track record of leading high level performance teams within an operational environment
• Successful track record of problem resolution
• Ability to deliver under pressure
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong motivational and development approach to support others
• Excellent team player
• Good PC skills
• Quick thinker and learner
• Experience of using trending, root cause analysis and problem-solving tools to continuously improve performance. Good working knowledge of production engineering processes and best practice.

About Us 

Operating through the Matthew Clark, Bibendum, Tennent’s and Bulmers Ireland brands, the Group has a market leading range, scale and reach including an intimate understanding of the markets it serves.  

Together we grow, brew, manufacture, market, and deliver some of the world’s favourite drinks. From grass to glass, and everything in between. C&C Group plc is a premium drinks company which owns, manufactures, markets, and distributes a unique portfolio of beer and cider brands in its home markets and across the globe. 

C&C Group’s portfolio of owned/exclusive brands include: Bulmers, the leading Irish cider brand; Tennent’s, the leading Scottish beer brand; Magners the premium international cider brand; as well as a range of fast-growing, premium and craft ciders and beers, such as Heverlee, Menabrea, Five Lamps and Orchard Pig.  

We seek to champion and embed sustainability in everything that we do at C&C. While delivering joy to customers, we always shine a light on people and the planet. We have a clear ESG vision delivering to a better world. We respect, support, and develop all our people to be their best, with a focus on results by creating a culture of winning together. 

We also recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to delivering on our mission. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process. 

C&C Group (and inclusive companies) do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies in response to any of our roles. For help, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at careers@candcgroup.com. All applications need to come through the candidate portal https://careers.candcgroupplc.com/vacancies/