Operations Manager – Agricultural Business

Long Stratton, Norfolk
Contract Personnel Limited

Operations Manager Agricultural Business

We are seeking an experienced and highly organised Operations Manager to oversee planning, production coordination, compliance, and financial control within our clients agricultural manufacturing operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and manage raw material purchasing, contracts, and production orders using SAP/DSL.
• Coordinate with Customer Services, Transport, and Production to optimise production, demand, and deliveries.
• Ensure full compliance with Trading Standards, environmental and H&S requirements.
• Manage formulations, product labelling, X-contamination controls, and quality sampling.
• Control inventory, reconciliations, pricing, and stock variance analysis.
• Oversee invoicing, credit control, budgeting, and financial performance reporting.
• Maintain accurate master data, procedures, and audit readiness.
• Support staff training and continuous improvement initiatives.

About You

• Strong planning and organisational skills with high attention to detail.
• Experience in food, beverage or chemical manufacturing, milling, or a regulated production environment.
• Confident user of SAP (or similar ERP systems).
• Knowledge of UFAS, VMD, or food/feed compliance standards is desirable.
• Commercially aware with strong analytical and reporting skills.

What We Offer

• A key role within a growing and well-established operation.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to influence performance and efficiency across the business.
• Roadmap to Directorship.

Contact Rosie at Contract Personnel for more details today!