Manufacturing Hub Director
Key Skills
Job Description
At Biscuit International, we produce millions of biscuits, waffles, cakes, and bakery products every day for customers across Europe. As Manufacturing Hub Director South, you are responsible for multiple manufacturing sites across the Netherlands and Belgium and play a key role in shaping the future of our operations. You work closely with plant managers, the manufacturing leadership team, and cross-functional partners. In this position, you combine strategic leadership with operational excellence to drive breakthrough growth and performance across the hub. What will you do? You lead multiple plant managers and support the development of local leadership teams. You deliver results on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people performance. You drive continuous improvement initiatives across all sites. You translate the European manufacturing strategy into local execution, transformation programs, and investments. You take ownership on the business performance of your hub with a strong focus on service to customer, manufacturing cost, and innovation. What do you bring? You hold a master’s degree or have an equivalent level of education and experience. You have at least 10 years of leadership experience within manufacturing, FMCG, food production, or a similar environment. You have experience as a plant manager, operations director, manufacturing director, or in a comparable senior leadership role. You master capability building and team engagement. You are obsessed with delivering excellent results and challenging the status quo. You are professionally fluent in Dutch and English; French is a strong advantage. What do we offer? A strategic leadership role with responsibility for multiple manufacturing locations. The opportunity to make a direct impact on performance, culture, and organisational development. An international working environment with strong collaboration across Europe. Plenty of opportunities for personal development and leadership growth. A competitive compensation and benefits package aligned with the level of the position.
Core Responsibilities
Lead multiple manufacturing sites and plant managers across the Netherlands and Belgium, developing local leadership teams and delivering results in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people performance. Translate European manufacturing strategy into local execution, transformation programs, and investments while improving hub performance, customer service, manufacturing costs, and innovation.
Requirements
Requires a master’s degree or equivalent education and experience, plus at least 10 years of leadership experience in manufacturing, FMCG, food production, or a similar environment. Candidates should have senior plant or operations leadership experience, capability-building and team-engagement expertise, a strong results orientation, and professional fluency in Dutch and English; French is an advantage.
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation Package
- Benefits Package
- Personal Development Opportunities
- Leadership Growth Opportunities
About Biscuit International UK Limited
Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Company size: 201-500 employees
Biscuit International UK Limited has a history going back to 1936 when businessman Frederick Shaw developed a recipe for Ginger Parkin that proved to be a hit with customers across the North East. Since those early days the business has adapted to changing demand and consumer needs, and now is the UK’s leading private label supplier of gluten free biscuits and cookies. Operating from our state-of-the-art facility in Gateshead, we specialise in supplying private label customers with an extensive range of high-quality gluten free products. In addition, we manufacture our own Prewett’s Brand, and we are a trusted contract manufacturer for several well-known biscuit brands. Biscuit International is the leading private label biscuit and bread substitute manufacturer in Europe. Our strong market knowledge and geographical coverage along with our uniquely diverse portfolio and highly skilled workforce offer unparalleled expertise and value to both our customers and partners. We play a pivotal role in supporting our European colleagues acting as the gateway to a wealth of products from France, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Poland, and Portugal. Providing UK retailers with a one-stop shop for a broad basket of baked biscuits, cookies, bread substitutes, savoury biscuits, and cakes. We are proud to be part of the Biscuit International Group and are committed to growing our footprint in the UK. Here at our site in Gateshead, we are dedicated to delivering great taste and quality, which is evident in the meticulous crafting of each biscuit we manufacture. We employ a blend of traditional and contemporary production methods, utilising only the finest ingredients to ensure the consistency and quality that our customers demand. The passion of our skilled staff, combined with our years of experience in the biscuit category, enables us to offer a diverse range of products that are ‘baked to share and enjoy’.