Facilities Manager

Ready to take the next step in your facilities management career with a globally recognised food and consumer goods business? This is an exciting opportunity to join, a fast-moving organisation with a strong heritage and a focus on operational excellence, continuous improvement and business growth. As the Facilities Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring the safety, compliance and efficiency of the company's operational sites. You'll have the opportunity to shape facilities standards, lead improvement initiatives and make a tangible impact across the business. The Role: - Lead day-to-day facilities management across a distribution centre and head office, ensuring buildings, infrastructure and equipment remain safe, compliant and fully operational. - Work closely with the Factory General Manager and wider teams to maintain consistent facilities standards, governance and maintenance planning across both sites. - Develop and implement facilities and asset management strategies aligned with operational needs, business growth and sustainability objectives. - Manage planned preventative maintenance (PPM), statutory inspections, repairs and reactive maintenance, minimising disruption to operations. - Oversee contractor and supplier relationships, monitoring SLAs, KPIs, service quality and value for money. - Manage facilities budgets, capital expenditure and supplier contracts, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs. - Lead facilities-related capital projects, including warehouse improvements, office refurbishments and infrastructure upgrades. - Drive health and safety, fire safety, environmental compliance and audit readiness, ensuring standards are consistently met. - Maintain warehouse infrastructure, including loading bays, dock doors, shutters and racking systems, supporting safe and efficient distribution operations. - Develop and maintain asset registers, identifying maintenance, refurbishment and replacement requirements. - Lead sustainability and environmental initiatives, including waste management, recycling and opportunities to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. - Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and external service providers to drive continuous improvement. - Lead and develop the facilities team, fostering a proactive culture of accountability, safety and operational excellence. About You: - At least 5 years' experience in facilities management within a large distribution, logistics, manufacturing or industrial environment. - Experience managing facilities across multiple sites, with the ability to balance operational priorities and maintain consistent standards. - Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, facilities compliance, statutory inspections and audit requirements. - Proven experience managing contractors, supplier contracts, SLAs and KPIs, with a focus on performance and value for money. - Experience managing facilities budgets, capital expenditure and improvement projects. - A proactive, solutions-focused approach, with the confidence to identify issues, challenge existing ways of working and implement improvements. - IWFM Level 4 or above, or an equivalent facilities management qualification. - IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH General Certificate or a similar health and safety qualification. - Membership of IWFM, IOSH or another relevant professional body. If you're a commercially minded Facilities Manager who enjoys taking ownership, improving operational standards and making a real difference across a business, I'd love to hear from you! Contact me today to discuss this opportunity or explore how we can support your career. Email: Shelley.burnand@advocate-group.co.uk Phone: 07537163606 We look forward to receiving your application. The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner in the UK FMCG and consumer product sectors. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of race, sex, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. By applying for this role, you agree to our Privacy Policy, available on our website. The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

Would you like to join one of the world's most iconic FMCG and confectionery businesses, home to some of the most recognisable brands loved by consumers across the globe? With a rich heritage built on quality, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit, this is an opportunity to join a high-performing organisation where people are at the heart of continued growth and success. As the HR Business Partner, you will collaborate with Industrial leaders to help deliver the site's strategic objectives through effective, commercially focused people practices. The Role: - Partnering with site leadership to understand operational goals and workforce requirements - Supporting workforce planning activity, including hiring timelines, capability mapping and resource profiling - Providing expert advice and guidance across all employee relations matters - Building strong relationships with managers and employee representatives, maintaining visible presence across the production environment - Embedding a high-performance culture through coaching, performance review support, development boards and succession planning - Supporting reward and recognition processes, including pay review and bonus cycles - Identifying learning and development needs and supporting delivery of capability initiatives aligned to safety and compliance standards - Supporting organisational development and audit activity, ensuring governance standards, accurate record keeping and effective reporting About You: - Proven HR Business Partner experience within a large, complex organisation - Strong employee relations expertise with the ability to manage complex cases confidently and professionally - The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational delivery - Excellent stakeholder management skills with the credibility to influence at all levels - Resilience, sound judgement and the ability to manage competing priorities independently - A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with strong coaching capability - A passion for driving performance, engagement and continuous improvement across industrial teams If the role and responsibilities sound like a good fit for you, then I'd love to speak to you! Find out more about our available opportunities or how we can help you further your career - contact us today. Email: Shelley.burnand@advocate-group.co.uk Phone: 07537163606 We look forward to your application for this exciting opportunity. The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner, based in the UK, to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. Please note that The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

Would you like to join a fast-growing FMCG brand with a strong presence across major UK grocery retailers? Privately owned and generating millions in turnover, the business is currently ranked #3 in its category and has clear ambitions to double in size. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative QA and Regulatory team as a QA Technician, where you'll play a key role in ensuring products meet the highest quality, safety and compliance standards while supporting the development of innovative new products.

Would you like to join a globally recognised FMCG brand with a strong heritage in quality, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit? As the HR Business Partner, you will collaborate with Industrial leaders to help deliver the site's strategic objectives through effective, commercially focused people practices. The Role: - Partnering with site leadership to understand operational goals and workforce requirements - Supporting workforce planning activity, including hiring timelines, capability mapping and resource profiling - Providing expert advice and guidance across all employee relations matters - Building strong relationships with managers and employee representatives, maintaining visible presence across the production environment - Embedding a high-performance culture through coaching, performance review support, development boards and succession planning - Supporting reward and recognition processes, including pay review and bonus cycles - Identifying learning and development needs and supporting delivery of capability initiatives aligned to safety and compliance standards - Supporting organisational development and audit activity, ensuring governance standards, accurate record keeping and effective reporting About You: - Proven HR Business Partner experience within a large, complex organisation - Strong employee relations expertise with the ability to manage complex cases confidently and professionally - The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational delivery - Excellent stakeholder management skills with the credibility to influence at all levels - Resilience, sound judgement and the ability to manage competing priorities independently - A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with strong coaching capability A passion for driving performance, engagement and continuous improvement across industrial teams If the role and responsibilities sound like a good fit for you, then I'd love to speak to you! Find out more about our available opportunities or how we can help you further your career - contact us today. Email: Shelley.burnand@advocate-group.co.uk Phone: 07537163606 We look forward to your application for this exciting opportunity. The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner, based in the UK, to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. Please note that The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.