Group Hygiene Manager

Group Hygiene Manager – Chilled Food Manufacturing

Location: Hybrid / UK with regular site travel across the group
Competitive Salary c£70k – £75k (DOE) + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits

Are you a manufacturing hygiene expert with a passion for driving standards of excellence across high-care chilled food manufacturing sites?
We’re looking for a Group Hygiene Manager to lead, influence, and elevate hygiene performance across our growing business — ensuring every site operates to the highest standards of food safety, compliance, and best practice.

This is a leadership role in our Technical structure in a fast-paced, high-growth chilled food business, offering the opportunity to shape hygiene strategy, develop teams, and make a lasting impact across multiple manufacturing sites.

The Role

Reporting to the Group Technical leadership, the Group Hygiene Manager will provide independent oversight of hygiene standards, working closely with site teams to deliver a culture of hygiene excellence.

You’ll coach and support a team of site Hygiene Managers, lead independent hygiene audits, and drive high performance through effective people development, clear KPIs, and robust processes. Acting as a trusted expert, you’ll also partner with Technical, Procurement, Supply Chain and Operations to continuously improve hygiene systems, supplier performance, and compliance across all sites.

What you will be doing:

• Lead and inspire a remote team of Hygiene Managers across multiple chilled food sites – travelling to our different sites on a weekly basis.

• Deliver independent hygiene audits and ensure follow-up actions are effectively implemented

• Drive a programme of hygiene excellence, improving KPIs and embedding best practice across the group

• Provide expert troubleshooting support to resolve site hygiene challenges and non-conformances

• Develop, coach, and mentor hygiene teams to build capability and consistency

• Liaise with external partners to maximise service levels and compliance

• Support technical and operational teams in setting and maintaining divisional hygiene standards

• Consolidate and report hygiene KPIs for monthly dashboards and business reviews

• Support incident investigations and deliver training and continuous improvement programmes

• Collaborate with Technical and Procurement teams to enhance supplier performance and contract effectiveness

Who we are looking for:

• Minimum 5 -7 years’ experience in hygiene leadership within chilled food manufacturing

• Degree (or equivalent) in a science-related discipline

• Advanced hygiene and food safety qualifications (e.g. HACCP Level 4, Food Safety Level 4)

• Proven experience in multi-site hygiene management or a senior site-based hygiene leadership role

• Strong understanding of retailer hygiene and audit standards, cleaning practices, and chemical applications

• Excellent communicator and influencer, able to operate effectively across all levels of the organisation

• Highly organised, pragmatic, and solutions-focused, with a track record of driving measurable improvement

• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel regularly across sites

Why Join Us?

This is a standout opportunity to join one of the UK's fastest-growing, innovation-led chilled food business where you’ll have the autonomy to shape hygiene strategy and make a tangible impact across multiple high-care manufacturing sites.

You’ll be part of a collaborative, high-performing technical team, with the scope to develop your career further within a business that truly values food safety, technical excellence, leadership, and operational excellence.

If you’re looking to further your career and are passionate about delivering the highest hygiene standards and developing your team to be their best — we’d love to hear from you.