Jobs at Valeo Foods Group

Lead marketing strategy and brand stewardship for Valeo Foods’ crisps and snacks portfolio, including KETTLE and private-label brands. Own financial targets, market share growth, annual strategy reviews, brand plans, budgets, consumer engagement, and board reporting. Build and coach a high-performing team while collaborating cross-functionally and managing internal and external stakeholders. The role requires regular visits to Norwich and may be based near any UK site.

Coordinate planned preventative maintenance, engineering work, contractors, compliance activities, and daily engineering schedules at a food manufacturing site. Maintain accurate records, ensure work is completed on time, support food safety and audit requirements, and coordinate with production to minimise disruption. The role serves as the central point of contact for engineering activity, ensuring maintenance tasks, contractor visits, and compliance actions are planned, scheduled, and followed through.

Lead commercial finance support across revenue, pricing, margin, NPD, demand planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-term planning. Partner with Sales and operational teams to analyze performance, challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and drive profitable growth. Deliver month-end reporting, variance analysis, product margin insights, trade investment commentary, and balance sheet reviews while influencing non-finance stakeholders and supporting strategic projects.

Own and maintain planning master data across raw materials, production, and finished goods. Use IFS and advanced Excel to analyse information, identify issues, and support operational decisions. Collaborate with Supply Chain, Production, Procurement, Finance, Quality, and other stakeholders. Support site projects, improve planning processes, investigate root causes, implement solutions, and ensure planning activities and deliverables are completed accurately and on time.

Lead site engineering team to drive operational excellence, safety, and compliance. Develop and execute preventative maintenance, manage CapEx/OpEx projects, control budgets, resolve equipment-related quality issues, and coach staff for performance and succession.

Lead the site engineering team to drive safety, compliance, preventive maintenance, asset management, and continuous improvement. Manage maintenance strategy, budgets (CapEx/OpEx), engineering projects, contractor safety, and team development to minimise downtime and support food safety and quality.

Maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety on the Blackpool production site by following health and safety, COSHH and HACCP procedures, safely handling chemicals, completing cleaning schedules to deliver clean equipment to production on time, and highlighting training needs.

Own forecasting for assigned customers and products across an 18-month horizon. Review sales trends, demand drivers, promotions, and statistical forecasts; collaborate with Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Planning, production planning, and customers. Participate in IBP meetings, maintain demand planning systems, support inventory strategies, monitor service levels, and produce demand planning reports and KPIs.

The Demand Planner owns forecasting for assigned customers and products, maintaining an 18-month rolling forecast and statistical models. They analyze sales trends, promotions, and demand drivers; collaborate with Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Planning, production, and customers; participate in IBP meetings; produce reports and KPIs; support inventory strategies; and improve customer service and forecast accuracy.

Manage and develop key grocery retail accounts, leading commercial negotiations, pricing, joint business planning, and growth initiatives across branded and customer-specific products. Build strong customer relationships, identify market opportunities, monitor foodservice and out-of-home trends, and collaborate with marketing, category, supply chain, and NPD teams to deliver solutions and bring new products to market.

Operate production lines at Rowse Honey, ensuring daily output, product quality, safety, and efficiency standards are met. Follow SOPs, collaborate with team leaders and colleagues, report equipment issues and hazards, complete production records, document deviations, and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on overall equipment effectiveness. The role requires reliable teamwork, attention to detail, and efficient performance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Manage end-to-end customer orders and fulfilment in an FMCG environment. Liaise with customers, production planning, warehousing, distribution, invoicing and 3PL partners to meet service levels, handle high-volume EDI orders, and drive a high-quality customer experience.

Own and grow key grocery accounts, lead commercial negotiations and joint business planning, drive branded and customer-specific growth, collaborate cross-functionally on NPD, supply chain and marketing, and monitor foodservice/out-of-home trends to spot opportunities.