Site Excellence Lead

Finsbury Food; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialty bakery manufacturer is seeking a Site Excellence Lead in Salisbury. You will drive the Finsbury Excellence Strategy, leading projects across Safety, Quality, Cost, and Sustainability. The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of leadership experience in manufacturing and a passion for operational excellence. Join us and help shape the future of excellence at Nicholas & Harris.

Benefits

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Company shop with heavily discounted products

Refer a Friend Scheme

Employee Recognition Awards

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years' experience in a leadership role within manufacturing.
• Proven track record in delivering sustainable improvement.
• Background in food manufacturing or FMCG.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the development of Finsbury Excellence Strategy.
• Drive cultural change and improve decision-making.
• Lead cross-functional CI projects to ensure improvements are sustained.

Skills

Leadership in manufacturing

Change management

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Tools

TRACC CCI maturity tool

BI systems

Job description

Brunel House/Brunel Rd, Salisbury SP2 7PU, UK

Job Description

Posted Saturday 22 November 2025 at 01:00

Shift: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm

Salary: Competitive with Opportunities for Growth

We’re looking for a Site Excellence Lead to champion our Excellence Strategy and embed a culture of continuous improvement across our Salisbury site. Nicholas & Harris is part of the Finsbury Food Group and has over 180 years of heritage in craft baking.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long‑term relationships within the foodservice channel. Finsbury offers a wide range of bakery products and is a leading frozen supplier into the Foodservice sector.

About the Role

As Site Excellence Lead, you will facilitate the development and implementation of our Finsbury Excellence Strategy, using lean principles and external benchmarking to deliver sustainable improvements. Reporting to the Site Lead, you’ll work closely with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to drive cultural change, improve decision‑making, and achieve measurable ROI on all improvement activities.

You’ll lead cross‑functional projects focused on Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, People and Sustainability, ensuring improvements are embedded and sustained. Acting as a coach and mentor, you’ll build in‑house CI capability, design and deliver training workshops, and influence leaders at all levels to adopt best practices.

This is what you’ll actually do!

• Deploy standard tiered meeting structures and champion group standards across all site functions.
• Lead and facilitate Lean and CI projects to improve efficiency across labour, materials and overheads.
• Design and deliver training and workshops to upskill teams and embed continuous improvement.
• Drive cultural change by challenging waste and promoting value‑adding interventions.
• Use data and BI systems to identify opportunities, validate results and report progress to senior forums.
• Share best practices across the group and support TRACC (CCI maturity tool) maturity improvements.
• Act as a change agent, fostering an action‑oriented mindset and strong cross‑functional collaboration.

Ideally this is you!

• Minimum 2+ years’ experience in a leadership role within manufacturing.
• Proven track record in change management and delivering sustainable improvement.
• Strong influencing, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to interpret data and drive data‑led decision‑making.
• Highly organised, proactive and adaptable to changing business needs.
• Experience with TRACC or similar CI platforms.
• Background in food manufacturing or FMCG.
• Familiarity with bakery processes and Six Sigma/SPC techniques.

Why Join Us?

Our vision is to be the UK’s leading specialty bakery group. We invest in our people because your success drives ours. If you’re passionate about operational excellence, thrive on collaboration and want to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and help us shape the future of excellence at Nicholas & Harris!

What’s in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – t&cs dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards – Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in‑house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Brunel House/Brunel Rd, Salisbury SP2 7PU, UK