Driving Profitability in Food Manufacture

The key challenges facing food manufacturers in the UK are rising raw material prices, global competition, skills-shortages and retailer demand for lower prices.  Is improving profitability simply about applying lean manufacturing techniques, low-cost automation and cutting energy costs or a combination of these elements and identifying the best possible talent in the market place to drive profitability?

According to Plimsoll Publishing there were 556 new appointments at Director level in the past 18 months in an industry with 1,261 Directors in total within the UK’s top 500 food manufacturers.  It is suggested that this new blood represents a transformation of the food manufacturing industry, with different ways of working.  A wave of new appointments at the top of the UK’s largest 500 food manufacturing companies heralds a radical change in their business behaviour and increased pressure on those companies to take more notice of the companies they do business with.

Burns Carlton Plc partners closely with a large number of the UK’s food manufacturers to proactively drive their Executive Recruitment programmes. We work in a proactive manner to identify exceptional talent to drive these businesses forward giving them a lean, competitive edge not only from an operational excellence perspective but to bring the balance of results driven individuals capable of working in a sustainable change environment.

If you are allied to the food manufacturing sector and you are that exceptional talent or are looking to identify such talent for your business then please contact our FMCG and Retail team on 0113 360 2000 or via email at fmcg@burnscarlton.com