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A Day in the life of an NPD manager
- 3 Sep 2013
Demanding, evolving, delicious. That’s how new product development manager Jennifer Clarke describes working at Cucina Sano, part of the Bakkavör group. She shares a day in her life with FoodManJobs.
BBC TV’s Apprentice starts his own apprenticeship scheme
- 1 Aug 2013
He made it to the final four in last year’s BBC TV series The Apprentice, now Nick Holzherr is now running his own apprenticeship scheme at his food-related business Whisk. He shares the benefits with FoodManJobs.
'Mum said I’d never stay at Mars'
- 12 Jul 2013
In 1988 Fiona Dawson left Trinity College Dublin and joined Mars’ graduate trainee programme. Her mum said she wouldn’t stick it out but now she’s the president of Mars Chocolate UK. So what tips for success can this high-achieving woman offer young people who are starting a career in the food industry? She shares her advice exclusively with FoodManJobs.
Should I use a CV writing service?
- 14 Feb 2013
With over 500,000 people and around 13% of the UK manufacturing workforce employed within food and drink, the competition for jobs is incredibly tough.
Sheffield Hallam to offer first food and drink engineering degree
- 10 Jul 2012
Top marks in the search to find a college to offer the nation’s first dedicated food and drink engineering degree have gone to Sheffield Hallam University. The university was selected to produce world-class engineers, said the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), which made the announcement today (July 7) in partnership with the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink (NSAFD).
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Creating rapport in an interview
- 25 Jan 2011
Rapport is the connection between two people; the spoken and unspoken words that say ‘we are on the same page’. In an interview situation you can employ numerous techniques to maximize the rapport between yourself and your interviewer.
Negotiating the best starting salary
- 25 Jan 2011
Understandably, many people find discussing salaries uncomfortable and embarrassing during an interview. However, most interviewers expect some bartering and, if it motivates you to put more into the job, it is worthwhile for both the applicant and the employer.
Do's and don'ts for developing a CV
- 25 Jan 2011
A Curriculum Vitae is a self-marketing tool and getting an interview can depend on how good your CV is. You will need to consider what to include, how much detail is needed and how to make your CV stand out from all the others.
Procurement
- 14 Jan 2010
The real dealers Good procurement people are worth their weight in gold and are key to keeping a company in profit. Gail Hunt reports The 2009 Purchasing & Supply Rewards research from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) and Croner Reward shows that purchasing professionals trump salaries for equivalent roles in sectors including marketing, finance, IT and HR. Indeed, a 3.3% average increase across the board has been reported, with senior and middle-ranking managers mo...
Engineering
- 14 Jan 2010
Men of many parts With the increased reliance on automation, today’s food manufacturing engineers have to be multi-skilled multi-taskers. John Dunn reports one of the fallacies about the food manufacturing industry is that it has never been very engineering orientated. Well, in many ways, perhaps it still isn’t. But away from lines of operators popping cherries on top of buns or sorting sausage rolls into boxes, there is often a lot of ‘plant’. And here it is pure engineering – mechanical,...
Supply Chain
- 14 Jan 2010
Good connections Ambition, realism and flexibility are just a few of the qualities of good logistics managers. Gail Hunt reports Building a truly responsive supply chain should be the Holy Grail for every company and anyone who works in this area plays a pivotal part in a company’s success, especially in today’s business climate. So says Hugh Williams, md of supply chain specialist Hughenden Consultancy, who believes the supply chain role can change a company at its very core but th...
Supply Chain
- 23 Dec 2009
CHRIS FENTON -WINCANTONGENERAL MANAGER FOR THE HEINZ ACCOUNT Chris Fenton took his last exam for his international transport degree at Cardiff University in the morning and joined supply chain specialist Wincanton that afternoon.
Production
- 23 Dec 2009
JOHN ORR - NESTLÉ PRODUCTION MANAGER John Orr took a masters in manufacturing and electrical engineering with a diploma in business management at Strathclyde University. Now 32, he is production manager for the Nescafé packing department at Nestlé’s Hayes factory in Middlesex, responsible for a team of 40 people. “We get the coffee in bulk from manufacturing, put it into jars, label it, pack it, put it on a pallet and send it out to our distribution centre.”
Operations
- 23 Dec 2009
DAVID SEECKTS - PREMIER FOODS FACTORY GENERAL MANAGER After starting out in engineering, David Seeckts switched careers and found his true vocation in operations thanks to a sideways move into shift management for Pedigree Petfoods. Twelve years on and he’s the factory general manager at Premier Foods Worksop, producing 96,000t a year of products such as Sharwood’s sauces, Bisto Gravy and OXO Cubes.
Development
- 23 Dec 2009
NADENE SIMPSON-STILL - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOX'S BISCUITS, PART OF NORTHERN FOOODS “The fact that Fox’s product development is not in its own little silo, so you follow the product from concept to the supermarket shelf, makes the role both challenging and satisfying,” says Simpson-Still. “There’s a process development team working alongside us, but we’re involved all the way through.”
Technical
- 23 Dec 2009
DARREN GEDGE - PINNEYS OF SCOTLAND, PART OF THE FINDUS GROUPTECHNICAL DIRECTOR Being technical director can mean helping to source the best raw materials, says Gedge. “As a partner to Marks & Spencer, we have to work with the retailer’s approved list of suppliers. Because of weather-related problems in the Orkneys, I’m currently having to get another supplier approved – and approved at the highest level.”
Site Management
- 23 Dec 2009
ANDREW PEARSON - LAKE DISTRICT CHEESE COMPANY SITE MANAGER Andrew Pearson, site manager at the Lake District Cheese Company, is finishing the third module of a Professional Certificate in Dairy Technology at Reaseheath College, Cheshire. Before joining First Milk, Pearson previously worked as operations manager for packaging company DS Smith and plant manager for plasterboard company British Gypsum, where he developed expertise in world class manufacturing techniques. “Historically t...
Quality Assurance
- 23 Dec 2009
ANNEKA QUINCEY - JO SIMMS QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPERVISOR The helping hand qualifications can give you when climbing the career ladder is well demonstrated by Anneka Quincey of fruit supplier JO Sims in Spalding Lincolnshire. Quincey has just completed an Advanced Apprenticeship in Food Manufacture at the University of Lincoln and was recently promoted to quality assurance supervisor at JO Sims.
