Position Title: Potato Store Manager 

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: Scarborough 

Requisition ID: 29165 

There’s nothing beige about McCain…

Except our potatoes — and we’re extremely passionate about them. 

When you join McCain, you’ll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet friendly food.

We’ve partnered with thousands of the country’s supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It’s all about elevation and creating something better. 
 
So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Lead the management of our Potato Store, overseeing grading operations and ensuring top-quality product delivery to our Plant.

Are you ready to take charge of a vital role in our Agriculture department? We’re seeking a dynamic individual to lead our Potato Store operations in Scarborough!

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

•    Work with the Potato Supply & Operations Manager and Scheduling team to plan and execute on site grading and storage

•    Work with the Potato Supply & Operations Manager and scheduling team to plan the delivery of product to the grader as appropriate to grade out wedge material. Managing this product in the stores, ensuring full traceability and quality checks are carried out and completed.

•    To manage the intake of product into stores, managing a team of temporary staff to drive consistency across the Stores and ensure safe, quality controlled intake of product. 

•    Manage the loading out of product to agreed plan, including liaising with Potato Receiving and the Schedulers to advise on loading requirements

•    Take responsibility for the management of crop in store, including regular auditing to check quality, temperatures, shrink loss, hot boxes etc

•    Identify potential issues regarding crop quality, storage availability, and suggest solutions or implement corrective actions as appropriate.

•    Deal with temporary loads both into and out of store, identifying the best solution to immediate business needs.

•    Conduct regular safety audits, HACCP audits and general monitoring to maintain high Health and Safety and Food Safety standards.

•    To own the training plan for Scarborough stores and ensure that training happens effectively, ensuring that each member of the team have the skills required to perform their roles effectively

•    Be the site point of contact for Banksman training, ensuring that all members of the team are trained appropriately, and that refresher training is booked in. Supporting other sites with refresher training as required. 

Skills:

•    Builds and maintains effective relationships across a range of stakeholders both internally and externally - Essential.
•    Highly organized individual with the ability to lead, manage & influence others – Essential.
•    Organization, prioritisation and attention to detail - Essential 
•    Confidence and competence in communicating and presenting plans – Essential. 
•    Effective decision making – Essential.
•    Ability to be flexible to changing requirements and to be a self-starter working individually as well as part of a team – Essential
•    Ability to work flexibly within a 24/7 business - Essential
•    Quick learner, with the capacity to pick up processes easily and then communicate ideas for improvement if appropriate – Essential 

 
ABOUT YOU

Experience:

•    Experience of delivering results through people – Essential
•    Experience of working within potato store – Essential
•    Experience of managing and sourcing supply in a fast moving dynamic environment – Essential
•     Experience of administration and computer systems – Essential 

Knowledge:

•    Knowledge of stores processes, requirements and best practice – Essential
•    Agricultural knowledge and knowledge of sampling – Essential
•    Knowledge of potato receiving and processes – Essential 
•    Knowledge of scheduling – Essential
•    Strong commercial acumen – Desirable 
•    Knowledge of key systems including PC&R – Desirable 

Although we've outlined our preferred qualifications for this position, we understand that the perfect candidate might not tick every box listed here. We strongly believe in fostering growth within the role, so if you don't match every requirement, we still urge you to apply. You could be exactly the person we need! Apply today!
 
WHATS IN IT FOR ME?

You’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in ‘chips’. As well as a competitive salary we also have some ‘a-peeling’ benefits including:

●    A great pension plan — and we’ll pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
●    Private medical insurance scheme
●    Flexible holidays — with the option to buy & sell up to 5 extra days per year
●    ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off — to make a positive impact in McCain communities across the globe
●    Optional health cash plan
●    Cycle to work scheme
●    Opportunities to relocate in the future — we’re a big business, so the opportunities are there for those who seek them.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace.  As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. 
 
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
 
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Global Privacy Policy 
 

Job Family: Agriculture      
Division: GB Agriculture 
Department: ​Receiving Scar ​
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Bath || GB - United Kingdom : England : Birmingham* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Bradford* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Brighton & Hove || GB - United Kingdom : England : Bristol* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Cambridge || GB - United Kingdom : England : Canterbury* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Carlisle || GB - United Kingdom : England : Chelmsford || GB - United Kingdom : England : Chester* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Chichester || GB - United Kingdom : England : Colchester || GB - United Kingdom : England : Coventry* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Derby || GB - United Kingdom : England : Doncaster || GB - United Kingdom : England : Durham || GB - United Kingdom : England : Ely || GB - United Kingdom : England : Exeter* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Gloucester || GB - United Kingdom : England : Grantham || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hereford || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull || GB - United Kingdom : England : Kingston-upon-Hull* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Lancaster || GB - United Kingdom : England : Leeds* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Leicester* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Lichfield || GB - United Kingdom : England : Lincoln || GB - United Kingdom : England : Liverpool* || GB - United Kingdom : England : London* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Manchester* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Milton Keynes || GB - United Kingdom : England : Newcastle-upon-Tyne* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Norwich* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Nottingham* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Oxford* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Peterborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Plymouth* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Portsmouth* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Preston || GB - United Kingdom : England : Ripon || GB - United Kingdom : England : Salford || GB - United Kingdom : England : Salisbury || GB - United Kingdom : England : Sheffield* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Southampton* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Southend-on-Sea || GB - United Kingdom : England : St Albans || GB - United Kingdom : England : Stoke on Trent* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Sunderland || GB - United Kingdom : England : Truro || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wakefield || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wells || GB - United Kingdom : England : Westminster* || GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey || GB - United Kingdom : England : Winchester || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wolverhampton || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wombourne || GB - United Kingdom : England : Worcester || GB - United Kingdom : England : York* || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Armagh* || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Bangor || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Belfast* || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Lisburn || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Londonderry || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Newry || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Reference job description || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Aberdeen* || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Dundee* || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Dunfermline || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Edinburgh* || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Glasgow* || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Inverness || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Montrose || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Perth || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Stirling || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Bangor || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Cardiff* || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Newport || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : St Asaph || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : St Davids || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Swansea* || GB - United Kingdom : Wales : Wrexham 

Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd