Production and Operations Manager

About the role

London Export Corporation (LEC), through LEC Beverages, the UK distributor of one of the world's best known beer brands, is opening a new in house production and packaging facility in London. We're looking for a hands on Production and Operations Manager to build it, commission it and run it end to end — and then grow into a wider operations role across the LEC group, which spans beverages, robotics and AI.

This is a builder's role. You'll take an empty warehouse and turn it into a running packaging line: specifying and installing equipment, hiring and training the crew, setting the processes, and owning the entire programme day to day — output, quality, safety, logistics and reporting. You run the whole thing.

What you'll do

- Commission a new packaging and production line: equipment installation, calibration, trials and ramp to full production

- Recruit, train and manage a production crew of 5 to 10, including shift planning and staffing

- Own and manage the entire operation end to end: daily throughput, quality pass rates, waste, downtime, supplies and scheduling, with numbers reported daily through our internal systems

- Set up and enforce health and safety across the site, including COSHH compliance for production materials

- Manage inbound and outbound logistics between our warehouses and the production site

- Work alongside our AI team, who build the tracking, quality inspection and reporting software that runs the line

- As the facility matures, take on wider operational projects across the LEC group

Who you are

- 8 plus years in FMCG production or co packing, ideally drinks, and you've physically run a line, not managed one from an office

- You've commissioned or relocated a production line at least once: new equipment, new site, new crew

- Comfortable with packaging line equipment: coders, labellers, conveyors, case packing, and you can clear a jam and reset a machine yourself

- You've built and managed production teams and know how to get quality work from them

- Extremely detail driven: dates, codes, counts and finish quality are exactly right or they don't ship

- Thrive in a fast moving founder led business where you own the outcome, not a job description

- Fluent in Mandarin

Details

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• Full time, London (Fulham site plus group locations)
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• Salary: £40–50k for this role
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