Operations Product Coordinator

Operations Product Coordinator

Operations Coordinator

Reports to: Operations Controller

Location: Ornua Foods UK, Leek, Staffordshire

Salary: Generous salary available depending on experience

Hours: 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Benefits: Matched pension scheme up to 8%, Generous holiday allowance increasing with length of service, Subsidised staff canteen, Company shop offering discounts on Ornua products, Sports & Social Club, Staff Lottery, Discount on Bikes & Tech Scheme, Confidential Employee Assist Programme, Free onsite parking

Ornua (meaning "new gold") is Ireland's largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.

Are you an Operations Coordinator looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking an organised, detail orientated and proactive individual to join our operations department as we continue our growth trajectory. The Operations Coordinator will play a key role in ensuring the smooth and compliant, maintenance, and evolution of products within the business. This role bridges the gap between product development, supply chain, and operational compliance, ensuring that all product-related processes are executed efficiently, accurately, and in line with company standards. The Operations Coordinator will create a culture of continuous improvement and supports better ways of working across the site.

Why Ornua?

• Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
• The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
• Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua's consumer brands including Kerrygold, Pilgrims Choice.
• Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
• Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
• We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

• Keep up to date product costings ensuring cost models reflect current operational conditions
• Keep up to date operational KPIs, trackers and systems
• Ensure adherence to internal and external compliance standards across all operational processes
• Coordinate the completion and submission of new line forms and ensure these are completed within a timely manner
• Manage the product change requests system from an operations perspective
• Conduct regular audits of operational processes and build a tiered process confirmation system within the management structure
• Act as the system owner for key operational platforms (GEMBA)
• Support trials to ensure operational processes are understood throughout new product development
• Work with team members to implement small-scale changes that improve efficiency, reduce waste, or solve operational problems.
• Participate in improvement workshops and team meetings, capturing actions and following up as needed.
• Help gather and report performance data to support decision-making and project tracking.

What You Bring To The Role:

• A strong interest in learning about Continuous Improvement and improving processes.
• Experience in manufacturing / operations setting
• Good communication and teamwork skills – able to work with different departments and build relationships.
• Comfortable working with data – experience with Excel is essential and experience with BI is an advantage.
• Eagerness to grow and develop skills in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.

Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a face-to-face interview that will allow us to get to know you better and give you the opportunity to get a feel for Ornua and the environment in which you will be working.

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we're building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.

Would you like to make an impact?

Ornua values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We also strongly encourage women and other underrepresented groups in the manufacturing industry to apply. Your unique perspectives and experiences are highly valued and will be instrumental in driving our company's continued success. Join us in shaping a more innovative, inclusive, and sustainable future.