Multi Skilled Engineer

Position: Full time 4 on, 4 off- 7am to 7pm and 7pm to 7am (2 days/ 2 nights)

Reports to: Engineering Shift Manager

Locations: Ornua Foods UK, Leek

Salary: £48,000-£53,000 per annum depending on experience

Benefits:  Matched Company Contribution Pension up to 8%, Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 23 days and rising to 27 with length of service, Company Sick Pay, 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.

Due to internal development, we have a fantastic vacancy within our engineering department. Are you a Multi Skilled Engineer looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success? Do you have proven engineering experience working within the Food or FMCG industry?

Ornua is actively seeking a Multi Skilled Engineer to join our Engineering department as we continue our growth trajectory. The Multi Skilled Engineer will be responsible for delivering a high-quality, professional service to our stakeholders, and whilst ongoing maintenance and reactive tasks are necessary, our engineers need to be proactive and forward thinking in their approach to ensure that production continues to run with maximum efficiency enabling our clients’ needs to be met.

Based at Ornua Foods UK, our state of the art facility in the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands, you will join a team of five Multi Skilled Engineers, managed by a Shift Manager. The wider engineer team is around forty strong with learning and development being integral to our teams and people strategies, we offer training opportunities throughout the department. 

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.
• Training, learning and development opportunities for the engineering team
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

The Multi Skilled Engineer is responsible for;

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance tasks in line with the schedule and undertake emergency breakdown repairs
• Following up tasks from PPM and order any spare parts required
• Ensuring compliance to Health and safety/food safety standards at all times
• Carrying out dynamic risk assessments in line with your daily tasks
• Maintaining and improving standards of hygiene and housekeeping in all areas of the factory including the engineering office and workshop
• Ensuring production lines are running in optimum condition
• Assisting in the installation of new equipment to the site
• Use and maintenance of the Mainsaver CMMS system
• Development and upskilling where applicable
• Providing both Reactive & PPM
• Working on a Variety of Kit Including Cheese cutting equipment (Block/portion/Sliced/Grated), Conveyors, Multihead Weighers, Packaging Equipment & Metal detectors
• Ensuring that equipment is set up and ready for shift start

What You Bring To The Role:

• Trained to L3 and relevant qualification in Engineering (HNC/ HND) or equivalent work experience in a similar environment
• Base knowledge of food production lines/process machinery from experience within FMCG/ food industry
• PC competent (Word/Excel)
• Experience in trouble shooting and fault-finding diagnostics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Continuous Improvement & lean experience

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 gain an understanding for your skills 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?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com

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.

Finance Manager- Commercial

JOB TITLE:                      Finance Manager- Commercial

REPORTS TO:                Financial Controller- Commercial and Brands

Location:                      Ornua Foods UK, Leek

Salary:                         Generous salary available depending on experience

Benefits:                     Generous annual leave entitlement, Matched Company Contribution Pension up to 8%, 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 and many more

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 a motivated and dynamic qualified accountant looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking a Finance Manager to join our wider finance team as we continue our growth trajectory. As our next Finance Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring the effective financial management and reporting for the Own Label business segment, ensuring gold standard business partnering is provided to continually add value both internally and externally.

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.
• Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

The is responsible for;

• Effective leadership of the retailer-focused Finance Business Partnering team, with an emphasis on growth and development
• Playing a key role in driving the overall effectiveness of the wider Commercial Finance Team and contributing towards a strong team culture
• Responsible for overseeing and consolidating the financials for the own label segment of the business, ensuring effective management of partner customer Open Book agreements, highlighting key business risks, driving internal understanding and considered decision making
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring excellence, consistency and continuous improvement both within our business partnering approach and the quality of financial insight given, both internally and externally
• Playing a key role in the budgeting and forecasting processes, taking ownership for the accuracy and understanding of the overall own label position
• Ensuring the relevant financial controls are in place to drive accuracy throughout all the teams’ activities
• Delivering insightful financial reporting, ensuring it is continually reviewed and adapted in line with business needs
• Ensuring robust overhead management support for both the Commercial & Category functions
• Providing financial support on key business projects where required

What You Bring To The Role:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA) with Post Qualified Experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically, Excel/Powerpoint
• Team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to partner non finance functions
• Ability to create and deliver effective presentations, both internally and externally at all levels
• Commercially astute with strong analytical skills and knowledge gained in relevant FMCG or food industry
• Experience in business intelligence systems
• Previous people leader experience

Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a first stage via Teams to allow us to get to know you better and to understand your skills and experiences and, if successful, a second stage face-to-face interview that will build upon the first stage 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?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com

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.

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Job Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity for a 5+ PQE lawyer to join our dynamic, innovative and growing business.   You will be a key player in managing all legal matters that arise within Ornua Foods UK and Ornua Ingredients Europe, including foreseeing and managing risk, supporting innovation, advising on marketing claims, implementing contracts and navigating legal challenges.  You will also work collaboratively with the global legal team to support other international legal matters.

You will report to the Head of Legal for Ornua in Dublin.

Dynamic Working:

Ornua has a Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working.   Our in-office policy is to be in the office three days a week, [with two anchor days where all individuals are in the office.] This position will be based in our Leek office. Occasional travel may be required.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• As Ornua’s first UK based in-house counsel, you will work closely with business colleagues in Ornua Foods UK and Ornua Ingredients Europe to achieve their commercial goals in a compliant and responsible way.
• Proactively identifying legal risks and emerging legislation impacting Ornua Foods UK and Ornua Ingredients Europe and helping colleagues navigate them by providing effective and practical solutions. Working across functions to implement the required practices, policies, and good governance.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating global and regional commercial agreements for sales, distribution, sponsorship and the purchasing of goods and services (media/advertising agencies, professional services, ingredients, logistics, digital).
• Advising (in collaboration with regulatory and IP colleagues) on promotional and marketing activities in the UK.
• Partnering with Ornua’s legal team and other functions to develop and implement compliance initiatives (e.g. sustainability, data privacy, competition law, anti-bribery, cyber security).
• Managing dispute resolution, litigation and settlement negotiations (with external support where required).

Experience and Qualifications:

The The right candidate will:

• Have at least 5 years of relevant legal experience with a strong emphasis on commercial contracts and marketing initiatives.  
• Have experience in an in-house role in a fast-moving consumer goods food or beverage industry is preferred.
• Ideally have Intellectual property experience.
• Be self-motivated and can evidence working autonomously in a dynamic environment.
• Have proven experience working collaboratively with business partners, such as marketing, innovation, procurement, sustainability as well as with colleagues in the legal team.
• Be commercially minded, with the ability to understand the commercial objectives, anticipate the nature and magnitude of issues that could arise and identify practical risk-based solutions.
• Have an appetite for learning and mastering new legal issues quickly and manage a diverse, changing workload.
• Have strong communication and influencing skills; with the ability to communicate with business partners in clear, audience-appropriate and engaging language

This position is based in Leek, Staffordshire.  The role requires a minimum of 3 days on site per week.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICANTS IS MONDAY 5TH MAY

Financial Controller- Operations and Data

JOB TITLE:                      Financial Controller – Operations and Data

REPORTS TO:                Finance Director

Location:                      Ornua Foods UK, Leek

Salary:                         Generous salary available depending on experience

Benefits:                     Generous annual leave entitlement, Matched Company Contribution Pension up to 8%, 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 and many more

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 a passionate and motivated accountant looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking a Financial Controller to join our Finance department as we continue our growth trajectory. The Financial Controller will play a key role in the development and delivery of finance insight to the Operations function, accurate costings, governance of Local Master Data and leading innovation in analytics across the Finance team.

You will be part of the wider finance team, led by the Financial Director. As a people leader you will be agile, transformative and collaborative in your approach.

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.
• Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

As our Financial Controller you will; 

• Lead and develop all functions within the Operations Finance & Data team to ensure continuous improvement and deliver world class insight to the business:
  • Operations Finance – Encourage business partnering at all levels of the Operations Team to ensure full understanding of all operational costs & drivers, providing insight & reporting which is both diagnostic and predictive, enabling constructive challenge
  • Local Master Data – delivery of a first-class service to the business whilst ensuring high standards of data stewardship & governance are maintained
  • Analytics – utilising appropriate BI platforms, ensure an ongoing & forward-looking pipeline of projects to improve our analytical capability and processes across the Finance Team and wider business
• Lead role in ensuring all product costings are delivered on time and to a high level of accuracy
• Business partner to Operations Director & Operations Controllers, ensuring they receive excellent insight in all aspects of their function and offering strategic support on all key projects
• Use wider understanding of the Ornua Foods UK business to influence senior management to deliver the best result for the whole Ornua business
• Build and deliver plan to improve reporting and insight to best fit the strategic direction of the business
• Lead and review all budget and forecast output for Operations function
• Finance lead for all CAPEX proposals
• Continuous review and challenge of all Operational costs including manufacturing variances, overheads, Supply Chain costs and waste
• Develop strong relationships with Finance Leadership Team to effectively and efficiently deliver improvements across the function
• Support development of financial awareness of non-finance colleagues
• Act as a leader within the wider Ornua Foods business, ensure alignment with and support delivery of the Ornua Foods and Group strategy

What You Bring To The Role:

• Excellent people leadership skills
• Strong IT skills including Excel
• Analytical mindset with working knowledge of analytics platforms
• ERP system experience, ideally M3
• Previous manufacturing experience
• Qualified Accountant with extensive relevant experience 
   

Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a first stage via Teams to allow us to get to know you better and to understand your skills and experiences and, if successful, a second stage face-to-face interview that will build upon the first stage 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?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com

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.

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Credit and Collections Specialist

Location: Ornua Ingredients Nantwich

Reporting to: Credit and Collections Manager

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: Between £25,000 and £27,000 per annum depending on experience

Benefits: 33 days holiday (including BH), Pension Scheme, Discounted company shop, Site Physio, Enhanced Maternity and Paternity, Confidential Employee Assist Programme, Bike and Tech Scheme and many more

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 a Credit and Collections Specialist looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success?

Ornua is actively seeking a Credit and Collections Specialist to join our Finance department as we continue our growth trajectory. As our next Credit and Collections Specialist, you will play a key role in; supporting the Credit and Collections Manager in strengthening and developing a strong internal collections environment.

This role will sit within a shared services model with a dotted line to the finance services department will be made up of team members across Credit and Collections and Accounts Payable within the sites. The role will have a hard line through to the Credit and Collections Manager which reports to the Financial Controller at OIEUK.

We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement, which enables fantastic career progression and internal mobility within the Finance Services department and wider organisation.

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 Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products and for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufactures and foodservice customer across the world.
• 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.
• Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

The Credit and Collections Specialist is responsible for leading on;

• Reducing debt due to Ornua.
• Daily cash collection activities, proactively ensuring cash is received as invoices fall due      ( On team rotation)
• Daily cash allocation (Each team member will have set customers they oversee)
• Reviewing sales orders that do not initially pass internal credit checks sent to CC Manager to review.
• Daily issue of sales invoices to customers, along with statements as required.
• Regular dialogue with customers to identify errors and swift follow-up with the sales, supply chain and technical teams to resolve issues and queries.
• Monitoring of performance against agreed KPIs, such as % of invoices overdue working with Finance Services’ team.
• Monitoring of compliance with financial policies and procedures
• Supporting the Orders team with credit / queries to ensure the customer pays on time)
• Completion of Weekly Aged Debtors report for review by Credit and Collections Manager (On team rotation)
• Completion of Month End Control accounts for review by Credit and Collections Manager (on Rotation)
• Completion of the Customer Set Up Process and customer changes to master data for review by the Credit Collections Manager.
• Attendance of the weekly team meeting to work through issues to ensure prompt resolution.
• Attendance of the Sales /Finance team meeting to work together on customer issues across the site.
• Ensuring GDNI and Customer returns is reviewed weekly and controlled between the team.
• Other ad-hoc duties and reporting requirements as assigned by the Credit and Collections Manager.

What You Bring To The Role:

• AAT qualified or part-qualified preferred or demonstrable and practical experience in a finance role, preferably Accounts Receivable
• Experience of working with an ERP system, such as Infor, SAP, Sage
• Proficient in Microsoft office software, most importantly Microsoft Excel
• Excellent communication skills required, both internally and externally, using telephone or email to suit the circumstances.

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?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com

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.

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