Food Jobs West Yorkshire

Focus Management are looking for candidates interested in food jobs in West Yorkshire. We match the best candidates with many of the top food companies in the UK. West Yorkshire consists of the five boroughs of City of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, City of Leeds and City of Wakefield and has a population of 2.2 million.

West Yorkshire has a long history of prominent food companies, from small independent confectioners to national retailers. It is home to two of the major supermarkets in the UK, Asda whose head office is in Leeds and Morrisons, which was founded in Bradford. Leeds was also the birthplace of Marks and Spencer which started out as a penny bazaar in Kirkgate market.

Arla Foods is based in Leeds and produces many leading dairy products including Anchor butter and Cravendale milk. They are a global company and as well as jobs in West Yorkshire they offer placements abroad. They are also keen to recruit graduates and offer an exclusive Future Fifteen Graduate programme.

About 55,000 people are employed in the food and drink sector in Yorkshire, with a turnover of over £8bn.

The Food and Drink Industry is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK.

Last year, The Office for National Statistics demonstrated that the UK food and drink industry was the only sector to increase production, and that it has consistently maintained a stable level over the last two years.

Jobs are available in the following sectors:

• Development Chefs
• Engineering
• Finance
• Food Technology
• General Management
• Graduate
• Health and Safety
• Human Resources
• Hygiene
• Manufacturing
• New Product Development
• Packaging
• Planning
• Process
• Purchasing
• Recruitment
• Sales and Marketing
• Supply Chain

Or send us your CV and a consultant would be happy to discuss new roles with you.