Productivity & Change Manager

Productivity & Change Manager Field based - Wonderfield Group Contract: Full Time
Salary: £42,000 - £44,000
Contracted Hours: 40

The Wonderfield Group has recently been purchased by Zensho Holdings, the leading food service company in Japan with a market cap of $5.5b and whose aim is to become the worlds largest food company, a position from which we can eradicate hunger and poverty from around the globe. We operate restaurants, factories, and thousands of sushi kiosks and have recently built a successful cut fruit business, Snowfruit. Combining this with the three businesses previously owned by Zensho, AFC, Sushi Circle and Sushi Take, results in annual sales of $2.5b and Ebitda in excess of $140m a year with an ambitious growth trajectory.

You'll have the opportunity to travel across the UK, working with diverse teams and environments. You'll directly influence key business metrics-improving productivity, driving cost efficiency, and ensuring flawless execution. This is a highly collaborative role, giving you exposure to multiple functions and stakeholders across the business.

You

• Experience in food service or franchise training (fresh food retail preferred).
• Proven background in operations, transformation, or continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent coaching, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Ability to influence at all levels and willingness to travel regularly across the UK.

• Own PAC kiosk performance: Drive KPIs including sales, labour costs, and customer experience.
• Ensure operational readiness: Train teams to brand standards and support new/existing franchisees.
• Deliver on-site coaching and support during openings, relaunches, and interventions.
• Implement productivity improvements: Reduce waste and optimise processes.
• Analyse performance data and provide actionable recommendations.
• Lead change management and transformation initiatives.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration across Operations, IT, Finance, Food, and Marketing.
• Track and report on performance, risks, and improvement initiatives.

We're proud to offer:

• Opportunity to grow your career alongside with us with available apprentice program
• Brilliant support services designed to enhance your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
• Annual discretionary bonus subject to business and overall performance
• Discretionary Life Assurance
• Discretionary Income Protection
• Group Personal Pension
• Private Medical Cash Plan
• Bespoke reward platform including access to retail, cinema & gym discounts.
• 50% off your food every time you dine with us for you and 3 friends.
• Contribute towards our award-winning sustainability initiatives that delivers progress against 9 UN sustainability goals. We're committed to responsibly sourcing and all our seafood, therefore we only use source sustainable fish. All our packaging is recyclable and 80% of our packaging is already made from recycled plastic.
• Annual Awards ceremony celebrating our success and offering winning Managers free trips to Japan.

About us:

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