
Head of Roastery Production
1w1 week agoOrigin Coffee
Helston, GB · Full-time · £55,000 – £75,000
About this role
The Roastery is where green coffee, expertise, and craft come together to create the product our customers experience every day. As Head of Roastery Production, you’ll take responsibility for this pivotal part, ensuring every roast meets exacting standards and every order is fulfilled on time. Focus on the roasting team following agreed schedules and delivering production targets.
Work closely with the Production and Demand Planner to align daily and long-term roasting schedules with sales forecasts, seasonal peaks, and product launches. Ensure roasting, packing, and dispatch work seamlessly together. Adjust schedules dynamically in response to customer demand, sales data, and inventory levels.
Embed a culture of accountability within the roasting team, with each roaster understanding responsibility for schedules and production KPIs. Build structured training and career pathways while fostering collaboration and continuous learning. Partner with Head of Coffee, operations, supply chain, and brand teams across multiple sites.
Lead transformation in roasting operations to set new standards in efficiency, quality, and creativity. Oversee profiling coffees, roastery layout design, and quality assurance systems for roasted, capsules, RTD, and NPD. Join a passionate founder-led brand rooted in authenticity and purpose.
Requirements
- Expertise in coffee roasting profiles and maintaining consistency with sourcing decisions
- Experience leading roasting production teams and embedding accountability culture
- Knowledge of production scheduling, demand planning, and integration with dispatch
- Proficiency in roastery operations, layout optimisation, and equipment maintenance
- Skills in quality assurance systems for roasted coffee, capsules, RTD, and NPD
- Ability to manage green and roasted coffee inventories with accurate records
- Collaboration experience across operations, supply chain, and brand teams
Responsibilities
- Align daily and long-term roasting schedules with sales forecasts, seasonal peaks, and product launches
- Ensure roasting team adheres to agreed schedule and delivers against daily and weekly production targets
- Make roasting, packing, and dispatch work seamlessly together for on-time order fulfilment
- Adjust schedules dynamically in response to customer demand, sales data, and inventory levels
- Embed culture of accountability within roasting team for schedules and production KPIs
- Build structured training and career pathways for roasting team
- Oversee profiling of coffees to meet quality standards
- Lead design and continuous improvement of roastery layout for efficient workflow
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