Our Current Vacancies
Production Operative - £12.74 per hour rotating shifts (Monday to Friday)
We are offering a fantastic opportunity for a Production Operative to join our growing production team. This is an ideal role for someone who is reliable, hands-on, and eager to learn. Whether you are looking to start a career in food manufacturing or build on existing experience, we will support your development with full training and opportunities to grow within the business.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Production Operative, you will be responsible for supporting the smooth and safe running of our manufacturing processes.
Your duties will include:
- Assisting in the production of our sauces in line with recipes, specifications, and company hygiene standards.
- Following procedures relating to food safety, HACCP, and health & safety at all times.
- Handling raw materials and packaging safely and hygienically.
- Ensuring correct labelling, date coding, and tamper seals on all products.
- Stacking, shrink-wrapping, and palletising finished goods.
- Maintaining cleanliness of your workstation and conducting cleaning tasks as instructed.
- Carrying out equipment cleaning, testing (subject to training), and paperwork completion accurately.
- Reporting any deviations, risks, or concerns immediately to your supervisor.
What We’re Looking For:
- A strong work ethic and willingness to learn.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- A team player who works well with others.
- Able to follow instructions and processes carefully.
- Good awareness of food hygiene and health & safety (training will be provided).
- Physically fit and capable of standing for extended periods and lifting materials.
- Previous experience in food production or manufacturing is desirable, but not essential.
Why Work for Stokes Sauces?
- Be part of a supportive and friendly team.
- Opportunity to work with a proudly independent and fast-growing food brand.
- Ongoing training and development provided.
Salary and Benefits
- Salary £12.74 per hour (gross)
- 22 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Contributory pension.
- Life Insurance.
- Staff discount.
- You get your birthday off as an additional day’s holiday
If you are ready to bring your enthusiasm and reliability to a great team making award-winning products we would love to hear from you. Please email your cv and covering letter to [email protected].
APPLY BELOWPart-Time Sales and Logistics Administrator - 20 hours per week Tuesday to Friday
We are looking for an organised and customer-focused Part-Time Sales and Logistics Administrator to join our Sales Support team. This varied role combines order processing, delivery administration and day-to-day customer service.
The role
Working Tuesday to Friday, you will help customer orders move smoothly from receipt through to despatch. You will work closely with customers, couriers, our Sales team and warehouse colleagues to ensure information and paperwork are accurate and issues are followed through promptly.
What you will be doing
- Entering customer orders and sample requests accurately onto SAP.
- Keeping customers informed about product availability, lead times and deliveries.
- Preparing picking sheets, delivery notes, pallet labels and information for couriers and customer portals.
- Booking deliveries and collections and following up any exceptions or back orders.
- Responding to sales calls and emails and dealing with customer order and delivery enquiries.
- Recording complaints and supporting replacement orders or returns where required.
- Liaising with the Sales team, warehouse and other departments to resolve customer queries.
- Providing general administrative support to the Sales Support team.
What we are looking for
We are looking for someone who:
- Is well organised and able to manage several tasks while maintaining excellent attention to detail.
- Communicates confidently, professionally and clearly by telephone and email.
- Has a practical, positive and helpful approach to customers and colleagues.
- Has good general computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook and Excel.
- Can prioritise their workload and follow tasks through to completion.
- Has previous experience in administration, customer service, sales support or logistics.
- Experience of SAP, food manufacturing or the FMCG sector would be an advantage, although is not essential.
Working pattern
This part-time role is working 20 hours per week across Tuesday to Friday. The exact daily start and finish times will be agreed with the successful applicant.
What we offer
- £14.85 per hour (gross)
- 22 days’ annual holiday entitlement (pro rata), plus bank holidays.
- An additional day off for your birthday.
- Contributory pension and Life insurance.
Why join Stokes Sauces?
Join a friendly and supportive team in a successful food manufacturing business where quality, service, teamwork and attention to detail matter. The role offers variety, regular customer contact and an important part in our order and delivery process.
How to apply
To apply, please send your CV and a covering email outlining your interest in the role and the experience you would bring to [email protected]
Please note that, due to annual leave, applications will not be acknowledged until week commencing 17th August 2026. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
APPLY BELOWJoin the team at Stokes!
About Us
Since 2004, we have worked with a rare passion, to refine the taste, texture, and quality of ketchups, sauces, condiments, preserves, and mayonnaise. We make all our of sauces at our ‘saucery’ on the Rendlesham Estate the heart of rural Suffolk. We now have a team of over 90, and In fact, some of us have been making sauce together for almost 20 years! There really has never been a more exciting team to join the ambitious Stokes team, with brand new factory equipment, enabling is to double our capacity, exciting new upcoming product launches and we are actively working in more sectors than ever before!
About You
As a growing family-owned business with big ideas, we are looking for determined characters with a real ‘can do’ attitude. Whilst being passionate and enthusiastic about the work you do, a lot of the work we do involves working together with multiple teams and so you will also be friendly, an excellent communicator, and show integrity in the work you do.
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