Jenny Aspray is the HR Manager at Cranswick Continental Foods in Bury part of Cranswick PLC which is one of the leading food processors in the UK, they have a proud history of investment in people and facilities. Jenny joined the business at the beginning of 2020 with a project to develop their people team and to deliver an engaging employee experience for the 550 colleagues on site.
She started her career in Operations Management for big branded Hospitality companies such as Pizza Express and Zizzi and moved into a training role within these brands when she realised her passion was developing people to enhance the operation of the business. 15 years later she is still as passionate about people development and is a bit of a HR rebel ripping up the tried and tested for solutions that work in different industries.
Born in Bury but with experience working UK wide and internationally Jenny recently returned to work in her in home town to engage the local population into working in food manufacturing and help to develop local peoples’ careers in this sector.