Technical Manager - Food

What you will be doing:

• Assist in development and writing of technical governance, risk management, and compliance strategies for the business across food
• Conducting monthly KPI reviews with key SFK and Food Service suppliers.
• Assist in the development, writing, publishing and compliance to our own brand standards in liaison with the NPD Manager and Ethical teams
• Complaints management, ensuring surveillance for trends, distribution and follow up with suppliers where necessary and escalation as appropriate.
• Manage label compliance process including developing procedures, building procedures into Critical Paths, liaising with external label advise consultants as applicable.
• Support the HOT and NPD manager in developing suitable technical and development standards and associated policies.
• Support the NPD manager and TA in delivery of critical paths and supplier liaison on data entry onto Nutritics
• Development of risk-based product testing schedule
• Support the development and implement technical policies, guidelines, and standards that comply with regulations and establish new benchmarks
• Risk assessing products and ensuring product specifications are received as required based on risk.
• Be the subject matter expert on regulatory and legislation changes across food.
• Support implementation of regulation changes into the business
• Development and maintenance of Food HACCP systems that fall under the commercial scope

• Proven experience in a technical role within retail or manufacturing
• Food experience
• Good understanding of BRCGS, retailer codes of practice, HACCP, VACCP/TACCP, and UK food legislation
• Good stakeholder management skills, with the ability to mobilise teams
• Regulatory experience
• A passion for product
• A self-starter, with a proven record of driving projects forward independently
• A hands‑on leader with good management and influencing skills
• A collaborative approach and ‘can do’ attitude
• Experience of food safety controls for branded products as well as own label products
• Experience of Food Service Food Safety requirements and associated food business operations.
• Experience of working with other retailers, trade associations, certification bodies, FSA, Food Crime Unit

• Hybrid Working Model from home and in the office
• 4pm Friday Finish
• Flexible Working
• 25 Days holiday, plus your Birthday off, plus Bank Holidays with an opportunity to buy extra days holiday
• Family Friendly Leave
• Company Pension scheme
• Annual Bonus based on company and personal performance
• Competitive Salary and Car Allowance
• Private Medical
• Cycle to work scheme