Technical Manager

OUR BUSINESS At The Silver Spoon Company, we have the ambition of “Making Life’s Everyday Moments Sweeter” with some of the UK’s most loved Home Baking and Sweet Treats brand. We’re on a mission to become the go-to supplier of home baking for consumers and customers alike. Our ambition is bold, our pace is fast, and our culture is all about high performance with heart.

We’re growing, we’re challenging the status quo - This role will be key in supporting our Supply Team in meeting this vision.

THE ROLE As Site Technical Manager at Allinson’s, you will lead the technical, food safety and quality agenda for the site, ensuring our products, processes and working practices meet legal, customer and consumer standards.

Reporting to the Site Manager and working as part of the Site Leadership Team, you will lead and develop the Site Technical Team and champion a strong food safety and quality culture across the site. You will take ownership of site governance, HACCP and TACCP processes, improvement plans and technical audits, ensuring the site remains audit-ready.

Working closely with the Central Technical Team and operational colleagues, you will use audit findings, investigations and customer complaint trends to strengthen controls, identify opportunities for improvement and drive right-first-time performance. You will also build strong relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues across the wider business.

THE CANDIDATE You will have strong experience of leading food safety, quality or technical activities within an FMCG or food manufacturing environment. You will ideally hold a degree in food science or a related subject, or have significant relevant technical or quality management experience, alongside advanced Food Hygiene and HACCP qualifications.

You will have strong knowledge of HACCP, TACCP and Good Manufacturing Practice, together with experience of BRC, customer standards, technical audits and quality accreditation systems such as ISO. You will be a confident and credible leader who can coach and develop others, build strong relationships and communicate  effectively across all levels. You will also bring strong analytical, project management and root cause problem-solving skills,  with a proactive approach to continuous improvement.