Overview
Senior, multi-site technical leadership role within a growing UK chilled foods group. You will own the technical strategy across three sites, shaping standards and performance while partnering with group leadership. Expect high-visibility engagement with major retailers, audits, and continuous improvement. This role offers real progression into broader group leadership and cross-site impact.
Responsibilities
- Own technical customer management and compliance across three sites
- Lead, develop and performance-manage a large site technical team
- Implement and embed the group technical strategy
- Drive audit excellence and lead customer visits and launches
- Use data and insight to continuously improve technical performance
- Build strong cross-functional and customer relationships
Key requirements
- Senior technical leadership experience in food manufacturing (ideally chilled)
- Strong UK retailer experience (ideally M&S, Tesco, Asda, JS)
- Proven audit leadership and customer-facing capability
- Commercially aware, confident and resilient in fast-paced environments
- Degree qualified with strong food safety and auditing credentials
- commercially aware
- confident
- resilient
- food safety and quality management
- auditing credentials
- data-driven continuous improvement
Head of Technical employer: D R Newitt & Associates
Join a dynamic and collaborative team at a leading manufacturer in Lancashire, where your sales expertise will be valued and rewarded. With a competitive salary of circa £25k plus OTE commission, you'll benefit from a supportive work culture that prioritises employee growth through training and future progression opportunities. This is an excellent opportunity for motivated individuals looking to make a meaningful impact in a thriving industry.
