At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technical strategy and ensure food safety across a major retail category.
- Company: Join a leading business with a strong brand reputation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, comprehensive package, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities to travel and collaborate across teams.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on product quality and customer relationships in a high-profile role.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in food manufacturing and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 75000 - 85000 £ per year.
We're partnering with a leading business seeking an exceptional Senior Technical Manager to take ownership of technical strategy across its category. This is a high-profile leadership role where you'll influence sourcing, product quality, customer relationships, and food safety performance - playing a pivotal part in protecting and enhancing a trusted brand reputation.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Act as the primary technical contact for major retail customers, managing food safety, quality, integrity, complaints, product rejections, and crisis situations with confidence and professionalism.
- Lead and enhance technical and food safety standards across the category, ensuring full compliance with legislative, customer, and internal quality requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement through KPI analysis, corrective action management, and step-change projects in collaboration with leading industry institutes and centres of excellence.
- Oversee product launches, performance reviews, and specification management for raw materials and finished goods, ensuring products are delivered right first time and to specification.
- Build strong partnerships with growers and suppliers, visiting source locations to ensure compliance with company and customer policies while securing the best product quality, variety, size, and colour.
- Influence pre-season and in-season sourcing decisions, managing seasonal transitions and benchmarking activities to maintain competitive advantage and product consistency.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Commercial, Procurement, Operations, and Compliance teams to align technical strategy with market demands and innovation opportunities.
- Lead, coach, and develop the Product Manager and Technical Assistant, fostering a high-performance culture and clear communication across the business.
What We're Looking For:
- Extensive experience within fresh produce or food manufacturing, with strong technical knowledge.
- Proven track record of managing major retail customer relationships and delivering exceptional technical and food safety standards.
- Demonstrated success in driving continuous improvement, KPI performance, and quality enhancement initiatives.
- Strong leadership experience with the ability to motivate, develop, and influence teams across multiple functions.
- Excellent planning, organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to thrive under pressure and manage competing priorities.
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to growers, suppliers, and customer locations as required.
If you believe you have the skills and personality to fit these requirements please either apply via this advert or call Henderson Brown for more information.
Hiring: Senior Technical Manager employer: Henderson Brown Recruitment
Henderson Brown Recruitment is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Portsmouth that values flexibility and competitive pay for its Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer role. With a strong focus on employee growth and development within the FMCG sector, the company fosters a collaborative culture where innovative ideas are encouraged, making it a rewarding place to build a meaningful career.
Contact Details:
Henderson Brown Recruitment Recruitment Team
