Les Domaines UK is looking for a Technical Manager to take ownership of product safety, legality and quality across our UK and Ireland fresh produce business.
About us
Les Domaines UK has been trading since 2014, and we're part of the wider Les Domaines Agricoles group — a family of businesses growing and supplying fresh produce since the 1960s.
The opportunity
You'll be the technical link between our customers, our commercial team, and our growers and packhouses at source — with real ownership of standards, relationships and continuous improvement.Specifically, you'll:
- Own product safety, legality and quality — maintaining specifications, due diligence and compliance with current legislative and customer requirements
- Manage technical relationships with customers — handling complaints, rejections and issues through to resolution, and ensuring their requirements are understood and met at source
- Work closely with suppliers, growers and packhouses — maintaining approved supplier lists, driving quality feedback, and overseeing audits and visits
- Drive vendor assurance and accreditation — managing retailer platforms and standards including GLOBALG.A.P., BRC, HACCP and SEDEX/ETI
- Provide structured feedback to our team in Morocco — on quality, claims analysis, benchmarking and retailer activity
- Own packaging and artwork — maintaining packaging specifications, approving customer artwork, overseeing packaging innovation, and collating EPR data
- Support the commercial team — advising on emerging quality, climate and legislative issues, and contributing to new business development and cost efficiencies
- Travel internationally on a regular basis — including visits to Morocco and customer sites
What we're looking for
- Several years' technical experience in fresh produce or a closely related food supply chain environment
- Strong working knowledge of food safety and quality standards (GLOBALG.A.P., BRC, HACCP, SEDEX/ETI) and retailer vendor assurance platforms
- A track record of managing technical relationships with both customers and suppliers
- Experience with packaging specifications, artwork approval and EPR reporting
- Understanding of farming practices and crop husbandry, or the appetite to develop it
- Comfort with regular international travel and overseas auditing
- A proactive, improvement-minded approach and the confidence to influence at all levels
- French language proficiency desirable but not essential
What's in it for you
- Genuine ownership of the technical function, reporting directly to the Managing Director
- Broad industry exposure — you'll gain insight into how other parts of the supermarket and fresh produce world operate, and bring that thinking back into the role
- Competitive salary and package
- The chance to join a business with deep roots (operating since the 1960s as part of the wider group) and ambitious growth plans
Interested?
If this sounds like the next step for you, we'd love to talk. Apply today or reach out directly to find out more about the role, the team, and where Les Domaines is headed.
Les Domaines UK is part of the Les Domaines Agricoles group.
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