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Senior Technical Manager

Employer
Blue Spark
Location
New York (US)
Salary
£negotiable
Closing date
20 Sep 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Quality Assurance, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

The Company

This iconic brand are renowned for their fresh and innovative food offerings, and are growing at pace with new sites opening across the globe. They bring passion to everything they do – whether it's helping their customers eat a healthy balanced diet, working closely with suppliers and farmers, reducing the impact on the environment, playing an active role in the communities which they serve, or making the company a great place to work – being a responsible, forward thinking brand is part of their heritage.

The Role

This career-defining role will see you taking responsibility for ensuring the food safety, quality and legality of food products ensuring that they meet with the company’s stringent brand standards.  

You will manage the supplier base, resolve quality issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives.  This will include conducting supplier audits and managing performance as well as maintaining a robust recall procedure.  You will support internal teams and stores with customer, ingredient or labelling queries too.

A key aspect of the role is to work closely with the product development team and support the launch of new products. You will help implement NPD plans and champion technical innovation to drive excellence.  This will include managing specifications, the shelf life process, manage factory trials and the launch process.

You will need to keep up to date with legislative changes and uphold the highest levels of product quality and integrity to protect the brand reputation.

The Candidate

We are looking for an accomplished technical / quality manager educated to degree level in a scientific discipline with the decision making ability and confidence to defend as well as manage the technical and quality standards for this leading food brand.

You will have knowledge of technical, product and supplier management processes gained from experience in a retail, food service or food manufacturing environment.  An understanding of chilled / fresh products would be a real advantage but not essential.
Blessed with a natural (and proven) ability for supply base management (and auditing) you will be able to work in partnership with your suppliers, manage their performance and driving best practice.

There will be national travel involved so you must have the flexibility to be away for short periods of time.

If you are ready to make your mark with this ambitious and continually expanding food business then we would love to hear from you.  

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Please note that we can only accept applications from candidates with right to work in the USA.  

Also, please note that while we will try to respond to all applications, sometimes the sheer volume of responses means we can only focus on the most relevant. You should hear from us within 2-5 days if your application has been successful.

 

Company

Blue Spark is a boutique recruitment consultancy for the Food and Drinks industry, satisfying a growing appetite for intelligent and ethical recruitment.

Working entirely free of commission, we source high calibre candidates for some of the most exciting organisations in the field.

Our friendly and creative consultants seek the perfect match with every appointment – be it graduate or director level, permanent or interim.

Established by Food professionals in 2006, our vast experience and intuitive grasp of market trends has earned us the superb reputation we enjoy today.

With a particular commitment to openness and innovation, Blue Spark offers a truly comprehensive range of recruitment solutions across all sectors of the Food and Drinks industry.

These include:

• Search and Selection

• Advertised Search

• Executive Search

• Database Search

• Proactive Candidate Generation

So whether you're seeking that dream job in Food and Drink, or the perfect people for your growing business, Blue Spark can deliver.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0345 2600 737
Location
34 - 36 The Broadway
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 3AL
United Kingdom

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