Head of Technical

Head of Technical - Food Manufacturing Business
Location: South East
Salary: £75-85k
Role Overview: Reporting to the Technical Director, you will manage key retailer relationships, and drive technical standards across the sites.

Key Responsibilities:

• To manage key retailer relationships and maintain the business reputation for absolute integrity.
• Overarching management of risk assessments and compliance monitoring audits to deliver customers standards, policies, and required 3rd party audit standards.
• To work collaboratively with the procurement team to maintain and deliver robust supply chains.  Supported with a risk assessment process and auditing programme, in line with customer and company requirements.
• To monitor and provide KPI metrics, internally, to our customers and to demonstrate both compliance and continuous improvement, across the division.
• To be the functional lead in the resolution of technical incidents. 
• Ensuring risks are evaluated, controlled and preventative action plans are communicated to the business and relevant customers, as applicable.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Proven track record for managing key retail relationships and motivating high performing teams.
• Significant experience across a wide range of different manufacturing business and food categories, supported with both high and low risk experience.
• Ability to manage incidents coupled with strong diagnostic ability and effective risk management.
• Broad experience gained working with the major retailers and a trusted and earnt reputation for absolute integrity.
• Ability to simultaneously manage numerous strategic projects and workstreams.
• Degree level qualification in a related discipline supported with relevant Food safety certification.

Application Process:
If you're interested in this opportunity, please submit your CV via the link provided quoting reference AHC/TNT/546.

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