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Technical Manager FOOD MANUFACTURING / London / Home Counties
£70,000 + car / c.£75,000 | Site-based
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We are partnering with a fast-growing, entrepreneurial food-to-go manufacturer to appoint a senior Technical leader for its London & Home Counties operation.
The business has grown with ambitions to reach £200m. This is not a role for someone who wants to manage technical from behind a desk.
We need a hands-on, visible factory leader who understands chilled, high-care, ready-to-eat manufacturing and can lead change on the factory floor.
THE OPPORTUNITY
You will take ownership of the site technical strategy and its execution across food safety, legality, quality, retail compliance and technical systems, working closely with Operations, Commercial and the wider leadership team.
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You will:
- Lead and develop the site Technical & Quality team
- Strengthen traceability, technical systems and management routines
- Drive standards and behaviours across the factory floor
- Own BRC, retailer standards, audits and customer relationships
- Strengthen supplier controls, metal detection, barcode verification and traceability
- Rebuild and strengthen the relationship between Technical and Operations
- Help prepare the site for future retail own-label accreditation
- Lead change in an established manufacturing environment where standards need to move forward
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are specifically interested in people with strong technical leadership experience within chilled, high-care, ready-to-eat food manufacturing. Relevant backgrounds could include:
- 🥪 Sandwiches / Food-to-Go
- 🥗 Salads
- 🍱 Ready Meals
- 🥙 Chilled Prepared Foods
- 🏭 High-Care / High-Risk Manufacturing
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Please note: this is a genuine food manufacturing leadership role. Candidates whose experience is predominantly auditing, co-packing, ambient manufacturing, bakery, chocolate or meat-only environments are unlikely to have the relevant background unless they also have substantial chilled ready-to-eat experience.
THE PERSON
You will need to be resilient, pragmatic and commercially aware — someone capable of walking onto the factory floor, spotting where standards aren't right and working with people to put them right.
The plan exists. The challenge is to lead it, land it and make the change stick.
📍 London / Home Counties
💷 £70,000 + car / c.£75,000
🏭 Site-based
👤 Reporting to: Technical & Innovation Director
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