Senior Technical Manager

CO-OP; Hightown; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food retailer is seeking a Senior Technical Manager to oversee a category team ensuring technical excellence and safe products. You will engage industry-wide to stay updated on trends and regulations, while also coaching your team in high-pressure scenarios. This hybrid role involves working from home and visiting suppliers nationwide. Offering an annual salary of £60,000 to £72,500 plus benefits such as a pension scheme and healthcare coverage.

Benefits

Annual bonus based on performance

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension with up to 10% employer contributions

Private healthcare for you and your family

Access to a subsidised onsite gym

Coaching and training for career development

Wagestream app access

Qualifications

• Experience working in food safety or a food technical role.
• Previous experience of leading a team in a fast-moving and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure products are made with technical excellence.
• Prioritise workload for the category team.
• Engage with the food industry to provide insights.

Skills

Networking and building relationships

Food safety knowledge

Team leadership

Education

B.Sc. in Food Science or related subjects

HACCP/GMP qualification

Job description

Overview

We\'re looking for a Senior Technical Manager to join our GCL (Group Commercial and Logistics) team here at Co-op. In this role you\'ll lead a category team who will deliver technical excellence, protecting Co-op\'s brand quality and reputation. You\'ll be connected to external industry discussions to ensure Co-op remains at the cutting edge of sustainable and resilient food systems and supply chains. This role provides an exciting opportunity to trial new ways of working and to be part of the fastest growing own brand in the current market.

Responsibilities

• Work with supplier partners to ensure Co-op products are made with technical excellence at the heart
• Prioritise workload for your category team, making sure that food safety and technical excellence are central
• Engage with the wider food industry, ensuring we stay at the forefront of insight for the category you lead
• Be engaged and up to date with regulation changes, ensuring everything we do is safe, legal, and compliant
• Coach your team through high-pressured situations, ensure regulations are followed, and strategically plan to mitigate future risk to the company and brand
• Look for opportunities to help the team continuously improve from a food safety perspective
• Actively manage our supply base, making visits nationwide

Qualifications

• BSC qualification in Food Science or related subjects
• Experience working in food safety or a food technical role
• A qualification in HACCP / GMP
• The ability to network and build relationships within the food industry and supplier base whilst also managing manufacturing sites
• Previous experience of leading a team in a fast moving and collaborative environment

Benefits

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Private healthcare for you and your family
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

At Co-op, we\'re owned by our members. And because we\'re owned by you, we can do right by you. When you join us, you\'re not just taking a job, you\'re joining a movement. We\'re an organisation that puts people and communities first, and we\'re powered by purpose.

We\'ll also provide the following:/n- 60k to 72.5k plus great benefits including 10% employer pension contribution, and private healthcare.

Details:

• Location: Manchester City Centre - in this role you\'ll work in a hybrid way, splitting time between home, the office (at least once a week), and at least 2 days a week travelling nationwide to our supplier base
• Travel: some occasional overseas travel
• On-call: 1 out of every 8 weeks
• Contract: 9 months secondee/fixed-term

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We are also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we\'ll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. We\'ll ask whether you would like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. If we invite you to participate in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we\'ll ask if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.