Technical F&B Product Manager

Carnival; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cruise company is seeking a Food & Beverage Technical Manager to oversee technical governance and compliance for their food and beverage products. This role involves leading accurate supplier specifications and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure food safety and quality. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Food Science, experience in a technical role, and extensive knowledge of food legislation. Join this dynamic team to shape the future of food safety for guests.

Benefits

Employee Discounted Cruising

Annual Bonus

Minimum 25 days leave

Extensive learning and development opportunities

Health Cash Plan

Qualifications

• Experience in a technical role within food retail, manufacturing, or hospitality.
• Strong knowledge of UK and international food legislation.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical governance and compliance for food and beverage products.
• Implement and manage specification change processes.
• Monitor supplier and product performance.

Skills

Food safety compliance

Supplier auditing

Technical leadership

Knowledge of food legislation

Education

Degree in Food Science or related discipline

Job description

Carnival UK are looking for a talented Food & Beverage Technical Manager to join our dynamic Food & Beverage Development team. This pivotal role will lead technical governance and compliance for all food and beverage products, ensuring safety, legality, and quality across our international operations. If you’re passionate about food standards and want to make a real impact on guest experience, this is your opportunity to shape the future of F&B excellence at Carnival UK.

You’ll join our Food & Beverage Development team, collaborating with colleagues in food development, procurement, and the global food governance group. The role is based in Carnival House, Southampton, with travel and periods working onboard ships, and has an operational focus within both shoreside and fleet teams.

F&B Technical Manager – This pivotal role will involve:

• Leading technical governance and compliance for all food and beverage ingredients, ensuring supplier specifications (including allergen information, nutritional content, claims and PAL data) are accurate, legal, and compliant across the international markets that CUK operates.
• Provide specialist knowledge to the product development and procurement teams to deliver compliance to ingredient food safety, legality, and quality standards, to allow safe development of recipes and menus, investigating compliance issues to identify root causes and implement action plans.
• Create, implement and manage the specification change process for allergens, product details, or legislation, ensuring re-verification and communication of changes to the fleet and guests.
• Championing continuous improvement in supplier specification management and translating critical product content (allergen, dietary claims, nutritional content) to guests for informed decisions.
• Support product and procurement teams to monitor supplier and product performance, developing action plans with suppliers where required, use and apply experience & knowledge to mitigate supplier risks and influence and agree positive resolutions.

This role is positioned at CUK08 level within our organization and is available on a full-time, permanent basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.

What You’ll Bring

Your unique background and skills are what will make you stand out. We’re looking for:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Food Science, Food Technology, or related discipline.
• Experience in technical role within food retail, manufacturing, or hospitality.
• Strong knowledge of UK and international food legislation and labelling, with experience in supplier auditing, allergen validation, and specification systems.
• Proven technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

About You: The Ideal Candidate

You are more than just your CV. You’re someone who brings:

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, while prioritising workloads.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with various teams.
• Analytical and logistics skills, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated professionalism, reliability, and capacity to collaborate as part of a team.

Culture Essentials Behaviours – At Carnival UK, we value:

• Speaks up: Speaks out about concerns, shares ideas, and encourages team to do the same.
• Respects & protects: Builds relationships and inclusive teams. Safeguards the wellbeing and safety of others. Looks for more efficient and sustainable solutions that protect the environment.
• Improves: Promotes collaboration and compliance, drives for continuous improvement.
• Empowers: Coaches others and creates an environment where people do their best work.

Ready to help shape the future of food and beverage safety and quality for our guests? Apply now to join our team!

Application Guidance

Diversity is our strength, and we encourage applications from those with varied experiences, whether you meet every listed requirement or not. If you’re passionate about our guests’ experience and looking for an opportunity to grow, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

Working with us means more than just a role in the guest experience sector. It’s about being part of a team that values well-being and personal growth.

Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague. CUK-employee-experience-guide-July-2025.pdf

Here’s what we offer:

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Annual Bonus
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme

Due to the popularity of our roles and our commitment to finding the best talent, we might close applications earlier than advertised. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to become part of a team dedicated to creating unforgettable holiday happiness. Apply today to start your journey with us.

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