Technical Manager - Supply Chain Approval, Quality & Compliance

Hilton Food Group; Grimsby; A distancia; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Holiday allowance

Life assurance

Development opportunities

Share Save scheme

Car parking on site

Maternity/Paternity enhancements

Descripción de la vacante

Hilton Seafood is seeking a Technical Manager – Supply Chain Approval, Quality and Compliance to lead compliance across supply chains and to ensure new IT systems are value-adding and rolled out with training. Location is Grimsby, with some travel and flexible hours.

You will oversee on-boarding of suppliers, maintain risk assessments, and act as SME for Foods Connected while supporting multiple teams across sites.

Formación

• Proven track record leading and motivating teams.
• Experience with supplier scorecards and supplier management systems.
• Experience auditing supply bases and ensuring compliance across sites.
• Familiarity with retailers and strong integrity reputation.

Responsabilidades

• Coach production teams on food safety and legality and assess training effectiveness.
• Coach QA/RMQAs on food safety, legality, and training effectiveness with auditable documentation.
• Serve as SME for Foods Connected; support Buying, Technical, Packaging and NPD teams.
• Onboard new suppliers via Foods Connected with auditable supplier risk assessments.
• Maintain robust risk assessment processes for new ingredients and supplier changes.
• Conduct horizon scanning for supply base threats and communicate risks internally and to customers.
• Link risk management to VACCP/CSR and authenticity controls.
• Visit and audit suppliers to develop current and new partners.
• Act as deputy for European Technical Director Seafood during absences at seafood sites.
• Promote safety culture following site Health and Safety framework.
• Travel to retailer head offices and other sites as needed.

Conocimientos

Leadership experience

Supplier management

Auditing

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Descripción del empleo

Role description

Technical Manager – Supply Chain Approval, Quality and Compliance

Location: Estate Road, Grimsby

Monday-Friday 08:00-17:00, some flexibility andoccasional travel might be required

Salary: Competitive

Purpose of the role

To set thecompliance via the Hilton Seafood Standard, across all applicable supply chainsensuring that Hilton Seafood, customer and legal requirements are fullyimplemented.

To ensureall new Technical IT systems are value adding, rolled out in full across thetwo sites and supported with training and competency training packages asapplicable.

To be apoint of contact both internally and externally for all supply base management,conformance and approval. Covering bothnew and existing suppliers.

To manage the Rawmaterials teams both across Estate Road 2 and Laforey Road and all processes associatedwithin these remits

Responsibilities

• To coach across the Production teams on both Food Safety and Legality and competency assess the effectiveness of this training, capturing all thedetail in an auditable document with linked risk assessments as applicable.
• To coach the QA’s /RMQA’s on both food safety and legality and competency assess the effectiveness of this training, capturing the detail within an auditable document with linked risk assessments as applicable.
• To be the SME (Subject Matter Expert), for Foods Connected. Training and supporting the Buying, Technical, Packaging and NPD teams as applicable. To ensure the system is both understood and fully initiated.
• To be a point of (Technical) contact for all new suppliers, ensuring the on-boarding process is completed in full and to a fully auditable standard within Foods Connected, mirrored across the site(s) risk assessments.
• To ensure a robust and repeatable risk assessment process is in place for all new ingredients and fish and/or for changes to existing suppliers/ingredients/fish.
• To conduct horizon scanning for both existing and emerging threats across the supply bases. Communicating internally, to the Hilton Group, and any applicable customers as required, to ensure all identified risks are documented and where possible mitigated.
• To link the above to the management of Hilton Seafood’s VACCP plan ensuring a robust documented system exists that supports on going trade, linking mitigation against emerging threats across CSR, ethical and authenticity.
• To visit and conduct audits across the supply base to support the continued development of both current and new suppliers into Hilton Seafood.
• To deputise for the European Technical Director Seafood and Added Value, across the Seafood sites ONLY during periods of absence
• Work within the Health and safety framework of the site, actively promoting a culture of safety.
• Ability to travel to retailer head offices and conduct other forms of travel to fulfil business needs.

Qualifications / Experience

• Proven track record for developing, leading and motivating individuals, hence is a respected SME across their field.
• Actively draws on this experience to drive the department and the supply base forward.
• Experience in supplier scorecards and supplier management systems, both implementation and development that demonstrates continuous improvement.
• Broad experience gained working with the major retailers and a trusted and earnt reputation for absolute integrity
• Ability to simultaneously manage numerous projects and workstreams across several geography’s and time zones

What you get in return

• Great package with competitive holiday allowance
• Life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary
• Opportunities for development and internal promotion
• Share Save scheme
• Free car parking on site
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity