Technical/ Quality Lead

Acu-IT.net; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Lead to spearhead the Quality Agenda at their Skelmersdale site. This full-time role involves ensuring product quality, driving efficiency, and adhering to safety regulations. The ideal candidate will possess senior-level experience in Technical or Quality Management, strong problem-solving skills, and a deep understanding of food safety standards. Join a dynamic team dedicated to continuous improvement and operational excellence, where your leadership will foster a culture of empowerment and high performance. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a thriving organization.

Benefits

Up to 15% annual bonus

4 x Life Assurance policy

£550 Car Allowance or Company Car

Partner Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Enhanced Bereavement Leave

Pension Employer Contribution Scheme

Exclusive access to discounts through Mller Rewards

Qualifications

• Experience as a Technical/Quality Manager at a senior level.
• Knowledge of FMCG roles and supermarket food safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality Agenda ensuring adherence to customer requirements.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement and team empowerment.

Skills

Technical / Quality Management

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Management

Team Building

Root Cause Analysis

Food Safety Knowledge

Education

HACCP Level 4

Food Safety Level 4

Tools

Quality Management Systems

Job description

Company Description

Mller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Mller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Mller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Mller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocers Top 100 list of Britains Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.

Job Description

Technical Lead

Skelmersdale (Site based)

Full-time Permanent contract

Were recruiting for a Technical Lead at our site at Skelmersdale, your purpose will be to lead the Quality Agenda across the site, ensuring adherence to customer requirements, improve product quality, drive out waste and inefficiency all whilst ensuring there is no impact on product quality, legality or safety.

Responsibilities

1. Overall governance and assurance of site quality
2. Create and promote a culture where our people are enabled and empowered every day
3. Creating and delivering development plan for self and team
4. Enable succession pathways both up through and across organisation
5. Enabling team to create and deliver Technical Strategy in line with group strategic direction
6. Develop high level problem solving capability and facilitation skills throughout the function (to include crisis management)
7. Responsible for creating Continuous Improvement culture and improvement opportunities for self and team
8. Creates high performance by role modelling commitment to Operational Performance Management Systems principles
9. Accountable for implementation and overall governance of end to end Quality Management System
10. Looks and encourages others to find and reduce waste, in all its forms, in everything that we do
11. Encourages others to seek out improvements within the workplace and convert to own CI projects
12. Utilises all available opportunities, enabling others to improve the way we do things
13. Collaboratively works with other teams to improve our business
14. Supports team to demonstrate CI contribution through PDP process

What are we looking?

1. Technical / Quality Manager experience at a Senior level
2. Relevant knowledge and experience in a similar FMCG role is desirable
3. Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
4. A good technical knowledge of supermarkets food safety requirements plus a working knowledge of their systems
5. Strong problem solving and root cause analysis skills
6. Good knowledge of preventative maintenance techniques
7. Excellent communication skills
8. Proven skills in managing and developing a team.
9. Team building skills and strong ability to work cross functionally
10. HACCP Level 4, Food Safety Level 4

Benefits

1. Up to 15% annual bonus
2. 4 x Life Assurance policy
3. £550 Car Allowance or Company Car
4. Partner Private Medical Insurance
5. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service)
6. Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave
7. Enhanced Bereavement Leave
8. Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%)
9. Exclusive access to Mller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts