Technical/ Quality Lead

Muller Dairy; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Lead to spearhead quality initiatives at their Skelmersdale site. This pivotal role involves overseeing the Quality Management System, driving continuous improvement, and fostering a culture of empowerment among team members. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in Technical or Quality Management within the FMCG sector, showcasing strong problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills. Join a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing product quality and operational efficiency while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package that includes bonuses, car allowances, and enhanced leave policies.

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 Müller Rewards

Qualifications

• Experience in Technical/Quality Management at a senior level.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills required.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Technical / Quality Management

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Root Cause Analysis

Team Management

Food Safety Knowledge

Cross-functional Teamwork

Education

HACCP Level 4

Food Safety Level 4

Tools

Quality Management Systems

Preventative Maintenance Techniques

Job description

Company description:

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller 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 Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.

Job description:

Technical Lead

Skelmersdale (Site based)

Full-time Permanent contract

We’re 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:

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

What are we looking for?

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

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 (rising with service)
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave
• Enhanced Bereavement Leave
• Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%)
• Exclusive access to Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts