Technical/ Quality Lead

TieTalent; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the FMCG sector is seeking a Technical Lead for their Skelmersdale site. In this role, you will ensure quality governance and lead the creation of a Continuous Improvement culture within the team. You will leverage your experience to manage technical strategies and contribute to high performance across the organization. If you have a strong background in quality management and the ability to influence and communicate effectively, this opportunity is for you.

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 for discounts

Qualifications

• Experience as a Technical / Quality Manager at a Senior level.
• FMCG role knowledge is desirable.
• Strong skills in managing and developing a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead site quality governance and assurance.
• Drive Continuous Improvement culture.
• Manage and develop the team effectively.

Skills

Problem Solving

Team Building

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Education

HACCP Level 4

Food Safety Level 4

Job description

Job Description

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 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 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.

Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

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 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?

• 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