Board-Level Technical Director – Food Manufacturing

HPRExecutive; Munster; On-site; EUR 163,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HPRExecutive is partnering with a privately owned multi-site food manufacturing business in a board-level Technical Director role. You will shape the future by defining the technical strategy across sites and leading a large, multidisciplinary function through a period of transformation into chilled and higher-care manufacturing.

You will also serve as the external face of Technical, building trusted relationships with customers and influencing stakeholders across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Minimum degree educated and ideally further education in microbiology.
• Significant senior technical leadership experience within complex food manufacturing environments, ideally at board level.
• Strong retailer-facing credibility with major UK retailers.
• Experience operating within chilled and/or higher-care manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrable experience leading technical transformation and organisational change.
• The gravitas and influence to operate effectively at Board level.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the technical vision and strategy for the organisation.
• Lead, develop and inspire a large multi-disciplinary technical function.
• Drive food safety, quality and compliance standards across multiple sites.
• Lead the technical workstreams associated with higher-care manufacturing evolution.
• Build capability, succession pipelines and a high-performing technical culture.
• Act as the senior technical representative with customers, retailers and external stakeholders.
• Influence cross-functional peers to ensure technical excellence remains embedded throughout the business.
• Support investment decisions relating to facilities, processes and future growth.
• Provide strategic input as a member of the Executive Leadership Team.

Skills

Senior leadership

Board-level

Cross-functional

Retailer-facing credibility

Education

Degree in microbiology

Job description

HPRExecutive is partnering with a privately owned multi-site food manufacturing business in a board-level Technical Director role. You will shape the future by defining the technical strategy across sites and leading a large, multidisciplinary function through a period of transformation into chilled and higher-care manufacturing.

You will also serve as the external face of Technical, building trusted relationships with customers and influencing stakeholders across the organisation.