Technical Manager
Posted 2 weeks ago by Henderson Brown Recruitment
£55,000 Per year
Outside
Hybrid
Norfolk
Summary: The Technical Manager role in Norfolk is a 14-month fixed-term contract focused on managing high-profile retail accounts in the food sector. The position involves ensuring compliance with food safety regulations, managing customer specifications, and leading supplier performance. The role requires collaboration across various departments to ensure successful product launches and adherence to internal standards. A proven track record in food manufacturing and experience with leading retailers is essential for candidates.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as the primary technical contact for retail accounts, ensuring product compliance and quality.
- Manage customer specifications, documentation, and food safety due diligence.
- Conduct supplier approval, risk assessments, and lead audits to ensure compliance.
- Oversee artwork approval and control critical paths for product launches.
- Handle complaints and technical investigations, implementing corrective actions.
- Promote internal standards and support sustainability initiatives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless product execution.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Technical Manager in food manufacturing.
- Experience working with leading retailers.
- Strong understanding of food safety regulations and compliance.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.
- Full UK working rights and own transport.
Salary (Rate): £55,000/year
City: Norfolk
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Technical Manager
Norfolk
14 month FTC - mat cover
£50,000 - £55,000 | Hybrid
Are you ready to take the lead on high-profile retail accounts within indulgent, fast-moving categories? This is a pivotal Technical Manager role where you'll sit at the heart of customer relationships, food safety governance and successful product launches
What you'll be doing at the Technical Manager:
- Be the primary technical contact for your retail account, building trusted partnerships while ensuring every product is legally compliant, brand-aligned and right first time.
- Own customer specifications end-to-end, generating and verifying accurate documentation, managing portals and ensuring full due diligence across food safety, allergens, labelling and legal claims.
- Drive supplier approval and performance, conducting risk assessments across raw materials, manufacturing standards and KPIs, while leading audits and site visits to strengthen compliance and collaboration.
- Lead artwork approval from concept to post-launch amends, guaranteeing pack copy is compliant, consumer-friendly and aligned to brand and regulatory standards.
- Control critical paths for launches, coordinating supplier approvals, specifications, artwork and first production milestones to deliver on time and without compromise.
- Manage complaints and technical investigations, acting as the bridge between customer and manufacturing sites to implement robust corrective and preventive actions.
- Champion internal standards and accreditations, embedding food safety excellence, supporting sustainability initiatives (waste, recyclability, carbon reduction) and maintaining ethical compliance frameworks including SEDEX.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with NPD, Commercial, Planning and manufacturing partners, ensuring import/export compliance, product integrity and seamless execution from development to market.
What you'll need as the Technical Manager:
- A proven track record in a food manufacturing Technical Manager role is required to be considered for this position
- Experiencing working closely with leading retailers is also required
- Own transport
- Full UK working rights
If you believe you have the skills and personality to fit these requirements please either apply via this advert or call Henderson Brown on (phone number removed) for more information.