Technical Manager

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Job description

M ller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo M ller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, M ller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.M ller 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. M ller UK & Ireland includes:

M ller 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.

M ller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more M ller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like M ller Corner, M llerlight, M ller Bliss, M ller Rice, FRijj and M ller 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 Manager

Droitwich - site based

Full time, permanent contract (Monday - Friday)

We're currently recruiting for a Technical Manager at our Droitwich Dairy, 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.

Why join Muller Milk and Ingredients?

• A Competitive salary & Benefits Package
• Enrolment into our company bonus scheme
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Private Medical Cover
• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme- contribution matched up to 8%
• Access to the M ller Rewards discount scheme offering over 800 discounts online and in-store and the potential to make savings across grocery and clothes shopping, holidays, insurance, gifts and more
• Have pride in what you achieve as a member of a team
• Free onsite secured colleague car parking
• Career progression opportunities

Technical Manager 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 for in a Technical Manager?

• Experience as a Quality Manager / Technical Manager
• 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

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