Technical Manager

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.

Technical Manager

Bridgwater – site based

Full time, permanent contract (Monday – Friday)

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 Milk & Ingredients 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.

We’re currently recruiting for a Site Technical Manager at our Bridgwater 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 Müller 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? 

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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