Senior Technical Manager

We're partnering with a leading business seeking an exceptional Senior Technical Manager to take ownership of technical strategy across its category. This is a high-profile leadership role where you'll influence sourcing, product quality, customer relationships, and food safety performance-playing a pivotal part in protecting and enhancing a trusted brand reputation.

Senior Technical Manager
£75,000 - £85,000 + package

What You'll Be Doing:

• Act as the primary technical contact for major retail customers, managing food safety, quality, integrity, complaints, product rejections, and crisis situations with confidence and professionalism
• Lead and enhance technical and food safety standards across the category, ensuring full compliance with legislative, customer, and internal quality requirements
• Drive continuous improvement through KPI analysis, corrective action management, and step-change projects in collaboration with leading industry institutes and centres of excellence
• Oversee product launches, performance reviews, and specification management for raw materials and finished goods, ensuring products are delivered right first time and to specification
• Build strong partnerships with growers and suppliers, visiting source locations to ensure compliance with company and customer policies while securing the best product quality, variety, size, and colour
• Influence pre-season and in-season sourcing decisions, managing seasonal transitions and benchmarking activities to maintain competitive advantage and product consistency
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Commercial, Procurement, Operations, and Compliance teams to align technical strategy with market demands and innovation opportunities
• Lead, coach, and develop the Product Manager and Technical Assistant, fostering a high-performance culture and clear communication across the business

What We're Looking For:

• Extensive experience within fresh produce or food manufacturing, with strong technical knowledge
• Proven track record of managing major retail customer relationships and delivering exceptional technical and food safety standards
• Demonstrated success in driving continuous improvement, KPI performance, and quality enhancement initiatives
• Strong leadership experience with the ability to motivate, develop, and influence teams across multiple functions
• Excellent planning, organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to thrive under pressure and manage competing priorities
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to growers, suppliers, and customer locations as required

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.