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We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK, dedicated to making every day better.
As a vibrant, fast-paced food manufacturer, we employ around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots nationwide. We supply all UK food retailers with products ranging from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.
Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising 17 depots, enables over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen products, as well as those of third parties.
At Leeds, we produce just over 40% of all UK frozen Yorkshire puddings, making us one of the country's largest suppliers to retailers like Asda, Morrisons, and Tesco.
What you'll be doing
As a Technical Controller, you'll lead multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the manufacturing unit operates within the required Technical, Quality, Hygiene, and Process standards, adhering to customer, Group, and legal standards.
* Provide leadership and direction to engage, develop, and enable employees to reach their potential
* Contribute to the BU/MU Executive team to align food safety and quality systems with operational goals
* Maintain technical governance to ensure audit compliance with internal, external, legal, and customer requirements
* Act as a senior interface with customers for joint business planning, delivering high standards of customer service and policy adherence
* Create and execute an integrated business plan to resource and direct technical and hygiene processes towards achieving manufacturing, customer, and legal objectives
* Identify and promote technical business improvements for legal compliance and competitive advantage
* Manage budget setting, monitoring, and compliance to meet business targets
* Develop and implement a Quality Management System to support audit readiness and decision-making
* Ensure the technical team has the necessary capabilities for food safety and quality compliance
* Maintain a safe working environment in accordance with SHE policies
What we are looking for
We value diversity at Greencore, believing it helps us make every day taste better for all stakeholders. We are proud to be recognized in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.
* Degree-level qualification
* Level 4 HACCP certification
* Awareness of Ethical and SEDEX management
* Proven experience in creating and implementing an Internal Audit plan
* Proven experience in developing and implementing a Quality Management System
* Proven experience in creating and executing a Technical strategy for a Manufacturing Unit
* Experience leading projects
* Experience negotiating with suppliers and managing external contracts (service providers, labs, pest control, chemical suppliers)
If this sounds like you, join us, grow with Greencore, and help drive our future success.
What you'll get in return
* Annual target bonus
* Medical insurance coverage
* Competitive salary and benefits
* Holidays
* Pension scheme up to 8% matched
* Life insurance up to 4x salary
* Company share save scheme
* Greencore Qualifications
* Exclusive employee discount platform
* Access to Wellbeing Centre platform
Throughout your employment, you'll receive on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.
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