The Role:
The Head of Technical and Compliance is responsible for ensuring that each of our clients manufacturing sites produce safe, legal, sustainable, authentic and high-quality foods to specification whilst maintaining standards in budget control, H&S and customer satisfaction within the Food Sector.
The Head of Technical and Compliance works closely with other departments including Operations, NPD, Logistics, Procurement and Sales Orders to provide a holistic service to our internal and external customers.
Member of the Senior Leadership Team, reporting into the MD, based at Warrenpoint, Newry, Northern Ireland.
Head of Technical and Compliance Duties:
* Putting Staff Welfare and Food Safety first in all decisions.
* Retailer and BRCGS Audit Management
* Food Specific Legal compliance.
* Compliance to customer requirements and standards.
* Service Supplier Management
* Maintain a high standard of Health and Safety standards across all sites.
* Keeping up to date and Horizon scanning for food safety and legality concerns.
* Facilitate the day-to-day Technical Management of ingredient approval, food production and distribution.
* Lead the HACCP Team.
* Management of a large multidisciplinary team within the Technical and Compliance Department.
* Lead the Technical and Compliance Function to ensure they are engaged and high performing with a focus on problem solving and teamwork.
* Manage and assist the manage the Sustainability and H&S functions on site.
* Manage the resolution and close out of issues / incidents which have been escalated.
* Identify and implement Best Practice within the Technical and Compliance function to help facilitate business improvements
KPIs – Targets to be reviewed Annually and results reported monthly at the SLT Meeting.
* Complaints per Hundred Thousand Units
* External and Internal Audit non conformances
* Average Wibit Score
* Technical Monthly Budget.
* Site Accident levels
* Recycling levels
* Carbon Footprint