We are on the lookout for a Technical Manager to join our Prepared team within our Quality function. You will deliver safe, legal, responsibly sourced, quality products for your area always focusing on our customers and demonstrating value-led behaviour. Ensuring products in my area are safe, legal, responsibly sourced and meet the product brief, Tesco rules & policies. Being the expert in my field, achieving my KPIs and supporting development of policy/protocol in my category. Minimising cost and risk throughout the supply chain and product range, ensuring appropriate controls are in place for consistency, legality and quality of products & packaging and signing off products at appropriate milestones. Ensuring required Due Diligence documents are in place. Ensuring labelling is legal and factually correct. Monitoring all quality and customer feedback and implementing actions to resolve issues raised. Management & reduction of customer complaints, incidents (EPWs,recalls) and enforcement challenges in my area. Inputting product, process and improvement ideas into the New Product Development plan. The technical critical path for new products/product changes, working with suppliers and flagging risks (Food only). Developing the strategy with Category teams, identifying and developing the best suppliers & sources. Ensuring my suppliers have Technical and ethical audits as required, agreeing action plans to drive improvement. Managing and developing long term partnerships with suppliers, improving processes, quality and value. Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence Relevant experience/qualification(s) in a related area. Relevant product area knowledge/experience of delivering safe, legal, responsibly sourced, quality products to the customer. Knowledge of legislation and technical standards. Understanding of risk and risk assessment. Understanding of end to end Incident Management process.