Job Title: Food Technical Manager
Location: Cheltenham (min. 3 days a week)
Reporting to: Director of Food and Coffee
Salary: £36-40,000
Contract Type: Full Time
Job Purpose
To be the Technical lead for the business, ensuring food
safety, legality and quality, alongside compliance with customer, legislative,
and company requirements. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining,
and improving technical systems and standards to ensure operational excellence,
continuous improvement, and audit readiness.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead
all technical and quality assurance activities across the site.
* Act
as the main point of contact for external auditors, regulatory bodies, suppliers
and key customers on technical matters.
* Manage
and maintain food safety and quality systems, including HACCP,
traceability, allergen risk assessments.
* Maintain
and manage the technical relationship with our food suppliers, to ensure
the safety, quality and legality of all ingredients.
* Ensure
every product has an up-to-date specification set and every product
specification meets customer and regulatory requirements.
* Responsible
for the legality and the updating of all Soho ingredient labels and the
published food information, including online platforms, packaging artwork
and in store communications to be compliant with Natasha’s law.
* Responsible
for the legality and accuracy of the allergy matrix, ingredient cards and
the publishing of allergen information.
* Manage
the nutritional data of all raw materials and finished products.
Required Qualifications and Experience
* Minimum
5 years’ experience within a Technical function within the food industry.
Retail experience would be preferred
* Expertise
of working with a range of different food categories with strong knowledge
of UK food regulations
* Qualified
to a relevant Food Science, Food Technology or Microbiological degree
standard or equivalent
* Level
4 HACCP certified
Skills and Competencies
* Strong
communication skills.
* Excellent
attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
* Proactive
and solutions-focused mindset.
* Good
IT skills (Microsoft Office, QMS platforms).
* Ability
to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.