Overview Senior Technical Manager — £60,000 to £72,500 plus great benefits including 10% employer pension contribution and private healthcare (Work Level 5). Manchester City Centre. Hybrid role with time split between home, the office (at least once a week), and travel to our supplier base at least 2 days a week. The role involves 1 in every 8 weeks on call and some occasional overseas travel. 9 months secondment/fixed-term contract.
We're looking for a Senior Technical Manager to join our GCL (Group Commercial and Logistics) team here at Co-op. In this role you0ll lead a category team who will deliver technical excellence, protecting Co-op's brand quality and reputation. You0ll be connected to external industry discussions to ensure Co-op remains at the cutting edge of sustainable and resilient food systems and supply chains. This role provides an exciting opportunity to trial new ways of working and to be part of the fastest growing own brand in the current market.
What you0ll do Work with supplier partners to ensure Co-op products are made with technical excellence at the heart
Prioritise workload for your category team, ensuring food safety and technical excellence are central
Engage with the wider food industry to stay at the forefront of insight for the category you lead
Stay up to date with regulation changes, ensuring everything we do is safe, legal, and compliant
Coach your team through high-pressured situations, ensuring regulations are followed and strategically planning to negate future risk to our company and brand
Identify opportunities to continuously improve from a food safety perspective
Actively manage our supply base with nationwide visits
This role would suit people who have BSc qualification in Food Science or related subjects
Experience working in food safety or a food technical role
A qualification in HACCP / GMP
The ability to network and build relationships within the food industry and supplier base while also managing manufacturing sites
Previous experience of leading a team in a fast-moving and collaborative environment
Why Co-op? At Co-op, we're owned by our members. And because we're owned by you, we can do right by you. When you join us, you're not just taking a job — you're joining a movement. We're an organisation that puts people and communities first and are powered by purpose. You0ll also receive:
An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
Private healthcare for you and your family
Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
Coaching and training to support your career development
Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
Building a diverse environment We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we0ll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Diversity and Inclusion
Please note that we may close applications for this role early.
As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.
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