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Finsbury Food Group
Technical manager
Posted: 9 July
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Salary: Competitive + Benefits


Location: Ultrapharm, Pontypool

Shift: Monday to Friday

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Manager to join and lead our Technical team at our Ultrapharm site as part of Finsbury Food Group. This role is ideal for a robust Technical SME looking to deliver demonstrable improvements in a complex site with multiple retail customers.

Ultrapharm is a dedicated Gluten Free Bakery specialising in only Gluten Free Product since 1993. The Company’s unique approach to craft and baking creates premium gluten – free products with the flavour and taste of traditional bread. If you have special dietary need or nutritional preferences, then our Pontypool bakery has you covered. Our Products range from artisanal bread to our award winning Hot cross buns and Mince pies for Major Retailers such as M&S and Waitrose.

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. Our Ultrapharm site is a dedicated Gluten Free Bakery specialising in only Gluten Free Product since 1993. The Company’s unique approach to craft and baking creates premium gluten – free products with the flavour and taste of traditional bread. If you have special dietary need or nutritional preferences, then our Pontypool bakery has you covered. Our Products range from artisanal bread to our award winning Hot cross buns and Mince pies for Major Retailers such as M&S and Waitrose.

The Technical Manager will ensure that products on site are made to the highest quality and food safety standards, providing governance and leadership the site cross functional manufacturing team. This role acts as the most senior technical position on site and point of escalation for the manufacturing and technical teams.

To be successful in this role, the candidate will have worked in a similar technical leadership technical position within the food manufacturing sector. They will have customer facing experience and demonstratable experience of credibility with multiple retail customers. Good stakeholder management and clear communication skills are essential as this is a fast-paced role with a need for adaptability, influencing and perseverance to drive sustained improvements.

The role is part of senior leadership team at Ultrapharm, which is part of the wider Finsbury Food Group.

This is what you will actually do!

You will be responsible for delivering the technical strategy on site; developing, implementing and governing processes that focus on improving quality whilst reducing risk. Manager customer relationships during audits will also be a key part of the role along with supporting the leadership teams to embed a quality first culture across site.

You will be required to lead by example in encouraging appropriate behavioural standards in support of the company’s values and culture, coaching employees in the implementation and training of technical standards, systems, and procedures. You will be required to utilise best practice from around the business and outside bodies to influence and implement within the Cardiff site for continuous improvement purposes.

Ideally this is you!


* Ideally educated to Degree or HND level in food science or science/technology related discipline or Technical Management experience gained from the food industry role involving customer contact and team management/supervision
* Level 3 Food Safety & Level 3 HACCP (minimum)
* Experience of working within a technical team and cross functionally with other departments including Operations, Engineering, Hygiene, Supply Chain, NPD & HR
* Excellent communication skills and able to communicate clear strategies and plans internally and with customers
* High quality/food safety standards.
* Attention to detail
* Able to work as an individual but with the leadership skills to manage a wider team
* Highly organised with the ability to show strong project management skills
* To lead by example in encouraging and displaying the company’s values
* Has a curious attitude towards change and improvement, with the ability to take onboard best practice
* Computer literate, with good use of Excel and spreadsheets
* Get up & go, positive, can-do attitude and a moral code to ensure the business 'does the right thing'
* Articulate, professional, with excellent communicative English language skills - as you will liaise directly with our clients and the factory, making time sensitive decisions

What's in it for you?

* Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
* Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
* Death in Service Benefit
* Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
* Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
* Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – t&cs dependent)
* Employee Recognition Awards· Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
* An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this as our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here. As employee development is important to us and everyone is a valued member of the team, we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both their own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

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Seniority level

* Seniority level

Mid-Senior level


Employment type

* Employment type

Full-time


Job function

* Job function

Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries

Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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