# Technical Manager

**Company**: Waitrose
**Location**: Leckford, Hampshire
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £57,000 - £84,600
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

Join us at the Leckford Estate - the Waitrose Farm - and lead the technical standards that define our Leckford Estate brand.

We are looking for a Technical Manager to lead all Quality & Technical activities to ensure Leckford Estate, the Waitrose Farm, produces and retails food that adheres to all appropriate Assurance Schemes, meets all statutory regulations & complies with Waitrose Technical policies.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead Leckford Estate, the Waitrose Farm QMS Technical Management and Development ensuring safety & compliance at all times

- Deliver technical compliance projects to continuously improve ways of working at the Leckford Farm Estate

- Manage relevant product, supplier & customer performance & relationships in order to ensure compliance to Waitrose quality, safety, legality and integrity, all relevant Brand standards & Commercial targets

- Lead all Quality & Technical activities to ensure Leckford Estate, the Waitrose Farm, produces and retails food that adheres to all appropriate Assurance Schemes, meets all statutory regulations & complies with Waitrose Technical policies

**Essential Skills/Experience:**

- Degree in food science (or similar) or equivalent experience in Technical within the Food & Grocery industry

- Technical, manufacturing experience within the food industry

- Supplier Management & Technical Development

- Passion for product and quality

- Driving Licence

- Specialist training e.g allergens, microbiology, pesticide management, specification management and product labelling legal requirements

**Desirable Skills/Experience:**

- Additional specialist qualifications in specific category or product areas as required

- HACCP training (Level 3), Lead Assessor

**Benefits:**

- Salary - £57,000 - £84,600

- Contract type - Permanent

- Working pattern/flexible working - 35 hours per week. The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business.

- Location - Leckford Farm approximately 3 days a week and our Bracknell Head Office when required

## Skills

### Required
- food science
- technical management
- supplier management
- quality assurance
- driving licence

### Nice to have
- HACCP training
- lead assessor

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