Site Technical Manager – Blackpool
Valeo Foods UK
Are you a proven Technical Manager ready to shape the future of food safety and quality at Valeo Foods UK in Blackpool? We’re looking for an inspiring Site Technical Manager to drive excellence, strengthen our technical capability, and champion a culture where quality is at the heart of everything we do.
In this pivotal role, you’ll lead our technical agenda across the site—setting standards, guiding teams, and ensuring our products consistently meet the expectations of our customers, our certifications, and our brand. You’ll be the driving force behind continuous improvement, technical innovation, and operational collaboration.
Leadership & Culture
- Build a strong, collaborative culture where food safety and quality are shared priorities across all functions.
- Lead, coach, and develop the site technical team, ensuring capability, engagement, and succession.
- Shape and deliver the site’s technical strategy, championing innovation and best practice.
Standards & Compliance
- Lead a risk‑based approach to food safety, ensuring full compliance with customer policies, BRC standards, and retailer codes of practice.
- Oversee internal audit programmes, driving continuous improvement and robust corrective actions.
- Manage incident response and root‑cause investigations using data‑driven methodologies.
- Maintain and evolve the site’s Quality Management System to meet internal and external expectations.
Quality Systems & Performance
- Monitor, analyse, and report on internal and customer KPIs, identifying trends and improvement opportunities.
- Ensure the Quality Management System remains current, effective, and aligned with industry developments.
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
- Lead all customer audits and visits, ensuring confidence in our standards and performance.
- Build strong relationships with customers, developing quality plans that meet their needs.
- Manage customer complaints and queries, working closely with commercial teams to deliver effective resolutions.
Learning & Development
- Design and deliver food safety and quality training programmes across the site.
- Assess team capability needs and build a strong pipeline of technical talent for the future.