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Head of Technical - Greggs

Employer
Drayton Partners
Location
Preferably North East but flexible
Salary
Strong, senior management package
Closing date
9 Jul 2017

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Other Job Function, Supply Chain & Logistics

Job Details

THE BUSINESS 

Greggs is the UK's leading bakery food-on-the-go retailer with a turnover of c£900m.  The business employs 20,000 people and operates from nearly 1,800 stores and 10 manufacturing sites.  Founded in Newcastle Upon Tyne over 75 years ago, the business now operates across the whole of the UK.  
 
THE ROLE
 
The Head of Technical is a business-critical leadership role with a broad remit.  This is a hugely exciting opportunity, leading food safety and quality across a vertically integrated business in a growing and dynamic marketplace.  

Key responsibilities include: 

  • Maintaining the safety, quality, and legality of food products produced or handled across supply chain and retail operations.
  • Producing and maintaining technical policies and strategy and providing counsel from a technical perspective.
  • Managing and developing the technical team to meet short and long-term needs.
  • Driving continuous improvement in the food safety and management systems.
  • Liaising across other functional teams and enforcement agencies.
  • Acting as an ambassador for food science and technology issues both internally and externally to ensure practical application of new/amended regulation and new technology.

THE PERSON 

The successful candidate will need to have extensive people management experience coupled with strong, broad, technical knowledge and insight, gained from a significant period working in the food sector. They will be recognised as an industry figurehead with experience of working with trade accreditation bodies, technical working groups, and NGOs. A determined and resilient character, with the ability to intelligently influence stakeholders from Main Board to front-line retail, they will recognise that they are offering a service to the business and will look to optimise this and build strong working relationships. 

Highly effective communication skills are a prerequisite and the right person will be able to identify the important messages within the noise of a fast-paced, complex business. From this, they will be able to provide clear strategy, direction, and advice. 

Company

A smarter approach to senior management recruitment. Drayton Partners provide a bespoke executive search solution to the Food and Drink, Consumer Goods and Retail sectors.

We are recognised as one of the UK′s leading executive recruitment firms. We believe that fundamental to our smarter approach is the ability to build long-term strategic partnerships. We do this through an absolute commitment to our key values:

  • Delivering Results
  • Integrity in our Communication
  • Always Adding Value

We are experts in our specialist sectors, and all have commercial and technical backgrounds so we ‘get’ what you are looking for. We know our markets intimately, bringing immediate substance to an executive recruitment project.

We boast a highly successful track record and are widely known and respected within the industry. Drayton Partners - a smarter approach to executive recruitment.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0845 269 0550
Location
City Quadrant
11 Waterloo Square
Newcastle
Tyne and Wear
NE1 4DP
GB

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