Site Technical Manager

Location: Hull
Hours: full time
Salary: Competitive
Contract: Permanent

Our story goes back more than 150 years, to the chilly southern coast of Scandinavia. From our early success in Sweden and Denmark, we’ve grown into the world’s leading specialist producer of plant-based oils, employing more than 4,000 people all across the globe.

We work with our customers to make the products you love even better. The oils we produce go into making your chocolate extra-creamy or putting the crunch into your croissant. And it’s not just food — we work across industries to make products that are higher quality, healthier and better for the planet. Everything we do is about Making Better Happen.

About the role

AAK are seeking to appoint a Technical Manager to join the Technical team in Hull. The successful candidate will join an ambitious, developing team driven to lead site improvement and growth. Working with a high level of autonomy and the ability to manage change, the role offers a chance to explore new ideas and develop within a growing global organisation.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and providing accurate KPI metrics, internally, to our customers and to AAK, to demonstrate both compliance and continuous improvement, across Hull division.
• Working closely with the European Quality and Global Quality Director to ensure alignment and a two-way flow of information sharing.
• Management of audits to deliver customers standards, policies, and required 3rd party audit standards.
• Proactive work with the sites leadership team to build and embed a continuously improving food safety culture in alignment and collaboration with the Hull Site Strategy.
• Contribute to the development of strategic objectives and procedures across AAK International, ensuring their effective implementation at site(s) level.
• Develop and implement site quality strategy.
• Develop and improve existing quality systems, ensuring compliance of food safety and quality standards are maintained sitewide.
• Conduct root cause and gap analysis to identify weaknesses and areas for improvement across critical control points and implement corrective action plans.
• Support Supplier approval system.
• Coordinate traceability challenges for QMS and audits.
• Manage complaints systems, identifying areas for improvement.
• Support change management.

About you

• Degree in a related field.
• Able to effectively mentor, motivate and lead a team.
• Strong experience of identifying areas for improvement and implementing change, policies and procedures.
• Experience working with BRC, ISO and HACCP requirements.
• Pro-active approach to change management.
• Experience in creating quality systems.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience creating risk assessments.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to work well within a team and on own initiative.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Broad experience gained working with the major retailers and a trusted and earned reputation for absolute integrity.
• Ability to simultaneously manage numerous strategic projects and workstreams.
• A proven track record for developing, leading and motivating high performing teams.
• Ability to manage incidents coupled with strong diagnostic ability and effective risk management.
• Experience in QA system implementation and development that demonstrates continuous improvement and underpins a Quality Culture.

In return AAK offer

• 10% non-contribution pension.
• Bonus scheme.
• Company car scheme.
• UK Healthcare scheme.
• 25 days holidays plus bank holidays.
• Group life cover.
• Group income protection scheme.
• Ride2Work scheme.

About AAK

Everything AAK does is about Making Better Happen. We specialize in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. At the heart of AAK’s offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 4,000 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centres, and with the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen for more than 150 years.

AAK prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of students in its programs and activities, or in employment and application for employment.

You may have experience in the following roles: Quality Manager, Technical Quality Manager, Food Safety Manager, Compliance Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, HACCP Coordinator, QA/QC Manager, Continuous Improvement Manager, Regulatory Affairs Manager, etc.