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Melton Mowbray
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Technical
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Competitive + Benefits
Vacancy Type
Permanent
Normal Working Days:
Monday - Friday
Normal Start & Finish Time:
8.30-5

About The Role


Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Private health scheme
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Experience annual pay reviews
  • Profit related pay
  • Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
The Opportunity

In this role you will be leading the technical governance and food safety and quality plan for the category, ensuring safe and legal products every day. You will also be the category lead for the responsible business agenda and positive impact plans across carbon and climate, sourcing with care and health and wellbeing.
 
You will lead in building strong customer relationships and will be a part of the category leadership team to input into te overall leadership of the Meals business.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and drive the technical strategy (Group and Category)
  • Lead and champion food safety, Samworth Way and quality across category. Providing a framework and metrics to deliver against
  • Provide technical expertise to the category leadership team, customer and site management teams 
  • Managing the environmental compliance plans and activities for sites within the category, taking proactive ownership of all compliance requirements
  • Develop and report on relevant Responsible Business KPIs, aligning with the category plan and with Group Responsible Business requirements
The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

  • Significant experience in quality/Technical management roles in fast paced, chilled food manufacturing environments ideally across multiple sites
  • Experience of contributing to the responsible business agenda
  • Working knowledge of major industry trends and retailer requirements
  • Proven skills in leading and developing teams
  • HACCP and Food Safety at Level 4 preferable.
We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role. 

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.


Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.

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