Morrisons Careers – Technical Manager

Job Description:

We’ve got a fantastic job for a Technical Manager, Produce to join our Head Office in Bradford. Reporting to the Head of Technical, Produce. You will be responsible for providing technical support and guidance at the heart of the trading teams. This role ensures safety, legality, quality and integrity of Morrisons Own Brand products. The outcome is that customer’s safety is protected and prosecution/ brand damage is avoided.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure that there is a formally agreed product specification in place for Morrisons own brand products to ensure they are safe,legal and fit for intended purpose
• Maintain the delivery of the end to end quality process in your product categories and consult with trading teams to ensure that customer’s quality expectations are delivered (e.g. Seasonal reviews)
• Develop and issue clear and concise technical standards, policies,procedures and communications for your key stakeholders
• Provide commercially sensitive, objective, technical expertise and advice in categories in order to improve profitability
• Build supplier relationships in the UK and around the world that drive loyalty and prioritisation of Morrisons orders at times of supply difficulty.
• Complete the technical selection process including risk assessment to authorise approval status to new suppliers and products to Morrisons.
• Plan and implement the Morrisons Quality Check programme to assess product consistency and drive improvements where required across the constantly changing seasons.
• Review customer complaint trends, social media posts and media reviews to identify product issues and implement the product withdrawal and recall processes if appropriate

Job Requirements:

• Postgraduate experience in industry including working with suppliers
• Expert Produce/ Horticultural product knowledge through industry experience
• Ability to identify risk and manage to an acceptable level (brand risk,customer safety)
• Customer focussed with a positive attitude
• Working knowledge of HACCP to deliver product safety
• Tenacity to follow up and resolve issues
• Science Degree or equivalent
• Checking product quality to uphold customer expectations
• Retail technical management experience in produce
• Control of supplier approval through audit – formal qualification desirable

Job Details:

Company: Morrisons

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Bradford, England, UK

Application Deadline: N/A

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