Kierownik/Kierowniczka Działu Technicznego

KatKin – the UK’s first fresh cat food brand – is seeking a skilled Technical Manager to help us change the catfood industry and make hardcore love the new standard in cat care. 

For uncompromising cat parents who want the best, KatKin goes hardcore for cat health. We make the UK’s only fresh cat food: 100% human-quality meat, gently cooked, and frozen for freshness. 

Where the competition cuts corners, catfishes customers and puts profits over health, we put cat wellbeing first. We’re all-in for cats, and it shows: our energy will blow you away from day one. You’ll be surrounded by knowledgeable scientists, big creative thinkers, astute business brains, and a whole team of hardcore cat parents. All on a mission to make hardcore love the new standard in cat care – with a fresh take on every product in the cat industry.

Located in Haverhill, the KatKin Kitchen is where our fresh, 100% human-quality meat food is gently cooked and frozen. We are looking for an exceptional full-time Technical Manager to lead the technical function, delivering a first-class technical service across food safety, quality, legislative and customer requirements.

You’ll lead the technical team with clear communication, structured planning and disciplined supervision whilst engaging and influencing key stakeholders and teams across the site. 

Provide technical leadership and expertise to solve day to day challenges, risk assessments and crisis management when needed 
Ensure that all technical standard customer codes of practice, technical policies, quality standards and food legislation are consistently adhered to  
Ensure the QA and Hygiene teams are run effectively and adequate technical resources are available
Ensure that all areas have adequate pest control mechanisms in place to limit the threat to food safety
Carry out, review and communicate trend analysis of quality issues e.g. customer complaints and TVC counts
Planning and scheduling internal audits to the required frequency, and
# Ensure appropriate intervention and training takes place as required when a failure occurs in any areas, ensuring action points are taken and results communicated 
Ensure KatKin has a robust supplier management system in place 
Advise and provide information to site Management, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements by fully understanding company policy and procedures, current and future technical legislation and its implications on the business
Liaise with the Foods Standard Agency, Environmental Agency, and APHA for external audits, whilst establishing a good working relationship and providing timely statutory reports as and when required
Mitigate any risk of food recalls with robust food safety policies, systems and team training

Minimum of 5 years experience in a high care/risk ready meals or cooked meat product FMCG food manufacturing site
Educated to at least a degree level in food science or a related discipline 
You’ll be comfortable with agricultural animal food production (chicken, beef, pork, fish, turkey, lamb, duck) 
Experienced knowledge of health and safety/food safety systems & legislation:
Food Safety and Hygiene Level 3 minimum 
HACCP Level 3 minimum
Food Safety Level 3 minimum 
Effectively worked cross functionally with a range of teams (Technical, Production, Engineering, and Quality)
Ability to reliably commute or relocate to CB9 7FD

Career-defining opportunity in being instrumental to scaling our brand, fast
~ 33 days of holiday every year plus your birthday off 
~ Discount on KatKin fresh meals 
~ Comprehensive AXA health insurance including optical and dental after probation 
~Company pension 


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