Lead Technical Operations Manager for Onions and Garlic

6 days ago


Moulton, United Kingdom Moulton Bulb Co. Ltd Full time

Drive market leadership in onions and garlic at Moulton Bulb Co. Ltd, a modern family business with a long history of growing, packing, and processing.

We value innovation, quality, and our people. Our vision is to be the first choice for safe, high-quality, and affordable produce.

About the Role
  • $80,000 - $120,000 per year, dependent on experience
  • This senior technical role involves leading our technical and quality operations, combining our values with a can-do attitude and foresight to drive business growth.

You will be responsible for:

  1. Developing and implementing KPIs to monitor, maintain, and drive continuous improvement, ensuring compliance with established policies and procedures.
  2. Being a trusted advisor for food safety, quality, and technical teams to deliver organisational goals.
  3. Ensuring training and assessment standards for quality, technical, and hygiene functions are supported, and skill sets are developed to ensure high standards of competency and performance.
  4. Directly managing technical and quality departments, creating a future vision and technical strategy aligned to current and future business priorities.
  5. Supporting innovation by developing and delivering strategy based on new technologies and research.
  6. Developing and maintaining excellent customer relationships, ensuring the technical function is trusted, respected, and helps deliver business growth.
  7. Working with commercial functions to drive business growth by participating in tenders, new business proposals, and product development.
  8. Working with senior management, commercial, and procurement functions to develop a market-leading R&D programme.
  9. Supporting key retailers with R&D projects, including climate resilience projects.
  10. Being the technical expert for external and internal audits, and the main point of contact for technical with retail customers.
  11. Ensuring systems and processes are in place to minimise environmental impact.
  12. Identifying opportunities to streamline business processes and systems, and use company resources more efficiently.
  13. Being present and visible in the manufacturing facility to create a team ethos.
About You
  • A proactive, dynamic, change-oriented leader with excellent interpersonal skills, able to persuade and influence cross-departments.
  • A highly developed understanding of risk and decision-making to provide fact-based guidance.
  • Technical and commercial acumen, with the ability to identify business opportunities.
  • Demonstrable motivational and ethical management, able to lead, develop, and mentor a team.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to concisely communicate cross-functionally.
  • Previous significant experience in a senior technical role, with experience of multiple retailers.
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent in an Agricultural, Plant Science, or Food Science related discipline.
  • Ability to respond to changing demands and prioritise accordingly.
  • Confident in presentation, communication, and negotiation to executive level.
  • Experienced user of Microsoft Office, customer specification systems, and confident in other types of software platforms.
  • Level 3 HACCP and Food Safety qualifications appropriate to food manufacturing, packing, and exporting products.
  • Ability to travel globally as and when required (minimal travel).

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