Technical Compliance Manager

Job Overview

At apetito, we are committed to delivering the highest standards of food safety, quality and compliance.

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Compliance Manager to help us maintain and continually improve these standards.

As Technical Compliance Manager, you will lead the validation, verification and audit of our UK food safety and quality systems, working closely with technical and operational teams to ensure full compliance with legal requirements and maintain our AA grade BRCGS Food Safety certification.

This is a fantastic time to join us as we grow towards £300m in turnover, investing in a new, state‑of‑the‑art frozen food manufacturing facility alongside our existing site in Trowbridge.

Responsibilities

• Behaving in a manner that ensures the health and safety of yourself and others
• Ensuring food safety and quality compliance remains in line with company expectations, BRCGS AA grade requirements and other third‑party expectations
• Engaging with and supporting audits by external personnel
• Maintaining respected, collaborative and influential relationships with colleagues and external personnel
• Scheduling and completing food safety and quality focused internal audits
• Completing root cause analysis for all significant failures
• Implementing and ensuring the success of corrective actions
• Managing services and standards provided by technical contractors such as pest control and equipment calibration/maintenance
• Ensuring HACCP and related process control systems and procedures are validated, verified, effectively applied and up to date as a key member of HACCP teams
• Ensuring appropriate training and support is maintained for individuals involved in applying HACCP‑based procedures
• Reducing customer complaints
• Submitting and presenting monthly reports in relation to key accountabilities and KPI’s

Essential Qualifications

• Experience in food safety and quality compliance in a complex food manufacturing environment
• Internal Auditor certification
• Working knowledge of food safety and quality risks
• Confidence creating, developing and maintaining food safety and quality management systems
• Proficiency with computer software
• Strong communication skills
• Self‑motivated
• Meticulous, accurate, analytical, fact‑based approach
• Able to build strong relationships with colleagues
• Flexible and adaptable
• Full driving licence with own transport to visit sites nationwide

Desirable Qualifications and Benefits

• Lead auditor qualification (if not already held this course must be passed to complete the probationary period)
• Advanced food hygiene/HACCP
• Thorough knowledge of relevant BRCGS standards
• Experience as an SAP user
• Food science or related degree; equivalent level of industry experience will also be considered
• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme – employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1× annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• Apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

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