Site Technical Manager

at  AAK International

SITE TECHNICAL MANAGER

Our story goes back more than 150 years, to the chilly southern coast of Scandinavia. From our early success in Sweden and Denmark, we’ve grown into the world’s leading specialist producer of plant-based oils, employing more than 4,000 people all across the globe.
We work with our customers to make the products you love even better. The oils we produce go into making your chocolate extra-creamy or putting the crunch into your croissant. And it’s not just food — we work across industries to make products that are higher quality, healthier and better for the planet.
Everything we do is about Making Better Happen™.

ABOUT THE ROLE

AAK are seeking to appoint a Technical Manager to join the Technical team in Hull. The successful candidate will join an ambitious, developing team driven to lead site improvement and growth. Working with a high level of autonomy and the ability to manage change, the role offers a chance to explore new ideas and develop within a growing global organisation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitoring and providing accurate KPI metrics, internally, to our customers and to AAK, to demonstrate both compliance and continuous improvement, across Hull division.
• Working closely with the European Quality and Global Quality Director to ensure alignment and a two-way flow of information sharing.
• Management of audits to deliver customers standards, policies, and required 3rd party audit standards
• Proactive work with the sites leadership team to build and embed a continuously improving food safety culture in alignment and collaboration with, the Hull Site Strategy.
• Contribute to the development of strategic objectives and procedures across AAK International, ensuring their effective implementation at site(s) level.
• Develop and implement site quality strategy.
• Develop and improve existing quality systems, ensure compliance of food safety and quality standards are maintained sitewide.
• To form robust relationships with our customers, local home authority TSO and EHO officers to ensure our business is correctly represented and trusted.
• Conduct root cause and gap analysis to identify weaknesses and areas for improvement across critical control points and implement corrective action plans.
• Support Supplier approval system.
• Coordinate traceability challenges for QMS and audits.
• Manage complaints systems, identifying areas for improvement.
• Support change management.