Senior Manager Food Technology

As Whitbread’s Senior Manager - Food Technology, you will shape and deliver the end‑to‑end food technical strategy across Whitbread and Premier Inn—setting the standards for food safety, integrity, legality and quality. You’ll oversee all technical service provision through NSF and other partners, ensuring robust due diligence, consistent compliance and continuous improvement in efficiency and effectiveness. Bringing a practical, evidence‑led and commercially balanced mindset, you will manage food‑related risks, strengthen senior‑level supplier relationships and build joint strategies that enhance brand performance while protecting guest trust. You’ll represent Whitbread externally, using industry insight and networks to influence the wider agenda and anticipate regulatory or market change. As the organisation’s voice of food technical expertise, you will lead governance frameworks, KPIs and reporting, drive cross‑functional collaboration, and build high‑performing teams. You will also own the annual food risk review, ensuring risk frameworks remain current and that strong mitigation plans are in place across the supply base.