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Join Asda and IPL’s technical leadership team, where quality, innovation, and customer trust are at the heart of everything we do. As Senior Technical Manager, you’ll lead the retail and in country agronomy teams across the UK and Spain to deliver safe, legal, and high-quality Asda Brand produce.
Job Responsibility:
Lead Technical Strategy: Ensure food safety, legality, and quality working closely and collaboratively with the teams at both IPL and third-party sites, aligned with UK and EU legislation
Champion Quality & Innovation: Support NPD for Prepared Produce, and lead varietal development with all key suppliers. You will support packaging innovation to elevate Asda’s quality credentials
Embed Consistency: Drive certification, shared standards, and continuous improvement across suppliers and sites
Influence & Collaborate: Represent Asda with DEFRA, DAERA, and other enforcement bodies, shaping policy and promoting best practice
Drive Supplier Excellence: Build strong supplier relationships where technical input is integral to procurement and agronomy decisions
Apply Commercial Acumen: Make informed decisions through a commercial lens, balancing quality, cost, and customer expectations to support business growth
Stakeholder Management: Build strong internal and external relationships, influence senior stakeholders, and support the delivery of strategic objectives
Lead with Purpose: Foster a culture where technical teams thrive, coach for excellence, and able to balance quality and cost to deliver for customers and our business
Requirements:
Minimum 10 years’ experience in a produce leadership role
A solid understanding of produce quality, innovation and food safety and being able to demonstrate improvement
Proven experience working with produce assurance schemes such as Red Tractor, Leaf as examples
Experience of working with Fresh produce consortium and the Chilled food association through partner suppliers
Strong knowledge of food safety systems, compliance, and retailer specifications
Understanding of food resilience / and horizon scanning risks in your area of expertise – with experience of delivering solutions that meet customer and stakeholder expectations
Demonstrated experience of working directly with suppliers, influencing quality, compliance, and innovation
Strong commercial awareness and the ability to align technical decisions with business strategy
Excellent stakeholder management and a passion for driving quality through data and insight
Nice to have:
A degree in a food-related discipline (e.g. Food Science, Food Technology, Agriculture)
Ideally, experience working within a vertically integrated supply model
What we offer:
15% Asda In-store Discount
Annual Bonus Scheme
33 days Annual Leave - Inclusive of 8 days bank holiday
Enhanced pension scheme
Life Assurance - All our colleagues benefit from life assurance of 4 x their annual base salary
Help@hand - Free, direct access to health and wellbeing support service, including unlimited video consultations with a UK-based GP 24/7, physiotherapy, and mental health support
Grocery Aid - We’ve partnered with Grocery Aid to provide our colleagues and their families with a wide range of emotional, practical, and financial support services
Electric Vehicle Scheme*
Asda Mobile Discount - 30% off a wide range of Asda Mobile bundles and add-ons for our colleagues and one of their family members
Discounted health assessments - We have exclusively negotiated rates on Self-Pay BUPA Health Assessments for you and members of your household
Asda Pet Insurance discount – Up to 10% Discount
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) - MAB can provide fee-free*, no-obligation mortgage and protection advice
Exclusive Exchange Rates via Asda Money - our colleagues can get a better exchange rate for their travel money when buying currency through Asda Travel Money (TravelEx)
Ride-to-work scheme - We work with Evans to provide our colleagues with great savings across their range of bikes, clothing, and equipment
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