Hygiene Manager

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Hygiene Manager to join our incredible site in Middlesbrough! You will be responsible for implementing and continually managing hygiene and health & safety protocols across our site. You'll oversee hygiene management systems, ensuring they meet required standards, whilst driving continuous improvements through innovative methods and collaboration with internal and external partners. Your leadership will extend to managing, training, and developing the hygiene team, ensuring adherence to TCFG manufacturing standards, legislation, and customer requirements. You'll implement technical strategies based on customer needs and business objectives, lead audits and site visits, manage the site hygiene budget, and support pest prevention contracts and associated systems.,

• Management of the day-to-day hygiene activities, systems and pest management across the site
• Communicate effectively within site team, cross functionally and within the wider business
• Delivering excellence in hygiene management, ensuring compliance with TCFG manufacturing standards, legislation, and customer
COP's
• Operate as part of the site technical leadership team.
• Formulate and deliver strategic hygiene plans for the site to drive hygiene standards and deliver continuous improvement in
systems and ways of working
• Working cross functionally with hygiene, operations, technical, engineering, CI and Procurement
• To identify and implement new hygiene systems, ways of working and/or novel/innovative solutions and technologies to hygiene
challenges
• Data analysis to manage performance and enabling continuous improvement.
• Ensure department audit readiness through internal audits, hygiene inspections and customer pre audits.
• Support in product process and design from a hygiene perspective.
• Implementation & delivery of department training & development plans, with succession, We continue to attract diverse talent into our teams, because we know greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides
a better working life. That's why we're committed to ensuring Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. Recruitment Agencies: We have an active and trusted Preferred Supplier List to assist us if required. We do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies.


• Strong technical & hygiene acumen, including health & safety, Listeria management, food microbiology and chemical management
• Previous technical management and/or hygiene management experience at a senior level
• Proven track record of hygiene/technical management in a challenging fast paced environment at a senior level
• Proven ability to communicate and negotiate effectively in reactive and flexible situations
• Experience in complex hygiene management
• Strong organisational skills
• Strong people management skills
• Exceptionally well-developed interpersonal skills
• Experience of effectively working collaboratively, cross functionally
• Proven track record of training and developing a team
  
  At The Compleat Food Group, we're on a mission to create delectable food that not only brings joy to your taste buds but also
extends love to our planet. We fondly refer to it as 'Food to Feel Good' because we believe in savouring every bite whilst making a positive impact. Our team of over 5,000 remarkable individuals forms the core of all that we undertake. Their genuine passion drives the creation of delectable products for UK consumers, prominent retailers, and our thrilling market-leading brands such as Wall's Pastry, Squeaky Bean, and Unearthed.


• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Free parking
• 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
• Online and High-street retailer discount scheme
• Employee well-being and community support groups
• Informal and Formal training opportunities with personalised online LMS platform
• Charity Initiatives and Team events
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid (Free Financial, Emotional and Practical Support)
• Physical Wellbeing Benefits - Free on demand exercise hub and various gym discounts.
• Online Wellbeing benefits
• Free Financial wellbeing - mortgage calculators, budget tools, financial aid tools
• Holiday Discounts via Online Retail Discount
The Compleat Food Group are proud to have built an inclusive and respectful culture where our colleagues feel safe, supported and valued. A place where they can bring their whole selves to work to achieve exceptional results and thrive.