Job Description:

Customer Technical Manager 

Working with an industry leading supplier of fresh produce, our client is a dynamic and customer focused business that pride themselves on delivering superb quality and outstanding service to all their customers. Due to continued on-going developments, there is now a vacancy for a major retail-facing Customer Technical Manager.  The successful candidate will be part of the Technical team located in Essex.

The Job

To proactively manage day to day communications and on-going relationship with major retail Technical and Commercial departments.

To provide Technical service and expertise to suppliers and growers assisting them to meet our clients global sourcing principals.

To support the Commercial Manager and Head of Technical in setting and maintaining standards of safety, quality and trust to protect and enhance their own and customers brand integrity.

The Person

• A self starter with excellent horticultural knowledge.
• Enjoy working to high standards and getting things right.
• Passionate about challenge and debate in achieving excellence.
• Passionate about learning and identifying new opportunities.
• Happy to take responsibility for issues that have implications on brand values.
• Requirement to take key decisions in isolation.
• Balancing a hands on role, extensive periods away from office, managing/developing a customer and interacting with other colleagues.
• Handling a number of conflicting demands from different sources at the same time.

If you have the knowledge, determination and the necessary experience of dealing with the likes of M&S or Tesco and have an appetite to be part of a progressive business, call us today for more information on (phone number removed) quoting Ref: 6127IR.