Technical Manager

Technical Manager

Salary £40,000 per annum

Monday - Friday



The Company

You will be working for a leading UK manufacturer in household products, working with a diverse portfolio of retailers supplying bespoke products. Fast paced categories with ever evolving trends and a host of ground-breaking products coming to market on a regular basis. You will be part of a growing business with a well established technical and compliance team.



The Role

As a Technical Manager you will liaise with senior technical personnel at both retailers and manufacturing suppliers worldwide. You will have overall responsibility for delivering successful new product development projects; ensuring all key technical elements of a project are diligently completed and communicated to our customers. You will travel to various locations around the world to attend factory trials, factory gap analysis, pre-production and product launches to meet with customers. You will have a minimum of 3-5 years of technical product development and delivery to market, retail or retail supplier experience and preferably a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry or Science.



Key Responsibilities

• Technical Manager position responsible for Household Formulated Cleaning, Laundry, Cleaning Hardlines and Biocidal product development, compliance, and launch.
• Working with technical teams in UK and Asia to ensure all technical aspects of a project are completed, for example safety assessments, product performance testing, regulatory compliance, and legal checks etc.
• Preparation of product specifications and quality contracts with customers and manufacturing suppliers for quality assurance.
• Single point of contact for customer technical managers.
• Check product artwork, packaging and labelling for compliance with relevant regional legislation.
• Work closely with the internal product and commercial teams to ensure all technical requirements are applied during the NPD process and new launches.
• Travel to various locations attending factory initial visits, development trials, pre-production and product launches.
• Review of production paperwork to release production batches for delivery.
• Investigate and report on customer complaints and non-conformances.
• Attend conferences, exhibitions and trade shows to keep on top of innovations and opportunities with new materials, production techniques or products.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
• 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
• Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff
• Great learning and development and progression opportunities · Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Generous Company Sick Pay
• Pension Scheme Contribution
• Solent social events run by our inhouse Social Team
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Dress down Fridays