Group Specifications & Regulatory Manager

The company Our client is an established, international food manufacturing group with a proud heritage and a strong reputation for quality, innovation and customer service. The business operates through shared values centred on trust, passion, courage and openness.

Safety and food quality are fundamental to its culture, supported by a clear commitment to customer centricity and continuous improvement. As the organisation continues to develop, it is investing in the systems, processes and technical capability needed to support sustainable growth.

This creates an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative senior leadership team and make a visible impact across the wider group. The role This is a senior opportunity for an accomplished food industry professional to lead a multi-site specification function, shape regulatory best practice and support continued business growth.

You will combine strategic leadership with technical expertise, ensuring specifications and product labelling meet the highest standards of safety, legality, quality and authenticity. As Group Specification & Regulatory Manager, you will lead the UK retail and international specification teams, ensuring the accurate creation and ongoing maintenance of finished product specifications, labels and supporting documentation.

You will establish a high-performing, appropriately structured team with the skills, training and systems required to meet customer, legislative and internal standards. Managing departmental priorities and performance, you will ensure key projects, specifications and artwork activities are completed accurately and on time.

Key responsibilities will include

Leading, developing and motivating specification colleagues working across multiple sites Managing team structure, recruitment, training, performance and resource planning Overseeing departmental workloads, priorities and performance measures Ensuring product specifications and labels remain accurate, compliant and aligned with current formulations Establishing efficient systems for gathering technical information from manufacturing sites and supporting functions Supporting commercial growth through the timely delivery of sample specifications, label verification and new product integration Building strong technical relationships with major retailers and key customer accounts Participating in customer technical reviews and driving continuous improvement Ensuring customer portals, alerts, notifications and enquiries are managed effectively Monitoring legislative and customer changes, communicating their impact and implementing focused compliance plans Developing robust change-control processes that provide clear visibility to internal and external stakeholders Improv...

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