Technical Account ManagerFood ManufacturingLeicester£50,000 - £55,000 When another manufacturer is producing a product with your name on it, how do you make sure their standards are as high as your own? That''s the challenge at the heart of this newly created role. You''ll be joining an established food manufacturing business with a growing consumer brand and ambitious plans to expand its product range through third-party manufacturing partners. Rather than simply maintaining existing supplier relationships, you''ll have the opportunity to help shape how new manufacturing partners are selected, approved and supported as the business grows. And there''s plenty of variety involved. You''ll work closely with NPD to take new products from initial development through to successful launch, making sure the manufacturing partners behind them can consistently deliver on food safety, quality and product integrity. That means getting out to suppliers, conducting audits, attending factory trials and working through the practical challenges that inevitably arise when introducing something new. But this isn''t about turning up, identifying problems and leaving someone else to fix them. You''ll be expected to build relationships with suppliers, understand their capabilities and work collaboratively to close any gaps between their existing processes and the standards expected of the brand. You''ll also take ownership of the technical detail behind those launches, from specifications and ..... full job details .....