Laboratory Manager

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Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer's Top 100 list of Britain's Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain's private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.

Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

Laboratory Manager

Market Drayton

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

We are looking for a Laboratory Manager to join our Market Drayton site within our Muller Yogurts and Desserts business. The purpose of this role will be to support the team to deliver quality targets and continuously improve quality performance by coaching and developing our people.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Provides expertise through Chemical & Microbiological technical knowhow
• Strong influencing and communication capability
• Uses leadership competencies to guide, motivate and develop team
• Acts as a coach and mentor for team and others across site
• Advanced Problem solving facilitation skills using various methodologies
• Role models and drives performance management systems
• Responsible for laboratory budget, management, certification and other QMS duties
• Create purpose and direction around OGSM deliverables
• Coaching front line team members, enabling them to solve problems
• Supports and process confirms operations quality control responsibilities
• Responsible for development of direct team

Key Requirements:

• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ambitious and driven
• Organised and good attention to detail
• Excellence communication skills
• HACCP Awareness (Level 2-3)
• Basic Food Hygiene
• Hands on experience in chilled foods, preferably diary
• Demonstrate a good understanding of technical, production and engineering issues that can arise in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Background in microbiology and or/ chemistry

Contact Details:

F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ