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Fruit Technical Manager
About the role
We're looking for a Technical Manager (ideally with berry experience) to look after a key retailer account. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role where technical expertise meets grower relationships, sustainability, and commercial delivery.
You'll play a key role in making sure your customer is technical, ethical, and quality standards are met - while driving development projects that keep the category fresh, compliant, and future-focused.
What you'll be doing
- Supporting delivery of customer sales budgets
- Acting as the technical expert for your fruit category
- Leading development projects: new varieties, packaging, sourcing, and grower development
- Supporting due diligence and technical administration to customer standards
- Carrying out grower visits and select farm audits when required
- Supporting customer ethical, sustainability, and responsible sourcing agendas
- Working closely with the wider technical team to manage procedures, processes, and legality
About you
You will be a confident technical professional who knows fruit (and growers) inside out. You will be organised, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving fresh produce environment.
You'll bring:
- Strong fruit (berry) expertise ideally
- Broad compliance knowledge across food safety, H&S, customer policies, sustainability, and due diligence
- Experience with Select Farm audits, HACCP, BRC, Red Tractor, and LEAF
- A collaborative, relationship-driven approach with growers and colleagues
- Good understanding of sustainability and environmental frameworks, including: M&S 2030, WRAP (water & waste), carbon accounting, and Scope 3
- Logical thinking, strong administration skills, and great attention to detail
- Confidence using Microsoft tools (Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint)
- Clear, confident communication skills
Qualifications & experience
- Degree in a relevant subject
- Practical agronomy experience
- Industry training: BRC, HACCP, GFSI (or equivalent)
For further information, please contact Luan Harrison at MorePeople on (phone number removed)
