Technical Manager

Head of Technical 80k + bonus + progression

If you want to come into a genuinely ambitious B-Corp with morals, a stellar brand and money to invest, probably worth reading on.

If you want to shout, bawl, hide behind a desk, not contribute and communicate primarily through the medium of email, then maybe not for you.

The Challenge

Take a site which has an absolutely fantastic brand, great fabric in a good category. Add in some new owners with one of the best employer reputations in the market.

Figure out a structure that works, and help take the site from ‘really very good’ to ‘holy crap this site is incredible’.

You’ve got the business owners on the end of the phone (and often onsite, or at least down the road).

Decisions can be made quickly*.

Ideas can be discussed with people who care. Your ideas can become reality.

It’s probably not going to be easy.

The site’s previous owners took it a little for granted. It now needs building up. Its team – bloody brilliant though they are – could do with someone enthusiastic, with a positive vision, who is on their side.

In fairness – who couldn’t do with that?

It is achievable. And it’ll probably – for the right person – be quite a ride getting there.

Why it’s worth it

You’ll have the opportunity to join a business at a critical time. To make an impact. You’ll be able to progress your own career quickly, for an employer who are known for rewarding people well for their efforts.

Who it isn’t for

If something goes wrong it isn’t your fault (or whilst in theory it could be, you can’t think of a single instance where actually, in REALITY, it was). You’re very good at technical, but people may say you struggle to see the wider business case. You’re very comfortable saying ‘no’ without considering how to get to yes, or the wider impact of this.

What it isn’t

Broken Under invested Constant fire fighting Easy Straight forward For people who don’t want to think

Must haves

You need to be a technical manager in food or drinks. You’ll have progressed rapidly in your career. You’ll have worked on sites of at LEAST 50 people, probably bigger. You also need to be fine working in West London. In a factory.

*Once I spoke to an interim who was at a blue-chip manufacturer WHO WILL NOT BE NAMED (unless you ring me up and we speak and in that case maybe?), who was asking for a metal table with a hole in it so that they could decant spices from sacks without them going all over the floor. This had to fit into the TPM plan, which had to be signed off by about five directors, a VP and some kind of steering committee. It solved a clear and genuine problem. The interim was there for six months, and by the time she had left, the table purchase had still not been signed off.

Now flip that. There is governance here, but if you have a good idea, it can be talked through and, if it makes sense, signed off really very quickly. That was my point with the long rambling story.

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