Technical Materials Manager

CK Group are recruiting for a Technical Materials Manager, to join a global Consumer Healthcare company, who are based in Reading, on a contract basis for 12 months.

Company:

Our client is a global consumer healthcare business with well known household brands.

Location:

The role is based in Reading.

Role:

• Lead technical materials projects for global OTC and Food Supplement brands within the Personal Health Care portfolio.
• As the key technical contact you will be expected to ensure required supply, quality and regulatory aspects are managed enabling projects to be planned and executed with excellence.
• Strong collaboration across functions such as Quality, Safety, Regulatory, Purchases, Operations, Engineering and Brand as well as with other R&D groups and more broadly across sites globally.
• Communicate effectively with external suppliers.
• Collect, rigorously check, document and share raw material data in a high quality and timely manner with multi-functional project partners.

Your Background:

• Educated to degree level or above in a relevant field such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials, Life Sciences etc.
• Experience in a similar role in manufacturing company making FMCG, Pharma, Biotech or food products with experience of qualifying raw material and consumer goods products.
• Strong technical skills and knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Advanced skills in critical appraisal of data.
• Strong communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders, written and verbal.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference in all correspondence.