Hello,

My client in Peterborough is currently in need of a Chief Bread Engineer due to a growing team.

Job purpose: To be the technical authority and provide technical leadership for the company’s Bread equipment business.

• Overall Technical Responsibility for the bread product range

• • Ensure equipment is fit for purpose and class leading in terms of performance and features
  • Ensure all bread equipment is compliant with relevant legislation
  • Interfacing with the technical department on the design of bread equipment
  • To be aware of and follow all company Health & Safety policies and procedures including feeding back any H&S information to management
  • Maintenance of the bread equipment standards Travel to group and customer facilities around the world to promote, advise on and trouble shoot bread equipment.

• Trusted Advisor to the Sales team and Customers

• • Underwriting fitness of purpose for bread proposals / quotations
  • Provide technical support for sales activities, including travelling to customer facilities around the world, as a technical advisor
  • Actively seeking regular interaction with customers and other bodies in order to understand customers’ requirements, business drivers, trends, buying criteria and business opportunities for the company
  • Drive the technical solutions as part of the Strategy to Win process enhancing the offer to our customers, compared to our competitors
  • Ensuring overseas legal requirements and customer specifications are understood and considered in the proposal process

• Technical Risk Control

• Classification of risk profile for proposals and contracts, following the Risk Assessment process
• Outline and where necessary instigate mitigating actions where necessary

• Development

• Conceiving innovative and incremental development ideas for the bread equipment range
• Leading development projects for the business sector (resources responsible to others)
• Maintaining an awareness of technological developments which may have an application in the companies’ bread equipment
• Have an understanding of competitor’s equipment capabilities with a view to our equipment being equal or better
• Understanding industry trends and future requirements driven by product and process changes and/or regulatory changes
• Define new equipment types in line with the sector’s Business Development plans
• Identify patentable ideas and features to protect company intellectual property
• Be aware of and demonstrate the company values and behaviours

Candidate Profile - Experience, Skills, and Knowledge

• Significant experience of Industrial Bread equipment and processes deployed in the industry
• Capability to undertake technical analysis in order to solve problems and steer developments
• Prepared to travel extensively to support equipment sales, site troubleshooting, customer and competitor awareness, and equipment development strategy
• Good communications skills to allow effective working internally, with suppliers and with customers at all levels

Salary: £70,000

Location: Peterborough

Please respond with an up to date CV to be considered.

Kind Regards,

Ethan Adams – Recruitment Team Leader