Senior Process Development Manager - #143782

Base Location: Middlesbrough (with multi-site travel across The Compleat Food Group)

Salary: £70,000 + Car Allowance + Benefits

Reporting To: Group Process & Quality Director

Are you a proven leader in food manufacturing looking to take your career to the next level?

At The Compleat Food Group, we’re seeking a Senior Process Development Manager to lead process innovation and excellence across multiple sites, with a primary base at our Middlesbrough facility.

You’ll take ownership of scaling up and launching high-quality, great-tasting food products while ensuring technical integrity, customer satisfaction, and commercial success.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead a cross-site team of Process Development Managers and Technologists.
• Oversee all post-kitchen development stages from trial to launch.
• Deliver the NPD, EPD and quality agenda across your sites, on time and to budget.
• Ensure full adherence to internal and customer gate processes and technical standards.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with technical, production, planning, and commercial teams.
• Represent your sites with professionalism in customer-facing trials and pre-production visits.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Strong background in food manufacturing (FMCG preferred).
• Minimum 3 years' experience managing people in a development or technical role.
• Degree or HND in a food science/manufacturing-related field (preferred).
• Skilled in planning, communication, and cross-functional leadership.
• Confident managing trials, data analysis, BOM accuracy and product costings.
• Strong working knowledge of HACCP, food safety, and quality standards.
  
  

What You’ll Get

• Competitive salary of £70,000
• Car allowance
• Genuine career development within a growing and ambitious group
• Be part of an expert team driving innovation and excellence across the UK
• A business focused on sustainability, people, and product quality
  
  

Sound like your next step?

Apply now and help shape the future of food at The Compleat Food Group.

Why Join Us?

At The Compleat Food Group we’re on a mission to create tasty food that’s better for people and the planet — we call it ‘Food to Feel Good’.

We pride ourselves on being a business that gives equal emphasis to HOW we operate as well as the financial results we achieve.

Our 5,500 (and growing) fantastic people make this possible. They are passionate about creating delicious products for UK consumers, leading retailers, and our exciting, market-leading brands, including Wall’s Pastry, Vadasz, Squeaky Bean, and Unearthed.

Benefits To Include

• 33 Days annual leave
• 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
• Online and High-street retailer discount scheme
• Employee well-being and community support groups
• Informal and Formal training opportunities with personalised online LMS platform
• Charity Initiatives and Team events
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid (Free Financial, Emotional and Practical Support)
• Physical Wellbeing Benefits – Free on demand exercise hub and various gym discounts.
• Online Wellbeing benefits
• Free Financial wellbeing – mortgage calculators, budget tools, financial aid tools
• Holiday Discounts via Online Retail Discount
  
  

The Compleat Food Group are proud to have built an inclusive and respectful culture where our colleagues feel safe, supported and valued. A place where they can bring their whole selves to work to achieve exceptional results and thrive. We continue to attract diverse talent into our teams, because we know greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do.

Recruitment Agencies We have an active and trusted Preferred Supplier List to assist us if required. We do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies.

Ready to make a Compleat impact?

Apply today to join a company where your expertise will be valued, and your contribution will make a real difference.

Apply now