Customer Technical Support Manager

Permanent

Hybrid, 38 hours per week

• Annual bonus and regular pay reviews
• Early Friday finish to kick start your weekend
• 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave, increasing your allowance to 31 days plus bank holidays
• Life assurance coverage
• 24/7 virtual GP access for you and your family
• Free eye care vouchers and discounted glasses
• Employee referral scheme with bonuses for successful referrals
• GroceryAid support services offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical guidance
• Cheers benefits platform providing discounts, free perks, and wellbeing tools
• Free onsite parking and discounted products

A Customer Technical Support Manager manages the technical relationship between customers and the company, ensuring customer expectations are met in a timely and positive manner.

• Manage the technical relationship with customers, ensuring expectations are understood, communicated, and consistently met.
• Respond to customer enquiries, conduct site visits and audits, and represent the business at customer review meetings.
• Collaborate with site quality teams and commercial account managers to implement customer-driven quality improvements.
• Investigate escalated customer complaints and product withdrawals, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Liaise with local authorities to resolve regulatory and enforcement matters while ensuring compliance with safety, hygiene, and housekeeping standards.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, empower team members, drive continuous improvement, and maintain high ethical standards with a focus on customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable operational experience, ideally within a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturing environment, with a strong understanding of modern manufacturing methodologies and quality systems. They will have a genuine interest in the food and beverage industry and a passion for driving continuous quality improvement. The successful candidate will also possess strong project management skills and proven experience in managing customer quality and technical complaints, using a proactive, customer-focused approach to resolve issues and implement effective corrective actions.

Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.