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Entity: Customers & Products Job Family Group: Retail Group Job Description: Job Summary We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Senior Food Product & Technical Manager to lead the strategic development and governance of our food product portfolio across the retail network. This role plays a pivotal part in driving innovation, enhancing customer experience, ensuring high operational standards, and aligning product initiatives with broader business objectives. The ideal candidate will bring strong product leadership, commercial competence, agility, and data-driven decision-making, alongside the ability to oversee and handle technical and food-safety standards through expert teams and partners. Responsibilities Product Leadership & Strategy Lead the full lifecycle of food product development—from concept through launch—ensuring solutions reflect customer needs, commercial priorities, and operational feasibility.Develop clear product roadmaps and arguments that articulate value, differentiation, and long-term strategic direction. Food Safety & Technical Governance Oversee the governance of food-safety and quality standards across retail food operations.Ensure compliance with relevant legislation through effective oversight, processes, and team leadership.Provide high-level guidance on food-safety risks and operational controls, ensuring teams implement safe, consistent, and legally compliant practices. Agility & Continuous Improvement Champion Agility practices within product teams, fostering rapid iteration, continuous improvement, and collaborative problem-solving.Promote adaptive ways of working that accelerate delivery and enhance product quality. Customer & Data Insight Analyse customer data and market t