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 108 278 in all correspondence.