Technical F&B Product Manager

Job Description

Carnival UK are looking for a talented Food & Beverage Technical Manager to join our dynamic Food & Beverage Development team. This pivotal role will lead technical governance and compliance for all food and beverage products, ensuring safety, legality, and quality across our international operations. If youre passionate about food standards and want to make a real impact on guest experience, this is your opportunity to shape the future of F&B excellence at Carnival UK.Youll join our Food & Beverage Development team, collaborating with colleagues in food development, procurement, and the global food governance group. The role is based in Carnival House, Southampton, with travel and periods working onboard ships, and has an operational focus within both shoreside and fleet teams.

F&B Technical Manager - This pivotal role will involve:

Leading technical governance and compliance for all food and beverage ingredients, ensuring supplier specifications (including allergen information, nutritional content, claims and PAL data) are accurate, legal, and compliant across the international markets that CUK operates.Provide specialist knowledge to the product development and procurement teams to deliver compliance to ingredient food safety, legality, and quality standards, to allow safe development of recipes and menus, investigating compliance issues to identify root causes and implement action plans.Create, implement and manage the specification change process for allergens, product details, or legislation, ensuring re-verification and communication of changes to the fleet and guests.Championing continuous improvement in supplier specification management and translating critical product content (allergen, dietary claims, nutritional content) to guests for informed decisions.Support product and procurement teams to monitor supplier and product performance, developing action plans with suppliers where required, use and apply experience & knowledge to mitigate supplier risks and influence and agree positive resolutions.

This role is positioned at CUK08 level within our organization and is available on a full-time, permanent basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.

What You'll Bring

Your unique background and skills are what will make you stand out. We're looking for:

Degree (or equivalent) in Food Science, Food Technology, or related discipline.Experience in technical role within food retail, manufacturing, or hospitality.Strong knowledge of UK and international food legislation and labelling, with experience in supplier auditing, allergen validation, and specification systems.Proven technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

About You: The Ideal Candidate

You are more than just your CV. You're someone who brings:

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, while prioritising workloads.Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with various teams.Analytical and logistics skills, with a focus on continuous improvement.Demonstrated professionalism, reliability, and capacity to collaborate as part of a team.

Culture Essentials Behaviours - At Carnival UK, we value:

Speaks up: Speaks out about concerns, shares ideas, and encourages team to do the same.Respects & protects: Builds relationships and inclusive teams. Safeguards the wellbeing and safety of others. Looks for more efficient and sustainable solutions that protect the environment.Improves: Promotes collaboration and compliance, drives for continuous improvement. Empowers: Coaches others and creates an environment where people do their best work.

Ready to help shape the future of food and beverage safety and quality for our guests? Apply now to join our team!

Application Guidance

Diversity is our strength, and we encourage applications from those with varied experiences, whether you meet every listed requirement or not. If youre passionate about our guests experience and looking for an opportunity to grow, wed love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

Working with us means more than just a role in the guest experience sector. Its about being part of a team that values well-being and personal growth.

Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague. CUK-employee-experience-guide-July-2025.pdf

Heres what we offer:

Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offersAnnual BonusMinimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading schemeExtensive learning and development opportunitiesEmployee-led networksEmployee Assistance and Wellbeing programmesCompany paid Health Cash Plan and health assessmentIn-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GPLife AssuranceParental and adoption leaveEmployee Shares PlanElectric Car and Cycle to Work schemesContributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme

Due to the popularity of our roles and our commitment to finding the best talent, we might close applications earlier than advertised. Dont miss out on this opportunity to become part of a team dedicated to creating unforgettable holiday happiness. Apply today to start your journey with us.

Recruitment Journey For more information on your recruitment journey, please visit https://bit.ly/CUKCandidateJourney

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About Us

Holidays are one of lifes greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the worlds largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britains rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.Its through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travels Employer of Choice.