Sainsbury´s Technical Management Academy

Sainsbury´s and Campden BRI have joined forces to bring you the Technical Management Academy® (TMA), a leading edge technical development programme. It is designed to deliver Sainsbury´s and their suppliers joint vision of having the best technical management in the industry

"The Academy provides a stimulating professional development programme with the following objectives:

• to increase food quality and safety knowledge
• to facilitate the understanding of Sainsbury´s technical requirements and systems and their effective implementation
• to increase the awareness of food quality and safety of delegates by emphasising the importance of their function and their relation to Sainsbury´s business
• to develop professional, technical and personal skills
• to share experience and foster networking."

Bertrand Emond – Event Director

Target group and entry criteria:

The Academy is designed for individuals in Technical Management roles in manufacturing companies supplying Sainsbury´s own brand products.

Format and duration:

The programme consists of three separate two-day workshops. These can be completed in any order within a one year time span.

Each workshop runs regularly with no more than 20 delegates, to ensure maximum interaction.

The programme also includes an annual reunion of all the delegates at Campden BRI to discuss hot topics with invited guest speakers and to foster networking.

The latest addition to the STMA is a packaging workshop comprising of 7 modules due to launch in Autumn 2008. These cover artwork and reprographics, carton board, rigid and flexible plastics, labels, corrugated board and glass. Look out for more details.

Content

All workshops will be industry-focused, practical with up-to-date information, interactive and tutored by experts from Campden BRI and from industry.

The workshops are not training sessions as such on each topic. It is assumed that the participants are already familiar with the subject and theory. The sessions concentrate on reinforcing knowledge, challenging practices/beliefs and sharing experiences. Some pre-course work is included.

Topics covered include:

• Sainsbury´s technical requirements, brand standards, processes and policies (Workshop A)
• Legislation and labelling
• Quality and safety management
• Business continuity, crisis management and product recall
• Developing you and your team
• Food hygiene and prevention of contamination
• Food manufacturing technologies
• Consumer and sensory science
• Food and health

Location:

The workshops are held in three locations:

• Sainsbury´s Store Support Centre, Holborn, London
• Campden BRI, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
• The Cotswold Conference Centre, Broadway, Worcestershire (near Campden BRI)

Early booking discount conditions