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Compliance Manager
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Leeds
Salary: £42000-£47000
Reed Food & FMCG are recruiting on behalf of an established Manufacturer based in Leeds. Our client is seeking a highly diligent Compliance Manager with exceptional attention to detail. This pivotal role requires a conscientious individual who understands the significant impact of defective products on a company’s financial standing and reputation. The Compliance Manager will be instrumental in maintaining and enhancing our quality and compliance standards.
Day to Day of the role:
- Manage BRC and ISO accreditation requirements, ensuring compliance with both standards
- Oversee the site’s Quality Management System, implementing improvements, conducting reviews, and ensuring updates are made
- Lead the HARA team and manage the site HARA plan
- Conduct third-party and customer site audits related to quality
- Manage the internal audit process, scheduling, and completion
- Handle nonconformances from audits, ensuring they are logged, actioned, and monitored for effectiveness
- Establish and monitor quality and compliance objectives and KPIs
- Prepare for quality meetings and senior management review meetings, including report presentations
- Manage supplier approval and performance monitoring processes
- Oversee the calibration schedule for equipment
- Act as the contact for the pest control contractor
- Write, review, and update site policies and management procedures
- Manage document and record control
- Present compliance updates during customer quality reviews and daily meetings
- Lead the crisis management team, arranging mock withdrawals and traceability exercises
- Assist with quality aspects and cover for the Quality & Technical Coordinator when absent
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Proven background in quality and regulatory compliance with essential field experience
- Strong influencing skills and the ability to articulate messages clearly
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage a busy and varied workload
- Problem-solving and proactive thinking abilities
- Flexibility and exceptional attention to detail
- Proficiency in MS Office packages, including Excel and Word
- A willingness to learn and ambition to grow within the organisation
- Experience working to deadlines and targets in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in building relationships and liaising with stakeholders
- Data analysis and statistical skills
- A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
Benefits and other information:
- Competitive salary
- Working Hours – Monday to Thursday 08:45 a.m. to 17:00 p.m. and Friday 08:45 a.m. to 16:30 p.m.
- Opportunities for professional development and growth within the organisation
- Dynamic work environment with a focus on quality and innovation
