Compliance Manager - Poole Lighting Ltd

Objectives:

• Manage the UK compliance team effectively to ensure all product testing compliance obligations are being achieved.
• Manage the China-based auditing team proactively to ensure all factory, environmental, and customer compliance obligations are being achieved.
• Proactively communicate new legislative requirements to all relevant stakeholders and support the compliance team to effectively implement any necessary changes to processes or procedures.
• Represent the business at customer and supplier technical and product regulatory meetings
• Set and control departmental budgets and monitor output to ensure financial targets are achieved

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that every product meets all relevant (legislative, customer and internal) regulations and requirements and that internal systems, policies and technical files are maintained.

• Complete customer-specific compliance questionnaires and data submissions as required.
• Engage with the LIA to represent the organisation in the formulation or modification of standards. Utilise the early access opportunities to filter down necessary amendments to internal processes or procedures.
• Conduct regular update sessions with internal teams to provide technical support and product enhancement ideas
• Oversee the organisation’s annual ISO 9001 & 14001 audits and ensure improvements to processes or procedures are implemented.
• Manage factory auditing to ensure factories are always fully compliant with external customer ethical, social, technical and environmental auditing requirements.
• Conduct regular meetings with the China-based auditing team to review progress, manage schedules and to train and develop continuous improvement strategies at core factory sites
• Oversee financial performance of the compliance department. Including budget setting, monitoring and delivering cost-saving opportunities.

Experience

• Experienced compliance and/or technical background within lighting, electrical, testing or related fields (ideally 5+ years at a senior level)
• Knowledge and experience of working with national retailers
• Awareness of lighting or technical/electrical governing standards
• Experience of working with Sedex, BSCI, ISO or similar audit standards advantageous
• Experience of working with Far Eastern suppliers
• Excellent communicator for internal department and external meetings

Please email Matthew Goodwin at [email protected] with your CV and cover letter.