Compliance Manager

Rubicon Recruitment; Lower Blandford St Mary; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Dog-friendly office

33 days holiday

Pension 4% match

Staff discount 40%

Life insurance

Gym membership

Volunteer day

Job summary

Rubicon Recruitment is seeking a Compliance Manager in Bournemouth to own product safety and supplier compliance for a well-established retailer. You’ll shape QAQC processes and lead supplier audits to mitigate risk and protect customers.

Hybrid role with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote. You’ll develop reporting frameworks, collaborate with Trading Standards, and drive improvements across the compliance function while managing supplier relationships.

Qualifications

• Strong background in QAQC or product compliance within retail, sourcing, or manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience managing supplier compliance and ethical audit programmes.
• Highly analytical approach, confident interpreting data and assessing risk.
• Clear, confident communicator, able to translate technical detail into practical guidance.
• Experience developing or maintaining quality systems and reporting frameworks.
• Willingness to learn is valued as highly as existing product knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the strategy for QAQC processes and supplier compliance programmes across all product categories
• Manage supplier audit programmes, including ethical audits such as SEDEX/SMETA
• Support product safety and recall processes, working closely with Trading Standards
• Analyse quality, complaint and audit data to identify trends and prioritise risk
• Build strong working relationships with suppliers, test laboratories and internal stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement in compliance processes and reporting frameworks

Skills

QAQC

Product compliance

Data analysis

Risk assessment

Communication

Quality systems

Supplier management

Ethical audits

Job description

Compliance Manager - Bournemouth – Up to £40,000 per annum

You’ll take ownership of product safety and supplier compliance for a well-established specialist retailer in Bournemouth.

Every audit, every supplier relationship, every piece of data feeds into decisions that genuinely matter to customers.

This is a role built for someone who wants to bring structure and rigour to a growing compliance function, not just maintain it.

Benefits

• Hybrid working, 3 days in the office and 2 from home, with flexible start and finish times around core hours
• A dog-friendly office
• 33 days' holiday including bank holidays (pro rata), plus your birthday off
• 4% matched pension contribution
• 40% staff discount
• Life insurance option and gym membership
• Paid volunteer day and charity involvement

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the strategy for QAQC processes and supplier compliance programmes across all product categories
• Manage supplier audit programmes, including ethical audits such as SEDEX/SMETA
• Support product safety and recall processes, working closely with Trading Standards
• Analyse quality, complaint and audit data to identify trends and prioritise risk
• Build strong working relationships with suppliers, test laboratories and internal stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement in compliance processes and reporting frameworks

Experience

• Strong background in QAQC or product compliance within retail, sourcing, or manufacturing environments
• Proven experience managing supplier compliance and ethical audit programmes
• Highly analytical approach, confident interpreting data and assessing risk
• Clear, confident communicator, able to translate technical detail into practical guidance
• Experience developing or maintaining quality systems and reporting frameworks
• Willingness to learn is valued as highly as existing product knowledge

While Rubicon uses AI to help speed up processes across the business, every application is reviewed by a human to ensure the right decision is made