Compliance Manager

Warburtons; West of England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit related bonus

Life assurance

Discount vouchers

Health and wellbeing support

Free onsite parking

Canteen

Onsite physio

Holiday purchase scheme

Job summary

Warburtons Bristol Bakery is seeking an experienced Compliance Manager to lead food safety and hygiene, ensuring readiness for unannounced BRC audits and compliance with Kosher/Halal standards.

You will work with the Food Quality and Manufacturing teams to manage processes using data-driven improvements and a robust Quality Management System, while supporting ongoing site projects and national quality initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading food safety and hygiene in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record with BRC audits and external standards.
• Background in implementing and managing QMS and quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the food safety and hygiene function on site and ensure audit readiness.
• Work with production, health & safety, and hygiene teams to drive improvements.
• Collaborate with national Quality Compliance teams and external auditors.
• Develop training and competency plans for site colleagues.
• Manage budgets, drive KPI-based improvements, and support business plans.

Skills

Food safety

HACCP

Quality systems

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Level 4 HACCP & Food Safety

Job description

Location: Bristol

Hours of work: Monday to Friday

Benefits include: a profit related bonus, life assurance, discount vouchers, health and wellbeing support, free onsite parking, canteen, onsite physio, holiday purchase scheme

Are you an experienced Food Safety Manager, Quality Manager, or a Technical Manager within a food manufacturing environment, and looking for your next challenge? We have a new opportunity for an experienced Compliance Manager in our Bristol Bakery.

Our Compliance Manager is the food safety and hygiene subject matter expert and will lead our operations in achieving and improving our compliance standards. You will support the site to always be audit ready for unannounced BRC audits, working with Kosher and Halal food standards, and have experience of managing external audits in your previous roles.

You’ll be our safe pair of hands, able to pick up the day to day from a supported handover whilst also being able to make your own impact with ongoing projects. We have a brilliant team in Bristol and with additional support from our Centre Quality teams, you’ll be able to hit the ground running.

The Recipe

Working closely with the Food Quality team and Manufacturing teams you will be the food safety & hygiene lead to ensure processes are proactively managed using evidence led data, continuous improvement techniques that are measured by company KPI's and implementing the Unbeatable Quality Strategy to ensure Warburtons manufactures and distributes products to the required standard.

As part of our food technical management team and as our Compliance Manager, you will work in close conjunction with production, health & safety, and hygiene teams, driving a mixed agenda of planned and reactive work through quality and consistent processes. You will be able to build relationships quickly and effectively with the national Quality Compliance team, suppliers, auditors for food safety & hygiene and other site contacts.

Our Compliance Manager is responsible for implementing and managing the food safety and hygiene standards in the Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure that all relevant standards are achieved. You’ll work in partnership with the production teams to ensure operations are conducted in compliance with Warburtons standards whilst meeting all applicable external requirements. You’ll be the site lead for food safety requirements including microbiological product and environmental monitoring. Legionella and allergens.

You’ll be a key contributor to the generation and delivery of national and local strategies, management of budgets, profit delivery plans and implementation of business plans. Our Compliance Manager will be the food safety and hygiene subject matter expert in leading the site to achieving and improving compliance standards.

Working collaboratively, you’ll ensure that our colleagues fully understand the importance of food safety and hygiene at site; responsible for ensuring training and delivery plans are in place to enable our teams to have the appropriate skills and competency. Also working with our Head Office Quality team, manufacturing, and distribution to write and develop appropriate food safety and hygiene related training.

We are looking for you to have a coaching and motivational style to encourage the team to achieve plans, goals, and targets; working with site engagement plans to ensure delivery. You’ll be strong in people leadership and performance management with a natural communication style.

Essential Ingredients

• You’ll have experience of managing food safety and a hygiene function within a food manufacturing business
• Have previously managed BRC audits
• A background and experience managing quality systems and external standards implementation
• Science or food-based experience with food technology qualifications or similar
• Level 4 HACCP & Food Safety qualifications as a minimum
• Trained and competent in COSHH & IOSH Managing Safely
• Working knowledge and understanding of food microbiology
• Knowledge of Quality and Food Safety systems and legislation
• Management of people & teams

Desirable

• Understanding of CIP systems, risks and optimisation opportunities.
• Knowledge of SAP ERP applications.
• Knowledge of industrial bakery processes: plant, product, ingredient functionality and process technology.

Extra Dough

Last but by no means least, you’ll want to know what your breads worth.

• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we’ll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
• Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
• Private medical insurance and life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.