Product Safety Advisor - 12 month contract

Games Workshop Limited; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in Nottingham is looking for a Product Safety Advisor for a 12-14 month contract. You will ensure products meet legal requirements and the company's safety standards while collaborating closely with various teams. The role involves managing compliance through product evaluation and policy communication. Generous benefits include 33 days holiday, a pension scheme, and significant staff discounts.

Benefits

33 days holiday per year

Matching contributory pension scheme up to 7.5%

Profit share bonus

Share Save scheme

Staff discount between 25% and 50%

Qualifications

• Experience in product development or technical role in hard goods or children’s products.
• Knowledge of compliance and product testing.
• Ability to interpret regulations and regulatory trends.

Responsibilities

• Manage product safety through cohesive policies and standards.
• Evaluate and test product samples to ensure compliance.
• Maintain processes for regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
• Monitor and interpret new regulations affecting products.
• Foster working relationships with internal and external teams.

Skills

Product safety management

Regulatory compliance

Risk mitigation

Job description

Overview

Games Workshop is recruiting an exciting and rare opportunity for a Product Safety Advisor on a 12‑14 month contract to support and advise on General Merchandise, Christmas ranges, and Licensed Products. You will work closely with our Buying team, Licensing team, and Licensees, ensuring products consistently meet legal requirements and Games Workshop's Product Safety requirements.

Responsibilities

Uncompromising and diligent in your approach, you will manage product safety through clearly communicating a set of cohesive policies, standards, and documents that licensees adhere to. You will also be involved in the evaluation and testing of samples to support your own categories and the wider Games Workshop product range, safeguarding our interests through detailed checks and balances. Your role will include maintaining and developing a framework of processes that demonstrate regulatory compliance and risk mitigation, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and quality, and providing the necessary documentation to prove it. You will proactively monitor and interpret new regulations and regulatory trends, incorporating this into company requirements across existing and new markets. Collaboration is key; you will foster positive working relationships with a variety of internal and external teams, taking challenges on board promptly, relaying feedback clearly, and reaching effective solutions.

Qualifications

If you have experience in a product development or technical role in hard goods or children’s products, compliance, or product testing, and want to develop your knowledge across product categories and global markets, you are encouraged to apply today.

Benefits

In return for your hard work, you will receive 33 days holiday per year (including public holidays), a matching contributory pension scheme up to 7.5%, a profit share bonus (subject to Games Workshop meeting profit targets), option to join our Share Save scheme, and a staff discount between 25% and 50% on Games Workshop products. The Warhammer World site is based just outside Nottingham city centre and benefits from a nearby tram stop and free onsite car parking.