Compliance & Risk Manager

Rhenus Logistics; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhenus Logistics in Ireland seeks a Compliance & Governance Specialist to own and maintain the Ireland Compliance Framework and IMS governance across all sites. You will develop policies, monitor regulatory changes, and provide interpretation to management and operations teams.

The role requires strong knowledge of ISO standards, risk management, and regulatory requirements, with experience in multi-site logistics environments. You will coordinate audits and support certification activities.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks, governance systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with ISO standards, audits, and certification programmes.
• Understanding of risk management frameworks and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Ireland Compliance Framework.
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, standards, and governance controls.
• Provide compliance guidance to management and operational teams.
• Monitor regulatory changes and support implementation across the organisation.
• Govern IMS across Ireland, including governance of Compliance, Risk, Audit, CAPA, and document control.
• Act as Ireland Q-Pulse governance owner and key user.
• Coordinate Management Reviews and ensure follow-up actions are completed.
• Drive continuous audit readiness and regulatory compliance across locations.

Skills

Compliance governance

ISO standards & audits

Risk management

Q-Pulse familiarity

Regulatory requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Q-Pulse

Job description

What You Can Expect** :**

Compliance Governance

• Own and maintain the Ireland Compliance Framework.
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• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, standards, and governance controls.
• Provide compliance and interpretation to management and operational teams.
• Monitor regulatory changes and support implementation across the organisation.
• Compliance requirements are clearly defined, communicated, implemented, and consistently applied across all locations and business units.

Integrated Management System (IMS) Governance

• Own and govern the Integrated Management System (IMS) across Ireland, including Compliance, Risk Management, Audit & Assurance, CAPA, Document Control, Management Reviews, ISO certification management, and regulatory compliance processes, supported through the Q-Pulse platform.
• Govern Quality, Compliance, Risk, Audit, CAPA, and Management Review processes.
• Act as Ireland Q-Pulse governance owner and key user.
• Ensure effective document control and management system governance.
• Coordinate Management Reviews and ensure follow-up actions are completed.
• Support standardisation of governance processes across all locations.
• The Integrated Management System remains effective, controlled, standardised, audit-ready, and aligned with business objectives.

Audit & Compliance Assurance

• Develop and manage the annual audit programme.
• Define audit standards, methodologies, and governance requirements.
• Coordinate internal, customer, certification, and external audits.
• Monitor audit findings and corrective actions.
• Verify implementation and effectiveness of actions arising from audits and compliance reviews.
• Audit programmes are delivered effectively, compliance risks are identified early, and corrective actions are implemented and sustained.

ISO & Certification Management

• Support business units in maintaining compliance with ISO and certification requirements and coordinate certification activities across Ireland.
• Coordinate certification audits and surveillance visits.
• Act as primary contact with certification bodies and external auditors.
• Ensure all industry-specific requirements are maintained where applicable.
• Drive continuous audit readiness across all locations.
• Certification requirements are maintained, audit readiness is sustained, and regulatory expectations are consistently met.

Risk Management

• Develop and maintain the Ireland Risk Management Framework.
• Facilitate risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring.
• Maintain enterprise and operational risk registers.
• Support business continuity and resilience planning.
• Escalate significant compliance and operational risks to leadership.
• Business risks are identified, evaluated, managed, and proactively mitigated to support sustainable business performance.

CAPA Governance

• Govern the Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) framework.
• Ensure actions are assigned, monitored, escalated, and closed effectively.
• Verify effectiveness of implemented actions.
• Analyse recurring audit, compliance, and regulatory trends.
• Escalate overdue or ineffective actions.
• Corrective actions are effectively managed, root causes are addressed, and recurring issues are reduced.

Compliance Performance & Reporting

• Develop and maintain compliance KPIs and reporting.
• Ensure Management Review processes are completed effectively, and actions are tracked to closure.
• Provide trend analysis and governance reporting.
• Coordinate and support customer audits, regulatory inspections, and compliance reviews, ensuring findings, observations, and corrective actions are effectively tracked and closed.
• Monitor compliance performance across all business units.
• Management receives clear visibility of compliance performance, risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.

What You Bring:

• Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks, governance systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with ISO standards, audits, and certification programmes.
• Experience with Risk Management frameworks and governance processes.
• Experience with Quality Management Systems (Q-Pulse preferred).
• Understanding of logistics, transport, supply chain environments.
• Experience working within multi-site operations.
• Knowledge of GDP requirements would be advantageous.
• Experience in compliance governance, risk management, or regulatory environments.