Refresco Bridgwater, England, United Kingdom
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Are you ready to pop the top on an exciting career opportunity? Join our team as Compliance Manager, where your strong leadership and deep quality and food safety understanding will ensure our soft drinks are always a cut above the rest. This is not just any compliance role—it's a chance to shake things up and set the standard for excellence across our state of the art facility in Bridgwater.
Site Compliance Manager - Refresco UK - Bridgwater
What’s in it for you?
* Tailored competitive salary dependent upon experience
* 10% Annual bonus and pay review
* Life assurance (X3 annual salary)
* 28 days plus bank holidays holiday allowance
* Purchase extra holiday scheme
* Flexible benefits (salary sacrifice) – healthcare cover, dental insurance, 10X life assurance, car package, will writing services, financial advice services, activities pass, discounts on major retailers
About The Role
As a Compliance Manager, you'll be the fizz in our compliance and auditing strategy, working closely with the Head of Technical to craft and implement a robust strategy. With a zero-loss mindset and a disciplined approach, you will ensure your production sites meet BRCGS, customer standards, and all internal quality management systems. You'll be the secret ingredient in our recipe for success, infusing your passion for quality and food safety into every aspect of our operations.
Responsibilities:
* Leadership in Quality & Compliance: Serve as the primary contact for quality, legal, and food safety compliance across three production sites. Lead and mentor teams to meet and exceed standards.
* Technical Support & Audit Management: Provide technical guidance, lead audits (e.g., BRCGS), and implement corrective actions from GAP analyses.
* Internal Audits & Training: Manage internal audits, drive continuous improvement, and deliver training programs on food safety and quality.
* Issue Resolution & Reporting: Investigate quality issues, implement corrective actions, and provide trend analysis to improve performance.
* HACCP & Food Safety: Lead the HACCP team and ensure microbiological safety in all products.
* QMS & Policy Development: Develop and implement policies to meet compliance standards.
* Collaboration: Foster strong relationships with internal teams, external stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.
About You
Ultimately, we encourage everyone to role model our core values of agility, responsibility, passion, excellence, and entrepreneurship as we believe these are what has made Refresco successful so far. For this role, we are seeking the ideal candidate to match the following:
* Recognised Level 4 HACCP & Food Safety qualifications that have been renewed adequately throughout career.
* Recognised Level 4 TACCP & VACCP (Food defence) qualifications that have been renewed adequately throughout career.
* Degree in a science subject, preferably food, microbiology, chemistry.
* Recognised Lead auditor qualification that has been renewed adequately throughout career.
* Vast experience in a compliance Manager's role.
* Significant experience working with the BRCGS standard.
* Demonstrable experience of building, leading, and maintaining quality compliance strategies.
* Demonstrable experience at influencing and making quick but responsible decisions.
* Must be a clear ‘complete finisher’ with a track record of maintaining high standards across multiple production sites.
About Refresco
Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We’re a global business and currently produce 12 billion litres of soft drinks from 64 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and we’re only just getting started. We’re the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers. Whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles, or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards. Our products get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high-profile customers. Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
Food and Beverage Services
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