Compliance Manager

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities
  
  
  

The Opportunity

In this role as Compliance Manager, you’ll lead the management and development of our Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with regulatory, customer, and business requirements. You’ll oversee internal and external audits, act as the key contact for regulatory bodies and customers, and drive continuous improvement across site standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead site compliance activities, including audits, risk assessments, and action planning.
• Act as the main contact for auditors, regulators, and customers.
• Manage internal audit schedules, non-conformances, and continuous improvement actions.
• Oversee specification, systems, and compliance teams, ensuring accuracy and on-time delivery.
• Provide training, coaching, and leadership to strengthen compliance across site.
  
  
  

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

• A degree in Food Science (or equivalent industry experience).
• Strong knowledge of food safety legislation, BRCGS, and retailer codes of practice.
• Proven experience in a technical, quality, or compliance management role within food manufacturing.
• HACCP Level 4 and Food Safety training (desirable).
• Experience in chilled, ready-to-eat, multi-component food manufacturing.
  
  
  

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member - you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.