Compliance Manager

at  Hovis

Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.
We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

• Ensuring the site meets company, retailer, industry, operational and legal standards.
• Providing technical support to other site functions and the wider business.
• Managing complaints investigations, determining root causes, and implementing timely corrective and preventive actions.
• Supporting the Technical Manager and stepping in when needed.
• Leading and efficiently closing external audits.
• Managing the internal audit program to promote compliance and drive improvement.
• Being an approachable and proactive member of the Site Management Team, offering expertise on technical, food safety, compliance, and quality matters while contributing to broader business initiatives.
• Developing and delivering food safety and quality training programs.
• Investigating food safety, compliance, and quality issues, identifying root causes, and implementing preventive actions.
• Overseeing the site’s corrective action program to foster continuous improvement.
• Providing trend information and reports on key quality/safety indicators and implementing measures for ongoing enhancement.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for day-to-day technical matters.
• Actively participating as a member of the HACCP team.
• You will be able to understand workstreams and identify critical paths from a delivery perspective.
  We’re looking for someone who has true leadership qualities and can take ownership of this function within Hovis. You’ll own what you do and have a knack for influencing different stakeholders in a positive way. Your positivity, encouragement, and consistency will help you guide individuals towards specific tasks and behaviours.