Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Food Retail Facilities/ Compliance Officer role for a food retail company based in London. Our client is one of the UK's leading East Asian food retailers. As a Compliance Officer, you will be responsible for the Facilities team and ensuring a safe working and compliant atmosphere for our customers and staff. This involves compliance with legislation and processes relating to health and safety, food protection, regulatory, contractual, and business.
Required Qualifications & Experience :
- Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar legal compliance/facility role.
- Food Safety Level 3 or H&S trained to the IOSH standard.
- Experience in operating within a commercial food environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, communicate clearly with the store managers, senior managers, and all staff.
- Able to write and analyze legislation and respond accordingly.
- Intermediate Excel skills and basic Word skills.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills to liaise with contractors.
- Capability to work unsupervised and take responsibility.
- Able to remain calm under pressure.
- Detailed and flexible in both written skills and time management.
- Good organizational skills.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Manage Food Safety and ensure that the Food Safety Policy is adhered to in all stores.
- Responsible for Health & Safety issues and ensuring a safe working and compliant environment for both staff and customers.
- Manage fire safety, pest control, maintenance, cleaning, and security, and maximize the efficiency of internal resources.
- Carry out monthly Health and Safety and Food Safety audits to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented for each site, and provide a detailed action plan to manage any non-compliance with the urgency required.
- Carry out Health & Safety and Food Safety Risk Assessments and consider how risks can be reduced; develop internal policy and keep documents up to date and retained according to legislation.
- Lead in-house training with managers and employees on Health and Safety risks and Food Safety; liaise with Human Resources to keep training materials and key officers up-to-date.
- Ensure working practices are safe and comply with legislation.
- Meet with EHO inspectors and local authority officials and follow up on any issues raised.
- Record incidents and accidents and ensure RIDDOR is followed.
- Manage specialist areas, e.g. fire regulations, asbestos, hazardous substances, safeguarding machinery, food safety, and vehicles.
- Keep up to date with new legislation and maintain policies of all Health and Safety Executive (HSE) legislation and Food Safety and any developments that will affect store operations. Update and maintain policies.
- Ensure stores have all the relevant licenses in place and keep updated.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as required to meet the needs of the business.
Referrals
If you know anyone who may be suitable for the above role, feel free to get in contact with the Mandarin Recruitment team. We will ensure a healthy referral bonus.
About Us
Mandarin Recruitment is a service that helps UK and China businesses & organizations find and source high-quality Mandarin-speaking professionals. We have unparalleled and exclusive channels to the Chinese-speaking market, allowing us to be the leading organization for specialist Mandarin recruitment.
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