Food Commercial - Compliance Technologist

Why join us

At Sainsbury's, we provide an opportunity for dedicated professionals to join our team as Compliance Technologists, where they will play a crucial role in developing our technical standards and driving supplier compliance management. Working closely with Suppliers, Technical Managers and the Central Technical Operations team to ensure we are compliant with Sainsbury’s food safety and sourcing requirements. You will be instrumental in managing and co-ordinating the delivery of our Incident Management Procedure alongside our technical leadership team. In the technical team we work with external partners to strengthen our due diligence and drive consistency in our products, you will work closely to deliver the management and coordination of information with our partners. This role has extensive internal and external networking opportunities.

Join us and be part of a team that values technical excellence, attention to detail, and impactful decision-making, all while offering a flexible work-life balance and the opportunity to contribute to the success of one of the UK's leading retailers.

What you'll do

You will assume the responsibility for proactively managing KPI compliance with both our global supply base and external partners. You will support the coordination and delivery of the Food Technical Governance meetings, including minutes and the follow through of actions. You will support the Policy and Compliance Manager with the development of our technical management system documents and communication internally and externally. Your role will involve centrally coordinating the delivery of our incident management procedure, ensuring timely implementation of actions and escalation where necessary. You will provide admin support and specialist knowledge to the technical team.

Who you are

You are a highly skilled professional with a strong background in a compliance or technical role within the food industry. Your strong understanding of technical industry standards and manufacturing experience enables you to investigate issues, develop robust action plans and deliver technical excellence in all aspects of product compliance. Networking is a key aspect to this role, which requires excellent communication skills. You will be self-motivated and show resilience in managing constantly changing priorities.

Qualifications

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private heathcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibiity criteria may apply).

Responsibilities

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Here, everything in our stores starts out in Food Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food items available in store, digitally and on demand. You’ll discover it’s incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They’re enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves, anywhere else in the business. So, if you’re passionate about food and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.