Regulatory Manager

Job description

About the role

Hello, and thank you for your interest in our Regulatory Manager position.

The critical purpose of the role is to be the business expert and lead in product regulatory compliance and trading law, for own brand products and legal sale of own brand and branded products. To be accountable for interpretation of legislation and for advice to business stakeholders. Contribution to compliance strategy for Waitrose. Lead successful implementation including training where appropriate. Creation of effective policies, ways of working and measuring compliance. To maintain a network of experts in a similar field across the business and externally. To manage 2nd and 3rd Party providers within scope of role.

At a glance:

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Salary: £57,000.00 - 84,600.00 per annum

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Contract type : This is a permanent opportunity  

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Hours and location of the role:

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35 hours per week

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Your home location will be our Bracknell Head Office

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The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The team attend the office one day a week to connect and attend key meetings on an ad-hoc basis

Key responsibilities:

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To review and interpret legislation impacting upon the safety, labelling, advertising and legal sale of Waitrose products in order to develop policy, procedures and guidance that enable Waitrose to comply with legislation effectively, supporting the Technical Department and wider Waitrose teams

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Manage and respond to legislation enquiries identifying the means for legal compliance, safe and legal trading within areas of control

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Subject matter expert (SME) for areas of responsibility, providing advice and guidance to the business as needed to maintain legal trading

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Provide a regulatory lens to ensure that business systems and wider business processes facilitate legal products and legal trading

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Act in accordance with the Partnership’s purpose and democratic principles, constructively participating in co-ownership, and demonstrating to customers and each other that it is a better way of doing business. Share your knowledge, experiences, ideas and opinion to improve the Partnership, speaking honestly and frequently

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Invest in your personal and professional development to achieve your potential, by doing more, doing better, or doing different. Continuously engage with and actively contribute to your Profession

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Take responsibility for actively engaging with change

Essential skills and/or experience you’ll need: 

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A science based or law degree

Desirable skills and/or experience you may have: 

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Further qualification in Consumer and Trading Standards

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Chartered Trading Standards Practitioner status

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Regulatory Affairs experience in a commercial setting

The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:   

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.   

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.   

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.