Compliance & Risk Manager

What You Can Expect:

Compliance Governance

• Own and maintain the Ireland Compliance Framework.
• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, standards, and governance controls.
• Provide compliance and interpretation to management and operational teams.
• Monitor regulatory changes and support implementation across the organisation.
• Compliance requirements are clearly defined, communicated, implemented, and consistently applied across all locations and business units.

Integrated Management System (IMS) Governance

• Own and govern the Integrated Management System (IMS) across Ireland, including Compliance, Risk Management, Audit & Assurance, CAPA, Document Control, Management Reviews, ISO certification management, and regulatory compliance processes, supported through the Q-Pulse platform.
• Govern Quality, Compliance, Risk, Audit, CAPA, and Management Review processes.
• Act as Ireland Q-Pulse governance owner and key user.
• Ensure effective document control and management system governance.
• Coordinate Management Reviews and ensure follow-up actions are completed.
• Support standardisation of governance processes across all locations.
• The Integrated Management System remains effective, controlled, standardised, audit-ready, and aligned with business objectives.

Audit & Compliance Assurance

• Develop and manage the annual audit programme.
• Define audit standards, methodologies, and governance requirements.
• Coordinate internal, customer, certification, and external audits.
• Monitor audit findings and corrective actions.
• Verify implementation and effectiveness of actions arising from audits and compliance reviews.
• Audit programmes are delivered effectively, compliance risks are identified early, and corrective actions are implemented and sustained.

ISO & Certification Management

• Support business units in maintaining compliance with ISO and certification requirements and coordinate certification activities across Ireland.
• Coordinate certification audits and surveillance visits.
• Act as primary contact with certification bodies and external auditors.
• Ensure all industry-specific requirements are maintained where applicable.
• Drive continuous audit readiness across all locations.
• Certification requirements are maintained, audit readiness is sustained, and regulatory expectations are consistently met.

Risk Management

• Develop and maintain the Ireland Risk Management Framework.
• Facilitate risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring.
• Maintain enterprise and operational risk registers.
• Support business continuity and resilience planning.
• Escalate significant compliance and operational risks to leadership.
• Business risks are identified, evaluated, managed, and proactively mitigated to support sustainable business performance.

CAPA Governance

• Govern the Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) framework.
• Ensure actions are assigned, monitored, escalated, and closed effectively.
• Verify effectiveness of implemented actions.
• Analyse recurring audit, compliance, and regulatory trends.
• Escalate overdue or ineffective actions.
• Corrective actions are effectively managed, root causes are addressed, and recurring issues are reduced.

Compliance Performance & Reporting

• Develop and maintain compliance KPIs and reporting.
• Ensure Management Review processes are completed effectively, and actions are tracked to closure.
• Provide trend analysis and governance reporting.
• Coordinate and support customer audits, regulatory inspections, and compliance reviews, ensuring findings, observations, and corrective actions are effectively tracked and closed.
• Monitor compliance performance across all business units.
• Management receives clear visibility of compliance performance, risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.

What You Bring:

• Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks, governance systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with ISO standards, audits, and certification programmes.
• Experience with Risk Management frameworks and governance processes.
• Experience with Quality Management Systems (Q-Pulse preferred).
• Understanding of logistics, transport, supply chain environments.
• Experience working within multi-site operations.
• Knowledge of GDP requirements would be advantageous.
• Experience in compliance governance, risk management, or regulatory environments.