Danish Crown

Compliance Senior Specialist

Danish Crown  •  £44k/yr  •  Onsite  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Site Compliance Senior Specialist | Bugle

Drive the standards of quality, safety, and authenticity as a pivotal leader on our high-performing Bugle site, ensuring total food compliance while developing a talented Quality Assurance team.

What you will be doing

As the Site Compliance Senior Specialist reporting to the Site Technical Manager, you will maintain and elevate our exceptional site standards, balancing hands-on factory floor engagement with strategic office-based compliance management.

  • Lead & Develop the QA Team Effectively manage daily operations, recruitment, holiday schedules, and weekly meetings for the Quality Assurance department.
  • Ensure Site Compliance & Legality Manage the QMS, maintain the internal audit schedule, lead root cause investigations, and deputise for the Site Technical Manager to ensure total food safety and product authenticity.
  • Control NPD & EPD Processes Oversee product recipe alterations, generate activity sheets, manage internal packing and processing specifications across BWI and SAP systems, and ensure a seamless transition from development to production.
  • Drive Continuous Improvement: Partner with the leadership team within the QEHS & Sustainability business unit on operational projects, track technical KPIs, and uphold our site's prestigious accreditations.

What you will bring

We are looking for a dedicated technical professional who pairs deep food safety knowledge with a collaborative leadership style. You will be a champion for cultural change, ensuring our operating systems are strictly adhered to while building strong cross-functional relationships.

  • Experience A proven track record in managing a Food Safety/Technical function and leading QA teams within the food industry, alongside hands-on experience with GFSI accreditations, customer audits, and Process/Product Development (NPD/EPD).
  • Hard Skills Ideally degree-educated in Food Science, Technology, or Microbiology, backed by Level 3 HACCP and Level 3 Food Safety certifications, with strong technical proficiency in managing specification systems like SAP and BWI.
  • Soft Skills Exceptional communication and presentation skills, an adaptable leadership style capable of driving cultural change, and a proactive approach to risk assessment and collaborative problem-solving.

Why join us

Joining Danish Crown at our Bugle site means stepping into an environment of established excellence. With top-tier site accreditations including BRC AA+, Myton Food Group Green+, TFS, BMPA, and Red Tractor approval, you will have the autonomy to make a true impact on our operational success. Offering a competitive salary of circa £44000pa for a 40-hour, Monday-to-Friday schedule (with flexibility for overtime as needed), this role provides an excellent platform for career growth where your technical expertise directly shapes our compliance culture.

You will enjoy a dynamic workspace that blends office-based strategic management with active factory engagement, working alongside a supportive leadership team. This is an opportunity to stretch your capabilities, deputise for the Site Technical Manager, and lead a vital team in a business that truly values ambition, trust, and continuous improvement.

About us

Danish Crown UK is a business built on trust, teamwork and ambition. We exist to deliver food that people believe in, and we know that takes strong leadership and collaborative cultures.

Our leadership principles guide us. We act for the good of the whole organisation. We hire brilliant people and help them grow. We are ambitious, curious and open to new ideas. We build trust by accepting mistakes as part of development. We believe real leadership is earned through example, not title.

Whoever joins us will help create a workplace where people feel safe to speak up, share ideas, challenge old ways of working and stretch themselves to achieve more. If that sounds like the environment where you thrive, we would love to hear from you.

Danish Crown

About Danish Crown

The Danish Crown Group is a global food processing company and among the largest in its field. The Group is the world’s largest pork exporter and Europe’s largest pork processor. Furthermore, Danish Crown Beef is a significant player in the European beef market.

Just like the crops in the fields continuously change, Danish Crown tirelessly refine and improve how we work, from farm to fork, to ensure good, safe food for people around the world to enjoy. Our history goes back to 1887 and the Danish cooperative movement, and responsibility towards society, our employees and our owners, the farmers, is quite simply in our genes.

As a global leader in meat production, we have big obligations; not just to deliver, but to explore new opportunities. We still have a long way to go and face many challenges. But we remain committed to improving how food is produced - with respect for animals, people and the environment. In this quest, we are prepared to challenge ourselves, the industry and the market.

This journey is not ours alone, but we promise to be the leaders of change.

You will become a part of a strong culture with roots in the Danish co-operative movement, and at all levels of the organization, you will be met by an informal and direct tone.

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Randers, DK
Year Founded
1887
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