Compliance Technologist

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's as a Compliance Technologist means being part of a dedicated team committed to upholding the highest standards of compliance and due diligence within the Food Commercial division. With a focus on technical excellence, continuous improvement, and effective communication, you will have the opportunity to drive compliance initiatives, manage incident procedures, and ensure the delivery of our risk-assessed approach to product assurance. By working collaboratively with our suppliers, technical managers, and external partners, you will play a key role in maintaining Sainsbury's reputation for quality and safety in the products we provide to our customers.

What you'll do

As a Compliance Technologist, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of due diligence management and ensuring compliance with Technical KPIs within the Food Commercial division. Your role will involve engaging with suppliers, Technical Managers, and the Central Technical team to drive compliance and effective incident management. You will conduct detailed investigations on compliance issues, identify root causes, and implement action plans to address them, while also supporting the coordination of external partner information for efficient risk assessment and assurance processes.

Additionally, you will play a key role in managing the Incident Management procedure, providing technical support for the Wholesale business, and contributing to the development and management of Technical documents and communication of changes both internally and externally.

Who you are

As a Compliance Technologist at Sainsbury's, you are a dedicated and detail-oriented professional with a strong background in technical compliance and due diligence management within the food industry. With a focus on driving compliance to technical requirements and KPIs, you demonstrate excellent judgement, influence, and a proactive approach to identifying root causes of compliance issues and implementing effective action plans.

Your commitment to delivering technical excellence, attention to detail, and effective communication skills enable you to support the management and coordination of critical compliance activities, ensuring the highest standards of product assurance and supplier compliance are maintained.

Essential Criteria

Proven experience in a compliance or technical role, within a retailer or supply-base environment

Degree-level qualification in a science discipline, or equivalent relevant experience

Understanding of technical and manufacturing processes, including HACCP and BRC/BRCGS

Experience of due diligence and product compliance management, with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail

Experience of managing compliance requirements and KPIs, with the ability to plan, prioritise and deliver within required timescales

Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work in a solutions-focused way and influence others

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 in Sainsbury’s Commercial. From product, proposition, packaging and price, to whether it meets our sustainability commitments or simply tastes great, our team is responsible for, all food, non- food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, online and on demand. It’s an incredibly fast-paced environment.

People here are in it together and aren’t afraid to take risks. 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 your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.

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 10% 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. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, 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 eligibility criteria may apply).