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Product Compliance Manager role based in Haslingden, Lancashire. Senior Management role working for an electronic manufacturing company Client Details Our client is a market leading manufacturing company based in Haslingden Description We are seeking a Product Compliance Manager to oversee and streamline the process of achieving and maintaining product compliance and certifications across a range of geographies, industries, and product types (covering both physical product and software / cloud services). Reporting to the Technical Director, this is a key position to ensure that our client can get products to market quickly and efficiently within a highly regulated environment. As the Product Compliance Manager your role will encompass: Facilitate ongoing product audits of the sites, as well as routine product inspections, from various approvals bodies. Ensure expiring certificates are renewed ahead of time to avoid compliance gaps. Stay involved in industry groups and standards committees relevant to the business, in order to give advance notice of any changes to compliance requirements, and to represent our interests in those groups. Create project plans for obtaining certifications on new products and services, ensuring the test, audit, and certification requirements are communicated to all stakeholders, along with expected timelines and costs, and any prerequisites for compliance. Work with the wider R&D / Engineering team to create test samples suitable for testing by approvals bodies. Educate the R&D / Engineering team on updates to standards and new test requirements. Support the Quality and H&S teams with their ongoing efforts to improve quality and safety within the business. Work with the Quality / Test teams to ensure the right products are tested in the right way during internal product auditing. Continuously strive for ways to improve the operation of the Compliance department, be that through increased use of technology (where appropriate), better ways to communicate, alternative suppliers or approvals bodies, or any other areas that can be improved, and work with the Quality and Production teams to improve operational processes such as labelling etc Profile YOU WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT COMPLIANCE OR DEVELOPEMNT MANAGER WITHIN THE ELECTONICS SECTOR WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPERTISE. Technical Expertise: A degree OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE in a relevant engineering field, as well as detailed knowledge of relevant regulations (e.g. CE and UKCA marking, etc.) and testing (e.g. EMC and RF testing, environmental testing, safety testing, etc.), an understanding of the process of certification (e.g. test, paperwork, audits, etc.), and a thorough understanding of the obligations of the manufacturer (and other economic operators in the supply chain) in all scenarios. Communication: The ability to translate very technical regulations and standards into concise and pertinent points that can be disseminated to a wide team, as well as being able to professionally communicate with external stakeholders (both suppliers and customers). Leadership: The capability to lead teams of people and to delegate responsibilities in a reasoned manner to ensure projects are completed efficiently and promptly, while balancing workloads and matching tasks to skills. Resilience and Decisiveness: As an important gatekeeper in new product introductions or product change processes, the ability to work well under pressure and to make challenging business decisions based on robust evidence is essential. The following additional skills would be beneficial: Industry Experience: A proven track experience in the fire and/or security sector, or in a similarly regulated industry where similarities can be demonstrated, and skills and knowledge would be easily transferable. Experience with industry-specific certifications such as INCERT or VdS would be beneficial. Digital Skills: Confidence in using the full Microsoft Office package, good knowledge of VBA and SQL scripting, experience using PowerBI, and experience in using DesignDataManager would all be useful. Job Offer £60,000 plus benefits
Description We are looking for an ambitious, highly motivated and passionate Junior Product Developer to join our in-house "Own Brand" Design Centre team at Footasylum. We are home to multiple brands across men's, women's, kid's and accessories. This Role gives great opportunity to the right candidate to work on Footasylum's "own brands" such as Zavetti Canada, KWD, Alessandro Zavetti and many more. T he Team We are a rapidly growing team of diverse talented individuals with a passion for all things fashion. Our aim is to help create an environment where you can achieve, progress and develop. You will be supported in your journey, and we will celebrate your progression with you. The Product Development Team functions as a part of the larger Design Centre and we work extremely closely with Apparel Design, Buying and Merchandising. About You The successful candidate should have a minimum of 1-2 years previous experience within the Highstreet Fashion Industry working across Mens, Ladies, Juniors and accessories. This role is office based but you will be required to travel to our warehouse to undertake QC checks. You must have excellent organisation skills to aid with general day to day responsibilities such as including organising samples, archiving old samples & creating/removing submission files. You should be self-motivated and have good time management with the ability to adapt and work to tight deadlines and delivers results within specified time frames A pro-active approach and being able to show initiative are essential. A positive attitude to aid great working relationships with colleagues. Responsibilities Working to a critical path to ensure that the development process is smooth and that the ex-factory dates are maintained. Liaising with factories to chase in lab dips, strike offs, samples etc. and checking submissions alongside senior members of the team. Assist and learning with product developer's guidance and ensuring that the products follow all safety standards and meet minimum requirements on testing. Understand grade rules across all categories. Visit the warehouse regularly to undertake QC checks. Assist with measuring & sending comments on own brand samples across men's, women's, juniors and accessories. QC bulk production and feedback to factories, responsible for keeping QC log up to date by liaising with all relevant teams. Responsible for creating AQL inspection sheets and measurement sheets for 3rd party inspections (EKOL) and updating master AQL sheets for factories. Responsible for ensuring all photo samples and SMS are arranged when needed and logged correctly. Send parcels with trims/ submissions/samples to factories for the team. Why Footasylum? We are one of the leading omni-channel retailers across the UK, but more than that we are a brilliant place to work. We value you and your development. We have loads of examples of people moving upwards, across to other departments and given training to excel their personal and professional skills. Our aim to create a fun environment, where your success is paramount to ours and you are given the right tools, support and platform to achieve your goals. Diversity We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are building products and services. We know that this will help us build useful and accessible things which our customers will love. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about designing happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences. Recruitment Process We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we'll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we're a good fit for you. We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you.