Compliance Governance
- Own and maintain the Ireland Compliance Framework.
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- 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.
- 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.
