Safe & Legal Auditor

About The Role

We are looking for a Retail Supermarket Safe & Legal Auditor to join our diverse team. The successful candidate will ensure our store’s operational compliance through the Safe & Legal audit programme, ensuring the company is protected from reputational risk and enforcement action (latter may incur unlimited fines and removal of licences to operate).

The ideal candidate will live centrally to the audit allocation areas listed here & have good access to them all. Norwich, Cambridgeshire, Essex, London, Kent, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Surrey.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter who travels to a different store each day to conduct the full Safe & Legal audit, they’ll liaise with the Regional Compliance Managers & support their agenda to drive improvements.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Conduct Technical Safe and Legal Audits in accordance with the Audit Protocol to identify stores’ risk rating and communicate findings and remedial Action Plans to store and Regional Management
• Conduct primary and re-Audits within agreed frequency and timescales
• Active member of the audit consistency programme.
• Provide support to Training stores, to ensure they trade safely and legally through delivering proactive and reactive training/coaching of applicable company policies and procedures. Deliver centres of excellence for our new Managers to train in.
• Build strong relationships with the retail management teams.
• Work in partnership with Regional Compliance Managers to ensure that serious hazards are addressed
• Where capacity permits & there is a need to conduct investigations, follow ups, support visits as required on an adhoc basis. Note. The primary role is auditing.
• Ensuring own competence is maintained and developed
• Provide stores and sites with coaching and guidance on correct and efficient implementation of safe and legal policies and procedures to assist them to operate and trade safely and legally
• Audit programme planned and delivered to minimise travel and other costs
• Maintains own expenditure within agreed budgetary limits
• Conduct Fire Risk Assessments to support Regional Compliance Managers (full training will be provided)
• Attend & participate in team meetings and updates.
• Deliver an annual project to drive performance improvements in Retail.

About You

We’ve built an incredibly diverse business, and we’re working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn and connect with lots of different views, perspectives and beliefs. For this role, we’re looking for someone who has:

• Expert knowledge of Supermarket safe and legal systems acquired through their practical application
• Experience of carrying out audits of medium/high complexity
• Familiar with the retail environment with proven ability to assimilate complex operational procedures
• Lead Auditor or other recognised audit qualification (desirable, training will be provided)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a high level of attention to detail
• High integrity & morals you are driven to do the right thing
• Ability to present information in a clear, concise manner.
• The ability to influence, engage and communicate with people at all levels
• Assertive, with an ability to remain positive and maintain high professional standards under pressure
• Self-motivated, with excellent time management and prioritisation
• The ability to champion the customer and retain a customer focus whilst keeping compliance at the forefront

About The Team

We're passionate about providing quality, value and freshness from farm to fork.

Putting our customers and colleagues first, our teams champion safety, quality, legality and integrity across every aspect of our business. We keep a close eye on everything to provide products and services our customers, stakeholders and communities can trust.

Caring about our customers and colleagues, we build our brand and put new ideas into action on Market Street. We audit stores and manage any incidents. We consult with government and agencies on new developments. We keep everyone safe and make sure everything is legal and top-notch quality from our logistics and manufacturing sites to our stores, suppliers and own-brand products.

About The Company

Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.

Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.

We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.

Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…

Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;

• 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family members (subject to fair usage)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Company pension contributions
• Perks with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave