A well-established and highly respected fresh produce business supplying leading UK retailers is seeking a Technical Compliance Coordinator to join its growing Compliance & Sustainability function.
This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-driven technical professional to take ownership of compliance administration and sustainability reporting across a diverse global supply base. The role plays a key part in maintaining food safety, ethical due diligence and environmental performance standards across multiple product categories and geographies.
The Role
As Technical Compliance Coordinator, you will support and manage due diligence processes, supplier approvals, chemical surveillance monitoring and sustainability data reporting. You will work closely with suppliers and internal teams to ensure accurate, timely and robust compliance management aligned to customer expectations.Key Responsibilities
- Liaise with suppliers to collate, review and maintain accurate due diligence documentation across internal and customer platforms.
- Complete supplier approval processes on customer compliance systems.
- Conduct supplier risk assessments and ensure appropriate monitoring throughout supply periods.
- Monitor and report on due diligence compliance, flagging risks and escalating where necessary.
- Manage daily chemical surveillance testing schedules for supplier arrivals.
- Perform supplier recall and traceability exercises to verify system robustness.
- Maintain and update approved supplier lists across internal and customer systems.
- Collate, review and trend supplier environmental data including food waste, carbon emissions, water usage and sustainable farming certifications.
- Support continuous improvement in compliance and sustainability reporting processes.
About You
- Degree educated, ideally in Food Science, Environmental Management, Environmental Science or another relevant scientific discipline.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI, with confidence managing large datasets.
- Experience managing or acting as a super user of online compliance platforms.
- Highly organised with strong project coordination capability.
- Exceptional attention to detail and analytical mindset.
- Able to work autonomously while collaborating effectively across technical, procurement and commercial teams.
- Deadline-focused with a proactive and structured approach to workload management.
Why Apply?
This role offers the opportunity to work within a progressive, sustainability-led fresh produce business where compliance and responsible sourcing are central to operations. You will gain broad exposure across global suppliers and major UK retail requirements, building valuable technical and sustainability expertise.
If you are passionate about food safety, data integrity and environmental reporting, we would welcome your application.
