Compliance Manager - Food Supplements in Ringmer

This isn’t a compliance role where you’ll simply review labels, maintain documents and hand everything over once a product reaches production. We’re looking for someone who understands what happens next. You’ll take ownership of compliance across the full product lifecycle for a growing premium nutrition brand, from ingredients, formulations and claims through to suppliers, manufacturing, quality systems and international markets. It’s a broad and influential position for someone who can make confident technical decisions, challenge where needed and translate regulatory requirements into practical action across the business.

The role

• Operational and manufacturing compliance after product specifications have been approved
• Reviewing and approving suppliers against quality and compliance standards
• Ingredient, formulation, claims, labelling and artwork compliance
• Product technical files, specifications, testing and traceability
• Quality management systems, SOPs and internal auditing
• Supporting and hosting external audits and certification activity
• Maintaining standards such as GMP, BRCGS, FSSC 22000 or SALSA
• Reviewing marketing content and health claims
• Managing complaints, non-conformances, corrective actions and product changes
• Customs and trade compliance, including commodity and HS codes
• UK and EU regulatory compliance
• Supporting expansion into the US market and working with FDA requirements
• Providing clear, commercially practical compliance advice to senior stakeholders

What we’re looking for

You’ll need current, hands-on compliance experience within food supplements, nutrition, food manufacturing or another closely regulated consumer product environment. More importantly, you’ll understand how compliance works within a live manufacturing and supply chain operation, not only during formulation or pre-launch NPD. You should be able to demonstrate:

• Strong operational or manufacturing compliance experience
• Direct involvement in supplier approval, vetting or auditing
• Confidence making independent, high-level compliance decisions
• A working understanding of quality systems, audits and certification standards
• Current knowledge of UK and EU food or supplement regulations
• Experience with customs, trade compliance or commodity classification
• Exposure to US/FDA requirements would be highly valuable
• Clear examples of resolving complex compliance issues in practice
• The ability to work across technical, operational and commercial teams
• Experience within vitamins, minerals, food supplements or functional nutrition would be particularly attractive.

The opportunity

You’ll be joining a purpose-led, growing business with an established product range and ambitious international plans. This is an opportunity to genuinely shape how compliance operates across the business rather than simply inherit an administrative function. You’ll have visibility, autonomy and the chance to make a noticeable impact across products, suppliers and manufacturing operations. The role will be based on-site in Lewes five days per week. If you have the technical knowledge but, just as importantly, the operational confidence to take ownership and make decisions, I’d be keen to hear from you. Apply now or contact Louis at Found Food & Drink for a confidential conversation.