Compliance Manager: Argos in London

Every Argos store and building needs to be safe for the colleagues and customers who use it. As our Compliance Manager, you'll make sure that happens. You'll lead the way we manage Facilities Management (FM) compliance across the estate, working with our compliance service delivery contractor and FM service providers to build a high performing safety and compliance culture. This role matters because statutory compliance work has to be scheduled and completed on time. You'll lead a team that keeps stakeholders informed from the first issue through to resolution. When a major safety incident, near miss or injury affects a site's ability to operate, you'll help drive the investigation.

What you'll be doing:

• Working closely with compliance service providers to make sure all planned preventative maintenance and remedial actions are completed, keeping our buildings safe and compliant.
• Managing the scheduling of statutory planned preventative maintenance through our computer aided FM system, making sure it's delivered within the required timeframes.
• Keeping maintenance schedules accurate and up to date, reflecting current service providers and tasks, in partnership with the wider FM team.
• Producing compliance performance data against key FM measures and reporting regularly to stakeholders.
• Presenting updates on safety and compliance performance, innovation and changes to ways of working to the right forums at the right time.
• Challenging non completion of planned maintenance and remedial actions, and holding providers to account for compliance.
• Working with the FM team to facilitate contractor investigations following safety incidents, and keeping stakeholders updated on findings and next steps.
• Partnering with Health and Safety, Procurement and the wider FM team to spot legislative changes and compliance gaps, and regularly reviewing providers so they stay fit for purpose, innovative and efficient.

What experience you'll bring (essential skills):

• Strong Facilities Management and/or compliance management experience.
• Significant stakeholder management experience, with the confidence to present to and influence senior managers, both internally and externally.
• Proven leadership skills, including the ability to manage and motivate remote teams to improve the performance of external suppliers.
• Experience working with cross functional teams and multiple service providers.
• Creative problem solving, using data analysis to inform decisions and find solutions to store compliance and safety challenges.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• A good understanding of business performance, and the ability to help the supply chain see the impact of its decisions.
• Strong attention to detail when assessing supplier performance, and the ability to represent Argos FM in compliance and safety forums while demonstrating our values and strategic thinking.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits.

Here are some of them:

• Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year.
• We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover.
• You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.
• Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare.
• We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.