{"id":2584,"date":"2026-09-07T15:57:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.rubiconpeople.co.uk\/?job_listing=quality-product-standard-manager"},"modified":"2026-09-07T15:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T15:57:44","slug":"quality-product-standard-manager","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.rubiconpeople.co.uk\/?job_listing=quality-product-standard-manager","title":{"rendered":"Quality &amp; Product Standard Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quality &amp; Product Standards Manager &#8211; Bournemouth &#8211; Up to &pound;40,000 per annum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You&#8217;ll take ownership of product safety and supplier compliance for a well-established specialist retailer in Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Every audit, every supplier relationship, every piece of data feeds into decisions that genuinely matter to customers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This is a role built for someone who wants to bring structure and rigour to a growing compliance function, not just maintain it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>As a Quality and Product Standards Manager, you will benefit from:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Hybrid working, 3 days in the office and 2 from home, with flexible start and finish times around core hours<\/li>\n<li>A dog-friendly office<\/li>\n<li>33 days&#8217; holiday including bank holidays (pro rata), plus your birthday off<\/li>\n<li>4% matched pension contribution<\/li>\n<li>40% staff discount<\/li>\n<li>Life insurance option and gym membership<\/li>\n<li>Paid volunteer day and charity involvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>As a Quality and Product Standards Manager, your responsibilities will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Define and lead the strategy for QAQC processes and supplier compliance programmes across all product categories<\/li>\n<li>Manage supplier audit programmes, including ethical audits such as <strong>SEDEX<\/strong>\/<strong>SMETA<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Support product safety and recall processes, working closely with Trading Standards<\/li>\n<li>Analyse quality, complaint and audit data to identify trends and prioritise risk<\/li>\n<li>Build strong working relationships with suppliers, test laboratories and internal stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Drive continuous improvement in compliance processes and reporting frameworks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>As a Quality and Product Standards Manager, your experience will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Strong background in QAQC or product compliance within <strong>retail<\/strong>, <strong>sourcing<\/strong>, or <strong>manufacturing<\/strong> environments<\/li>\n<li>Proven experience managing supplier compliance and ethical audit programmes<\/li>\n<li>Highly analytical approach, confident interpreting data and assessing risk<\/li>\n<li>Clear, confident communicator, able to translate technical detail into practical guidance<\/li>\n<li>Experience developing or maintaining quality systems and reporting frameworks<\/li>\n<li>Willingness to learn is valued as highly as existing product knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you&#8217;re looking for a role where you can bring order to a growing compliance function and see the direct impact of your work, this <strong>Quality and Product Standards Manager<\/strong> position in Bournemouth offers real scope to do that. 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