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Gas Engineer Gas Installation Engineer | Leicester, Loughborough, Derbyshire What We Offer • £32,284.35 base salary with expected earnings up to £45K, • Full-Time, Permanent Contract, • Annual Pay Review & Profit Share Scheme, • Fully Costed Van & Fuel Card (EV options with free home install), • Renewables Upskill Potential, • Employee Energy... ZIPC1_UKTJ

Role Overview This senior role is responsible for leading group-wide product compliance, factory auditing, and quality assurance across Sanderson Design Group’s brands and manufacturing partners. The role ensures that all products, materials, and manufacturing processes meet customer-specific compliance requirements, current and emerging legislation, and technical, ethical, environmental, and social standards. With a strong background in textiles or consumer products, the role will manage technical, ethical, and sustainability audits, oversee product quality compliance, and ensure robust systems are in place to monitor legislative change and evolving industry standards. Sustainability knowledge and compliance-led operational experience are central to this position. About Us Sanderson Design Group plc is a luxury interior design house with over 165 years of heritage. Home to six iconic brands—Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin, Zoffany, Clarke & Clarke, and Scion—our portfolio includes fabric, wallpaper, and paint, supported by manufacturing at Anstey and Standfast & Barracks. We work with a global supply base and international customers, requiring the highest standards of product compliance, ethical sourcing, quality assurance, and sustainability leadership. Key Responsibilities: Product Compliance & Legislative Management • Ensure all products comply with UK, EU, and international regulations, including chemical, material, labelling, and safety requirements., • Monitor, interpret, and implement new and existing legislation, ensuring proactive compliance across all brands and sites., • Maintain up-to-date product compliance documentation, technical files, and declarations., • Act as the subject matter expert for customer-required compliance standards and retailer codes of practice. Factory & Audit Management (Technical, Ethical, Environmental & Social) • Lead and manage technical, ethical, environmental, and social audits across owned sites and external suppliers., • Oversee audit programmes including SEDEX/SMETA, ISO, FSC, PEFC, OEKO-TEX, GOTS, and customer-specific audits., • Drive audit readiness, corrective action plans, and continuous improvement to minimise non-conformances., • Ensure consistent audit standards and systems across multiple sites and suppliers. Quality & Technical Operations • Own and continuously improve quality management systems with a strong focus on product quality compliance., • Ensure compliance throughout the product lifecycle—from raw material sourcing to finished product release., • Work closely with product development, sourcing, and manufacturing teams to embed compliance and quality at design stage., • Provide technical guidance and training on compliance, quality standards, and best practice. Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing • Embed compliance-led sustainability practices across products and supply chains., • Ensure alignment with environmental, social, and ethical standards, including ESG expectations., • Support responsible material sourcing, traceability, and certification management., • Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure ethical and sustainable operations. Stakeholder & Customer Engagement • Act as the primary contact for customers, auditors, and suppliers on compliance, audits, and sustainability matters., • Support commercial teams by providing assurance on compliance credentials and audit outcomes., • Deliver clear training and communication to internal teams on compliance obligations and legislative changes. Measures of Success • Full compliance with applicable product, environmental, and social legislation., • Successful completion of customer, technical, and ethical audits with minimal non-conformances., • Strong customer confidence in product compliance and ethical standards., • Effective implementation of new legislation with no disruption to product supply. Qualifications • Degree in Textiles, Product Technology, Environmental Science, Compliance, Engineering, or related discipline., • Professional experience within the textiles, interiors, or consumer products industry., • Certifications or experience with FSC, PEFC, OEKO-TEX, GOTS, SEDEX/SMETA, ISO 9001, and related standards. Skills & Experience • Proven experience in product compliance and quality assurance within a regulated product environment., • Strong background in factory auditing, including technical, ethical, environmental, and social compliance., • Demonstrated experience managing customer-specific compliance requirements., • Deep understanding of textile materials, manufacturing processes, and supply chains., • Strong working knowledge of sustainability, responsible sourcing, and ESG-related compliance., • Ability to stay ahead of legislative and regulatory change and translate requirements into practical action. Key Competencies • Product & Regulatory Compliance, • Factory & Supplier Auditing, • Quality & Technical Governance, • Sustainability & Ethical Standards, • Stakeholder & Customer Management, • Continuous Improvement & Risk Management If you are passionate about product compliance, ethical standards, and sustainable quality within the textiles industry, this role offers real influence and impact.

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Procurement ManagerPermanent Full Time Leek WoottonGrade I (£58,431.00 - £62,195.00)Those on the redeployment register will be given prior consideration.The main purpose of the role is to develop procurement strategies for designated business areas and provide business managers with procurement advice, enabling them to derive maximum commercial value from operational spend.Main Responsibilities:Provide specialist procurement input to business cases, with due regard to full life costing, financial benefit over risk, flexibility, benefit through business re-engineering, enablers/barriers, longer term demand requirement and expected market development etc.Support business transformation, by considering options and alternatives including innovative solutions to deliver value for money, social value and high quality of goods and services.Gather market and commercial intelligence in order to understand demand and supply chain capabilities and develop appropriate contract category strategies.Enforce the Scheme of Governance and Finance and Contract Regulations and provide expert professional advice to stakeholders in all areas of procurement.Establish/implement appropriate routes to market, ensuring competition, collaboration (wherever possible), , and innovation, compliant to UK procurement legislation.Use effective procurement practice to deliver value for money and ensure procurement projects are planned effectively, delivering to time, quality and cost. To ensure that procurement related risks are identified and relevant mitigations in place are in place that minimise the Force’s exposure to risk and uncertainty.Support greater understanding of procurement practice and regulations across the stakeholder base including delivering training and awareness sessions, and development of contract and commercial management skills within customer teams.To prepare and execute contract documentation, negotiate with suppliers, identify contractual risks and seeking legal advice where required.To provide strategic support to implementation/contract managers, during the mobilisation of new contract arrangements and ongoing strategic performance reviews, with the emphasis on partnership and added value.To support contract management activities including attendance at contract meetings, monitoring of key performance indicators and execution of contract variations.To engage with and contribute to national groups and forums including BlueLight Commercial and Crown Commercial Services as relevant to the category areas.To raise the profile of Contracts & Procurement, by taking a proactive and supportive role with services focusing on early engagement and contribute to the wider objectives of the Directorate by improving its effectiveness and extending its influence and ability to add value.To undertake other duties commensurate with the nature, level of responsibility and grading of this post, as required.Person Specification:Knowledge:Qualifications:Candidates must be:A Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS)ORWorking towards membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply - At least level 5 diploma qualified.ORHave a Relevant degree (e.g. Logistics, Procurement, Supply Chain)Candidates must have knowledge of UK Public sector procurement law.Experience:Significant public sector procurement experienceExperience of business transformation principles including a working knowledge of how strategic procurement activity can support change and effectively realise benefitsSubstantial and relevant experience of operating at senior manager level and influencing decision makingProven experience of managing procurement projects within a category areaA track record of providing a high quality, customer focused procurement serviceProven experience of managing challenging stakeholders and situations and resolving contractual performance issues and disputesExperience of driving commerciality within public service delivery modelsKey Skills:Proven ability to build effective working relationships at all levels of the organisationAbility to interpret and extrapolate procurement data and present in a clear, well-structured way that can be easily understood by non-procurement colleaguesAbility to look wider than the procurement implications of business decisions and identify and assess the wider strategic impactsStrong planning and organisational skillsExcellent and effective interpersonal skillsHigh level of communication, negotiation and influencing skillsThe Contracts & Procurement Team work to a category management structure. This role is expected to focus on contracts in the areas of Facilities Management, Estates Projects, Estates Professional Services, Utilities and Fleet purchase and maintenance.We offer a flexible working, with team members able to work from home up to 50% of the time.

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