Manager, Product Compliance

Hybrid working model with 3-4 days per week onsite in Cheltenham.

Salary up to £75k subject to skills & experience, plus a fantastic benefits package including private health care, car cash allowance and a company bonus

Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands – Mira Showers, Rada and Kohler UK - is our lifeblood. We focus on investment; investing in the best technology and resources available and investing in each and every individual. Whether you arrive at our facilities in Cheltenham, Worcester or Hull, have a visit from a Service Engineer or pick up the phone to our Customer Service team, you’ll instantly see that, no matter our department or location, we all share the same cultural values at Kohler Mira.

From day one you’re part of the Kohler Mira community – a collaborative, forward focused team with a shared pride in our work and commitment to delight our customers, develop innovative products and services and inspire our people.

But, to get to where we want to be, we are seeking a highly collaborative Manager to enhance and lead our product compliance strategies. Find out more below!

Position Summary

As a key leader in Kohler Mira’s product development organisation, you’ll leverage your individual and leadership skills to deliver product compliance across our family of brands. You’ll build and harness expertise within your team to outline new innovation requirements, while simultaneously adapting the existing portfolio to an ever-changing compliance landscape.

Responsibilities

Facilitate New Products. Partner with internal and external stakeholders to clearly define product requirements and validation needs in all markets served.

Support Existing Products. Collaborate with engineering, operations, and purchasing to organise and administer compliance of the existing product portfolio.

Mentor and Develop a Team of Associates. Focus on building a diverse and adaptable organisation where associates can achieve their full potential. Develop associates and build capability for the future.

Build Expertise and Influence. Remain up-to-date on industry and regulatory trends. Represent Kohler Mira to external networks and agencies. Influence and shape new requirements to the benefit of customers and the business. Proactively summarise relevant changes and educate the internal team.

Think Strategically. Partner with leadership to create value, prioritise improvements, and optimise processes. Translate technical information into considered business insight, obtaining understanding and buy-in.

Foster Strong Relationships. Help your team partner with Marketing, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality, and Program Management to ensure business goals are understood and achieved. Communicate clearly and professionally.

Embrace Sustainability. Identify synergies between certifications and the impact our products have on the environment. Integrate efforts with our focus on people, planet, and profit.

SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS

• Leads and manages performance and safety certifications for Kohler Mira products.
• Coordinates portfolio of approvals work. Monitors resource capacity. Prioritises and assigns projects or tasks based on business needs and associate competency.
• Negotiates with external agencies and associations to achieve clarity of requirements. Proactively works to maintain project timelines with external test houses.
• Establishes department objectives to support broader engineering and business objectives. Determines tactics and approaches to achieve objectives.
• Reviews and approves key deliverables. Assures functional results through application of appropriate knowledge, tools, and best practices.
• Initiates and/or executes continuous improvement activities to enhance our systems, tools, products, and processes in conjunction with other teams or leaders.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate across the full organisation.
• Collaborates globally to obtain necessary information and support to launch or maintain products outside the UK.
• Documents and communicates key technical updates within and outside the department.
• Conducts associate performance management reviews to establish and evaluate team progress.
• Advocates for associate development. Supports career growth and competency development through intentional assignments, training, and coaching.
• Plans and tracks expenses with external agencies. Forecasts annual budgets and actively monitors outstanding purchase orders.
• Occasionally travels to conferences, test houses, manufacturing facilities, and suppliers.
• Performs other duties as appropriate.
  
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Preferably a relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 7 years' experience within product compliance
• Exceptional leadership skills
• Preferably an awareness of relevant standards OR similar demonstrated knowledge in a different industry.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Organised and thorough.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Skilled at connecting technical knowledge to business needs.
• An awareness of the global impact of codes, standards, and regulations.
  
  
  

We can offer you a lot in return!

We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With a genuine commitment to creating better tomorrows, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.

About Us

In the UK, Kohler Mira Ltd. is made up of three market leading brands: Mira Showers, Rada Controls, and KOHLER. Where our brands differ in market position, they are equal in their commitment to design, innovation, and providing a single level of quality regardless of price.

Kohler Mira is committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse associates, consumers, partners, and global communities.

As an equal opportunities employer, it is Kohler Mira’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified people in all job classifications without prejudice. If, as an individual with a disability, you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected].

Note for Recruitment Agencies: The Kohler Talent Acquisition team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies, and where we require external support, we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to Kohler Co. without a specific request by our Talent Acquisition Team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.

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