Sustainability & Compliance Manager

Your new Company:

Häfele is an internationally trusted name supplying furniture fittings, ironmongery and hardware to the trade. We are recognised for our extensive range and quality of product as well as our expertise in the industry and excellent customer service. Häfele UK provides comprehensive customer support through our best-in-class sales and support team.

Your New Role:

As our Sustainability and Compliance Manager, you will be at the forefront of ensuring a responsibly managed supply chain that aligns with both local regulatory requirements and global group activities. You will advise and support heads of departments on all sustainability related matters, working under the newly appointed Head of Quality, Compliance and Sustainability to implement approved sustainability strategies.

This newly created role is ideal for someone eager to make a significant contribution by embedding sustainability and compliance into the core of our operations, you will be passionate about sustainability and environmental initiatives. Working with other colleagues across Group on sustainability projects and sharing best practice and implementing new processes.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership and Strategy:

• Drive sustainable initiatives and compliance across the UK business, working closely with colleagues and stakeholders to ensure these topics are top of mind and integrated into daily operations. Training members of staff on sustainability initiatives and championing it across the business.

Compliance Management:

• Develop and maintain product compliance policies, ensuring adherence to standards such as WEEE, COSHH, UKCA, RoHS and more

Sustainability Focus:

• Lead efforts to evaluate and improve our environmental footprint including energy and waste stream reduction plans

Collaboration and Reporting:

• Work with supply chain partners to ensure sustainable product sourcing, manage supply chain audits, and develop dashboards for reporting compliance and sustainability metrics

Internal and External Engagement:

• Serve as the subject matter expert, engaging with customers, suppliers, and the wider Häfele Group to benchmark and set sustainability goals

Required Skills and Experience:

• Over 5 years of relevant experience, including leadership roles in a warehouse or production environment
• Knowledge of both Social and Environmental responsibility in the supply chain.
• Knowledge of sustainability practices in a wide range of industries including electronic, metal hardware and wood products.
• Knowledge and experience in chain of custody, traceability, and regulatory for electronic, metal hardware and wood products.
• Project Management skills and a proven ability to manage complex projects and initiatives, with excellent analytical and data management skills
• Communication skills and ability to effectively translate regulatory requirements and sustainability practices across the business
• Strategic thinker and to translate plans into actionable steps, driving continuous improvement and innovation.

What the Role Offers:

• Starting Salary £50,000 - £55,000
• Annual Bonus of up to 5%
• Benefits Including
• Holiday of 23 days’ basic+ 8 bank holidays in a complete year, increasing to 28 days basic with our length of service programme
• Healthcare– Westfield Health Cashplan scheme, access to money back on dental, optical, consultation, therapy treatments and wellbeing treatments, hospital treatment insurance, Employee Assistance Programme and Life Insurance
• Discounts: Huge range of shopping and activity discounts available through Westfield Rewards
• Pension Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Stock Discounts
• Learning and Development opportunities
• 2 paid volunteering days

Working hours are 8:45am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working optional 3 days on site/2 remote. A job profile is available on request. Please send an up to date CV and cover letter to the Recruitment Team at [email protected]. A full job description is available on request. We are committed to Equal Opportunities.

Find out more about what Häfele UK on our social media channels and listen to what our colleagues have to say about our culture: https://youtu.be/HLZL27qFWJU?si=OclKv2XR9coFjLfP

Shortlisting and interviews for this role will take place whilst the advert is still live; the vacancy will be closed as soon as the successful candidate is appointed. Applicants are therefore encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible.

At Häfele UK, we’re proud to be a Living Wage accredited employer, demonstrating our commitment to fair pay and the wellbeing of our people. This means every member of our team earns a wage that meets the real cost of living – not just the government minimum – because we believe hard work deserves fair reward.