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As our Packaging Data Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our products continue to reach global markets by maintaining compliance with rapidly evolving packaging regulations and environmental legislation.\nThis is a highly influential specialist position at the intersection of regulatory compliance, sustainability, packaging, and data management. You will be responsible for monitoring global packaging legislation, maintaining the integrity of packaging compliance data, and translating complex regulatory requirements into practical business solutions.\nWorking across multiple functions including Packaging Development, Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance and Market Companies, you'll help shape our approach to changing legislation while protecting our route to market and supporting our sustainability ambitions.\nMain Responsibility\nMonitor, interpret and communicate emerging global packaging legislation, ensuring the business remains compliant with requirements across key markets including the UK, EU, USA, China, Taiwan and Singapore.\nLead legislative horizon scanning for packaging regulations and reporting obligations, identifying potential risks, opportunities and implementation requirements.\nCoordinate UK packaging compliance submissions, including Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM), Packaging Recovery Notes (PRNs) and Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT).\nSupport international markets and distributor partners with local packaging reporting requirements and compliance activities.\nMaintain robust compliance documentation, declarations and due diligence records, supporting internal and external audits and coordinating corrective actions where required.\nEnsure packaging specification systems and databases contain the required data fields to satisfy global regulatory requirements, driving continuous improvement of data standards and templates.\nDevelop reports, dashboards and reporting outputs using systems such as IFS, Power BI and packaging specification databases to support accurate statutory submissions.\nAnalyse and model the financial impact of packaging legislation, including EPR and RAM costs, supporting budget forecasting and providing advice to innovation and NPD teams throughout the Gate Process.\nBuild and maintain a global database of packaging waste reporting requirements, identifying responsible parties, compliance ownership and legislative costs by market.\nCoordinate responses to third-party requests for packaging and environmental data relating to materials and product specifications.\nDeliver training, guidance and regular communications to stakeholders across the business, promoting understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance obligations.\nRepresent William Grant & Sons with industry bodies, compliance schemes and external partners, identifying best practice and opportunities for continuous improvement.\nOur Ideal Candidate\nWe're looking for an analytical, detail-oriented professional who is passionate about compliance, sustainability and the effective use of data to drive business decisions.\nYou'll bring:\nExperience working in a packaging compliance, regulatory affairs, environmental compliance, sustainability, packaging development or data governance role.\nKnowledge of packaging legislation such as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), Packaging Waste Reporting and related environmental regulations.\nStrong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex legislation and translate requirements into practical business actions.\nExperience managing large datasets and maintaining data quality within business systems and reporting tools.\nAdvanced Excel skills and experience using reporting platforms such as Power BI, IFS or other ERP and data management systems.\nExcellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence colleagues at all levels.\nStrong project coordination skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-changing regulatory environment.\nA proactive approach to problem-solving, continuous improvement and identifying future compliance risks.\nExperience supporting audits, due diligence activities or regulatory submissions would be advantageous.\nAn interest in sustainability, circular economy principles and the evolving packaging regulatory landscape.\nWhat we can offer you\nWe offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.\nOur employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.\nPrivate Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).\nOur employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.\nOur Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. \nOur Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.\nProduct allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.\nOur Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.\nEvery employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.\nLearning resources to help you be your best self.\nAbout William Grant & Sons\nA HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS\nWilliam Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.\nWe value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.\nAt William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.\nOUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY\nOur agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.\nBuilt on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.\nWe are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.\nINCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS\nDiversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.\nWe want to make sure that all applicants are treated equally. To support this we will anonymise all applications during the screening stage. Details such as name, dates and educational establishments will only be visible to the recruitment team and hiring leader once an applicant is invited to interview, these details are hidden during the screening stage. To be able to anonymise applications they all need to be in the same format. You can upload a CV but we would also ask you to complete an application form - your CV will not be visible during screening. We hope you agree that this is good use of your time to help ensure a fair recruitment process.\nThis vacancy is being advertised directly by William Grant & Sons. 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