Regulatory Manager (Hiring Immediately)

Job Title Regulatory Manager

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Compliance/Audit

Closing Date

27 April 2026

The regulation manager is responsible for providing advice to the business on all aspects of food and NEG product labelling including those sourced via Direct Import and Licenced, and in some cases may also require project work on branded lines. This is to ensure that all Asda own brand food and NEG products, however they are sold across the estate, are legally compliant.

You will lead and execute the specifications management process to support 100% accuracy in relation to legislation, product incidents/traceability and policy by ensuring that due diligence requirements are always met through the correct training, system development (working with the Hive team), supplier training, internal auditing and reporting.

Find your role -

• Be a key decision maker on all legal labelling issues that arise within the business, acting as a point of reference for marketing, trading, Asda brand, and online
• Manage the compliance of own label specifications ensuring plans in place to address any non-conformance.
• Maintain close links with Planning, Process, Systems team to ensure alignment on improving process and quality performance relating to legal labelling.
• Working with food safety & regulation team (and as required the legal & compliance team) on mitigation in relation to serious legal / enforcement challenge, as well as customer complaints, involving the corporate affairs team as required.
• Working with external bodies/government/NGOs to influence the development and implementation of new & emerging legislation (within this area of responsibility) identifying risks and benefits for the business and putting in place mitigations and leading the development of effective business implementation.
• Working with Own Brand to ensure that any brand guidelines are in line with legal labelling policy.
• Review legislation and translate into clear policy that can be simply executed in the business.
• Drive and support internal ASDAs Stakeholders (and suppliers, as required) to ensure they have the skills and training to deliver the required level of specification knowledge (PMs and TMs).
• To ensure that all Pigs and Pentics comply with the correct legal labelling policy.

• Controlling will for outsource service provider ensuring statement of requirements (SOR) are met.

• Support incident management framework to ensure trading law standards are maintained.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus

• Company pension up to 7% matched

• Company Car allowance of £5,700

• 15% colleague discount in store and online

• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.

• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated

• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves