Packaging Compliance Specialist

At William Grant & Sons, we're passionate about creating exceptional brands enjoyed around the world. 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.

This 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.

Working 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.

Key responsibilities

Monitor, 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.

Lead legislative horizon scanning for packaging regulations and reporting obligations, identifying potential risks, opportunities and implementation requirements.

Coordinate UK packaging compliance submissions, including Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM), Packaging Recovery Notes (PRNs) and Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT).

Support international markets and distributor partners with local packaging reporting requirements and compliance activities.

Maintain robust compliance documentation, declarations and due diligence records, supporting internal and external audits and coordinating corrective actions where required.

Ensure packaging specification systems and databases contain the required data fields to satisfy global regulatory requirements, driving continuous improvement of data standards and templates.

Develop reports, dashboards and reporting outputs using systems such as IFS, Power BI and packaging specification databases to support accurate statutory submissions.

Analyse 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.

Build and maintain a global database of packaging waste reporting requirements, identifying responsible parties, compliance ownership and legislative costs by market.

Coordinate responses to third-party requests for packaging and environmental data relating to materials and product specifications.

Deliver training, guidance and regular communications to stakeholders across the business, promoting understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance obligations.

Represent William Grant & Sons with industry bodies, compliance schemes and external partners, identifying best practice and opportunities for continuous improvement.

About you

We're looking for an analytical, detail-oriented professional who is passionate about compliance, sustainability and the effective use of data to drive business decisions.

You'll bring

• Experience working in a packaging compliance, regulatory affairs, environmental compliance, sustainability, packaging development or data governance role.
• Knowledge 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.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex legislation and translate requirements into practical business actions.
• Experience managing large datasets and maintaining data quality within business systems and reporting tools.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience using reporting platforms such as Power BI, IFS or other ERP and data management systems.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence colleagues at all levels.
• Strong project coordination skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-changing regulatory environment.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving, continuous improvement and identifying future compliance risks.
• Experience supporting audits, due diligence activities or regulatory submissions would be advantageous.
• An interest in sustainability, circular economy principles and the evolving packaging regulatory landscape.

Reward and benefits

• We 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.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our 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.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our 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.
• Every 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.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.