The role
We are seeking an experienced and pragmatic Senior Food Safety and H&S Manager (Nordics) to oversee compliance, safety, and risk management across Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Based in Copenhagen, this role is responsible for translating global compliance frameworks into effective regional execution, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements while enabling operational excellence across multiple markets.
As a senior leader within the Risk, Compliance & Safety function, you will partner closely with regional operations and global stakeholders to embed a strong culture of compliance, proactively manage risk, and support sustainable business growth.
This role operates at a senior individual contributor / lead level, requiring deep subject-matter expertise, high autonomy, and strong cross-functional influence.
Key responsibilities
- Ensure full compliance with food safety, workplace safety, and regulatory requirements across Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland
- Monitor and interpret regulatory developments across Nordic markets, ensuring timely updates to policies and practices
- Act as the regional subject matter expert on compliance, safety, and regulatory matters
- Identify, assess, and mitigate operational, regulatory, and reputational risks across the Nordic region
- Support enterprise risk management frameworks and ensure consistent regional execution
- Provide clear, actionable insights to leadership on risk exposure and mitigation strategies
- Partner with country operations teams to embed compliance and safety standards into daily activities
- Ensure consistent implementation of global standards while adapting to local regulatory nuances
- Balance commercial priorities with robust compliance frameworks across diverse markets
- Lead and coordinate internal audits across Nordic markets
- Identify gaps, drive corrective actions, and ensure sustainable improvements
- Standardise and optimise compliance processes across countries to improve efficiency and scalability
- Develop and roll out regional training programmes to build compliance and safety capability
- Foster a strong, consistent culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement across all Nordic markets
- Act as a visible regional champion for compliance and safety
- Oversee supplier compliance, third-party due diligence, and product quality standards across the region
- Ensure adherence to sourcing policies and specification requirements
- Maintain accurate records of audits, incidents, and compliance activities across all markets
- Provide regular reporting to global leadership, highlighting regional risks, trends, and performance
- Serve as the primary regional point of contact for compliance, safety, data privacy, and risk-related topics
Who are you
- A strategic and commercially minded marketer who thrives at the intersection of brand thinking and hands-on execution.
- A natural relationship-builder with the credibility to influence franchisees, cross-functional teams, and senior stakeholders without direct authority.
- Someone equally comfortable in a boardroom presenting strategy and rolling up your sleeves to get things done.
- Analytically curious, you use data to guide decisions, optimise campaigns, and demonstrate impact.
- A strong communicator and collaborator who builds trust quickly across diverse cultures and time zones.
- A continuous learner with a bias toward testing, iterating, and improving.
- Energised by complexity and scale, you see a multi-market, multi-stakeholder environment as an opportunity, not an obstacle.
What you'll bring
- 5–7 years of marketing experience, ideally in FMCG or consumer goods with QSR, retail, or franchise exposure.
- A track record of executing multi-channel strategies that deliver measurable results.
- Experience in local store marketing and campaign execution.
- Comfort presenting strategy and results to senior, non-marketing stakeholders.
- Strong project management skills across multiple workstreams
- Proficiency in marketing platforms, automation, and analytics tools.
- A solid digital marketing grounding - social, email, paid media, SEO/SEM.
- Experience building franchise or multi-unit marketing toolkits.
- Confidence working across time zones and international markets.
- A bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field.
