Product Safety and Compliance Specialist (f/m/x)

Product Safety and Compliance Specialist (f/m/x)

The Opportunity

As a Product Safety and Compliance Specialist at woom, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and quality of our products for our young customers. You will be part of a dedicated and goal-oriented team that values mutual support and a positive employee experience. At woom, we offer a flexible working environment, opportunities for growth, and tasks that allow you to be yourself.

Your Mission

• Conduct thorough research and effectively communicate safety and compliance requirements related to our bicycle products, product categories, and expanding sales regions to ensure comprehensive understanding and adherence.
• Play an active role in product development projects, ensuring that safety and regulatory requirements are identified, communicated, and met throughout the entire process, resulting in globally compliant bicycle products.
• Initiate Product Compliance Risk Assessments to identify and quantify potential safety and compliance risks, and develop robust mitigation plans to proactively address them.
• Ensure full compliance with all aspects of product safety and compliance requirements, including labeling, packaging artwork, instruction booklets, and other relevant factors.
• Maintain comprehensive records to support safety and compliance efforts, including documentation of testing, certifications, and other relevant information, creating an audit-ready compliance record.
• Assist in cost-saving initiatives and continuous improvement projects, proactively seeking opportunities to enhance product safety and compliance while maintaining efficiency.
• Plan and execute market-specific product testing, ensuring that testing is conducted as required and that all necessary compliance documentation is accurately maintained.
• Stay abreast of changes in regulations and standards, actively monitoring updates and recommending actions to ensure ongoing compliance of active products.
• Provide support in the investigation and problem-solving processes for safety or compliance issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Contribute to the development of policies and processes that promote safety and compliance, actively participating in their creation and ensuring their effective implementation.
• Provide clear direction and establish timelines to transition product assurance from a reactive position to a proactive one, taking a preventative approach to safety and compliance issues.
• Establish robust documentation of processes, procedures, and test reports, implementing systems to effectively maintain and manage such documentation, creating a defensive record of compliance activities.

Your Skills

• University degree
• At least 3 years of experience in Product Compliance
• Solid knowledge of applicable EU norms, Canada and US is a plus
• A team player with a strong analytical mind
• Very good German and English skills (both written and spoken), as our daily work is bilingual
• Valid work permit for Austria

Who we are

Our sustainable and lightweight bikes have won awards and created a loyal customer base all over the world! We are an international, multicultural team with more than 15 nationalities. With over 170 employees it can be difficult to maintain the startup atmosphere, so we place a lot of emphasis on a friendly working atmosphere and extensive onboarding.
For this position, we offer you a gross monthly salary starting at EUR 4.000 on a full-time basis. Of course, we take into account your individual qualifications and experience and are willing to pay an appropriate overpayment. We will be happy to discuss details in person.

We focus on diversity and celebrate it. Equal opportunities for everyone and an anti-discriminatory personnel policy are particularly important to us.