Auditor Manager

🕒 August 11

🇫🇷 France – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔎 Auditor

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LRQA

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5001 - 10000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Food & Beverage • Logistics

LRQA is a newly established standalone business focusing on Business Assurance and Inspection Services, having recently transitioned under the ownership of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. With ambitious growth plans, LRQA aims to be the best partner for its customers by seeking talented individuals to enhance its operations and support its business transformation initiatives.

📋 Description

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of employed and subcontracted auditors • Structure and organise the team and manage intermediate team leaders • Conduct performance reviews, development planning, accompanied visits, and regular feedback sessions • Support auditor technical and behavioural competency development through coaching, training, mentoring, and continuous professional development • Manage team capacity, workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning • Maintain auditor qualification, authorisation, and competence management • Oversee audit programme delivery across assigned sectors and schemes • Monitor auditor utilisation, productivity, KPIs, quality indicators, and operational performance • Support technical queries, complex certification decisions, and escalations • Collaborate with Operations, Scheduling, Sales, Customer Success, and Technical Management teams • Implement changes in audit methodology, standards, accreditation requirements, and LRQA procedures • Ensure compliance with accreditation requirements, certification schemes, regulatory obligations, and LRQA management systems • Conduct accompanied visits, field reviews, report reviews, and competence assessments • Participate in internal and external accreditation assessments • Undertake authorised certification decision reviews, including approvals, suspensions, and withdrawals • Drive continuous improvement in audit quality, consistency, and operational effectiveness • Promote compliance with LRQA Health, Safety and Wellbeing requirements • Build relationships with key clients and strategic accounts • Act as an escalation point for client concerns, complaints, and certification matters • Support client retention and long-term customer satisfaction • Support business development through technical expertise, client engagement, tenders, presentations, and strategic initiatives • Represent LRQA with clients, accreditation bodies, industry associations, and external stakeholders • Maintain knowledge of industry developments, certification schemes, accreditation requirements, and market needs • Contribute to new services, technical capabilities, and market initiatives • Participate in regional and global technical discussions and share best practices • Organise auditor meetings, technical workshops, and competence development activities • Perform audits where appropriate to maintain technical competence and market credibility • Act as a technical subject matter expert and support complex audits, witness assessments, and strategic customer engagements

🎯 Requirements

• Fluent in French and English, both written and spoken • Bachelor’s degree in the relevant field of expertise (e.g. Environment, Chemistry, Energy, mechanical,…) • Significant experience in third-party certification, auditing, assurance, or conformity assessment activities • Qualified Lead Auditor in one or more recognised certification schemes • Strong understanding of accreditation requirements and certification processes • Proven experience leading technical teams, auditors, or operational professionals • Excellent coaching, leadership, and people management skills • Strong customer focus and stakeholder management capabilities • Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance • Excellent communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills • Comfortable working within an international matrix organisation • Experience managing multidisciplinary auditor teams • Experience supporting commercial growth, tenders, and strategic client development • Knowledge of multiple sectors including Aerospace & Defence, Nuclear, Manufacturing, Food, Sustainability, Information Security, or ESG services • Experience working with accreditation bodies and regulatory authorities • Previous management experience within a certification body or assurance organisation

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working arrangement combining remote working, customer visits, and occasional travel within France and internationally • Continuous professional development • Coaching, training, mentoring, and competence development activities • LRQA diversity and inclusion initiatives • Pre-employment checks handled in accordance with applicable privacy legislation