Corporate Regulatory Compliance Manager

American Packaging Corporation•Columbus, WI

30d

About The Position

Ensuring the safety and regulatory compliance of food contact packaging materials is a critical business requirement. The Corporate Regulatory Compliance Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining programs that establish our packaging materials are in compliance with regulations in North America, Europe, and other countries our packaging materials are sold in. By applying technical, organizational and project managerial skills, guidance will be provided to Packaging R&D, Sales, Quality, and Manufacturing teams on packaging regulatory matters.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (B.S) in Engineering, Quality, Packaging Science / Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science or Food Science.
Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in regulatory compliance for packaging materials.
Minimum 5-10 years’ technical experience in food packaging.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to organize large amounts of information.
Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with suppliers and customers.
Ability to visibly lead and make decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to create and manage processes in an ambiguous environment.
Ability to create plans and organizational alignment to resolve issues.
Ability to understand and interpret government regulations.
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
Flexibility to travel up to 10% of time.

Responsibilities

Manage internal process, governance and systems/databases to efficiently maintain regulatory compliance of packaging materials; both supplier regulatory information and communications to customers.
Respond to customer surveys and requests for regulatory information.
Collaborate with external suppliers to ensure newly developed or revised packaging materials meet regulatory requirements of targeted applications.
Proactively anticipates potential hurdles and works with sales and technical teams to resolve.
Keep abreast of key regulatory and consumer developments for packaging materials via workgroups, literature reviews and industry news. Determine business implications, communicate with cross functional stakeholders, and put action plans in place to address.
Represent APC at conferences and participation in professional association activities including industry workgroups focused on packaging and food safety.
Provide training and guidance on regulatory requirements for packaging specifications.
Manage verification testing and maintain requirements to ensure our packaging materials are safe for use as intended
Lead the process to ensure that new materials entering our facilities have been evaluated for food safety and that they are safe for their intended use.
Manage the process for other packaging based regulatory information to include Drug Master File, Sustainable Materials, End of Life Packaging Responsibilities such as EPR and PPWR, and other material certifications.