Regulatory & Compliance Manager – Hybrid Remote (Atlanta)

Under the direction of Chief Operating Officer, the incumbent is responsible for overseeing the regulatory and compliance of all products, factories, vendors, and co-packers meet requirements specified by the company, all applicable regulatory agencies, and licensors.

Candidates must reside in or around Atlanta to be considered for this role.

Key Skills Required

• Proactivity and sense of urgency will be imperative to success.
• Attention to details and dedication to getting things right.
• Strong organizational skills required.
• Maintain high level of organization, commitment to follow through, enthusiasm and motivation.
• Ability to influence – communicate clearly, concise, and compelling to gain alignment and drive action across varying audiences.

Primary Responsibilities And Essential Functions

Manages the company and product regulatory requirements, licensor requirements, food and toy industry standards, and updates.

• Conducts routine audits on the company and its partners for regulatory and compliance standards. And creates and follows through on corrective/preventive action plans.
• Routinely reports updates to management regarding conformance to regulatory and compliance requirements, and the status of plans to address non-conformances.
• Conducts federal and state reviews for food and consumer product compliance updates and legislation changes. Incorporates changes in company Marketing, R&D, Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, Sales, and Finance departments.
• Responsible for maintaining organic certification of the company and associated partners including new certifications annual internal audits of certified partners and mass balance, and document traceability audits.
• Maintains state milk registration and duty fees.
• Maintains company Environmental, Social, and Governance program.

Maintains Vendor And Copackers’ Compliance To Company Requirements.

• Ensures company partners meet specified conditions pertaining to documentation and processing of items sold to or produced by the company.
• Conducts desk audits and on-site audits of vendors and co-packers.
• Documents audit conclusions and forwards reports to appropriate individuals.
• Implements corrective and preventive action plans pertaining to nonconforming Regulatory and Compliance functions.
• Ensures CAPA’s are conducted and effective for non-conforming products and/or processes.
• Identifies non-conformances, institutes investigations, conducts root cause analyses, identifies CAPA plans, institutes CAPA plans, and follows up CAPA plans for effectiveness through verification activities.
• Maintains records of CAPA plans and forwards them to appropriate individuals.
• Conducts internal and external training to company employees, co-packers, and vendors as necessary.
• Conducts training for internal and external partners, such as updates to food safety regulations, consumer product regulations, traceability requirements, environmental, social, and governance policies.
• Documents and maintains training files, ensuring annual training is current.

Manages mock recalls, crisis management, and geographical remote teams.

• Ensures the company’s food and topper traceability programs are effective.
• Identifies an item to track all necessary individuals to complete a mock recall obtaining traceability date, analyzing the data, and identifying issues encountered during the exercise.
• Participate as a member of the company’s crisis management team and assists in managing the plan.
• Assists company remote teams, vendors, DC’s, and co-packers as necessary during non-conformance issues, processing issues, QA issues, and troubleshooting conditions to ensure company product quality and safety requirements are met.

Directs and manages employee activity, promoting an environment in which employees can thrive.

• Coaches, mentors and develops staff, including monitoring individual employee performance through use and completion of performance reviews and individual development plans.
• Fosters a spirit of teamwork and unity among department members that allows for the appreciation of diversity, as well as cohesiveness and supportiveness through use of regularly scheduled departmental meetings and leadership by example.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor of science degree with 10 years of experience in the food, toy, or regulatory industry, required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Solid decision-making skills, good oral and written communication skills, basic mathematical skills.
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is a plus but not required.

About Us

good2grow® is a children’s beverage & snack company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Our mission is to use fun to help kids consume healthier products. And our commitment to this mission has made us a high-growth innovative beverage company, with a large, diverse, and ever-growing set of retail partners. We create better-for-you drinks that give both parents and kids a smile by combining great taste with tons of fun. We partner with some of the biggest names in entertainment including Disney, Universal Studios, Nickelodeon, Hasbro and so many more to top our products with 100s of all of their favorite characters. Our line of products includes snacks, juices, flavored waters, and milks, so there’s something to make everybody smile.

Why join us?

good2grow® offers a competitive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with company match, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Short and Long Term Disability (along with salary continuation), a robust Parental Leave Policy, Life Insurance, 12 Paid Holidays, plus a generous Paid Time Off package. Through our community involvement and employee engagement initiatives, you will see that we value our employees’ experience and the community around us. At good2grow®, you will be consistently challenged, and your opportunities will only be limited by your ambition!

Our Culture

Not only are our products fun, so is our organization! We are visionaries with a growth mindset, built on trust, integrity, and collaboration. Our culture is unmatched, described by our employees as transparent, flexible, inclusive, and team oriented. Other words we’ve heard used to describe us are empowering, nurturing, relaxed, and high performing. Our goal is for every employee to feel empowered, valued, and part of the good2grow family. Our organization is dedicated to leveraging technology to make our work more efficient and to keep our remote workforce connected. We place value on not only maintaining work-life balance, but also enhancing it by encouraging a culture that understands the importance of each individual’s unique circumstances. We are an industrious organization with a penchant for fun!
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