Regulatory Manager

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GENERAL SUMMARY:

  • Provide leadership for the Regulatory team and the organization on regulatory matters.
  • Ensure Sun Gro is adhering to all applicable regulations in U.S., Canada, Mexico, current countries we ship to and any potential new markets.
  • Oversee the regulatory collaboration with Sun Gro R&D, Marketing, Sales, Technical, Operation/Quality, and Supply Chain teams
  • Interface with required parties to drive the company regulatory strategy

 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

  • Provide appropriate leadership for the Regulatory team to ensure effective operation and function of routine tasks and objectives of the team
  • Provide regulatory insights for new product development and product improvement projects e.g.
  • Evaluate new vendor qualification process with Sun Gro cross-functional teams such as Prop65, OMRI listings, registration status, etc.
  • Establish/support product development timelines through Stage & Gate processes
  • Label development/updates
  • Manage and support site level print & apply and other label applications
  • Manage registration/renewals and tonnage reporting via team processes for all product labels. Point person for developing a process for new and discontinued products to ensure registration is current and up to date
  • Complete/manage and maintain product registration database
  • Lead management of organic program registration and requirements for state and Canada regulatory agencies such as CDFA (OIM), NOP/COR (US/CDN), OMRI, etc.
  • Manage/support all required processes/documents by USDA and CFIA Veterinary Certification program
  • Coordinate with Stage & Gate Process/Team:
  • Regulatory review and approval of all label (package) text for all retail & professional products
  • Technical aspects of state and federal registration of all products, retail and professional.
  • Manage and maintain Mulch and Soil Council certification program
  • Manage required grow tests for regulatory compliance or registration
  • Coordinate with Quality/Technical:
  • Prop65, CFIA, OMRI, OIM, NOP/COR, USDA
  • Project Management
  • Coordinate with cross-disciplinary team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.
  • Meet with project team members to identify and resolve issues.
  • Submit project deliverables and ensure that they adhere to regulatory standards.
  • Prepare status reports by gathering, analyzing and summarizing relevant information.
  • Establish effective project communication plans and ensuring their execution.
  • Facilitate change requests to ensure that all parties are aware of the impact on schedules and budget.
  • Conduct post project evaluations identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

  • Effective team leadership
  • Good public speaking skills – effective presentation skills a must.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Strong communication skills to represent Sun Gro and to negotiate with regulators and government sectors.
  • Strong computer skills, specific proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, digital photograph, Internet and email.
  • Strong, fact based decision making skills
  • Excellent mentoring and development skills
  • Strong business process orientation
  • Understanding of R&D, Marketing, Sales, Operation, Quality, Technical and Supply Chain functions and their interactions
  • Flexibility and adaptability.
  • Ability to establish and follow plans
  • Skilled change champion
  • Strong execution skills

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Minimum BS in related field.
  • Strong network with state regulatory agencies including AAPFCO, CFIA, and OMRI knowledge is preferred.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally (primarily Canada) (4 – 6 weeks per year or about 10%)
  • Ability to work remotely in a home office setting, sitting and using office equipment, primarily telephone and computers (50/50), for extended periods of time each day:
  • On calls 30-50% per work day
  • On computer tasks 30-50% per work day
  • Ability take and maintain notes and information for reference sharing
  • Respond to inquiries from internal and external customers in a timely manner (typically with 24 hours of initial inquiry)
  • We are an equal opportunity employer.

Skillset

Production Management

Locations

Vassar

Job Type

Full-Time

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