What are the responsibilities and job description for the Compliance Coordinator position at Our Company?
Compliance Coordinator
The Compliance Coordinator supports engagement within the business and directly with product suppliers to assure a variety of product safety, sustainability and social responsibility laws and regulations are met. Applying their operations/science/technology/engineer/math background. The Compliance Coordinator will support the business’s administration of regulatory and company polices in the rapidly evolving omnichannel retail space. This position is relied upon to ensure suppliers doing business with the company understand and comply with all federal and state product safety laws and regulations.
Job Responsibilities
• Manage the approval/rejection of test lab reports to ensure compliant products are received to DC.
• Responsible for resolving questions about company compliance policies.
• Responsible for annual updates to the Vendor Compliance Manual, including issuance, tracking, auditing, and record keeping.
• Build and maintain a working knowledge of regulations, laws and industry standards that apply to company products.
• Lead Compliance Department documentation administration and auditing, including outreach to suppliers.
• Support the Company’s 3rd party testing program.
• Support continuous surveillance of the product safety, sustainability, and social responsibility regulatory environments.
• Participation in cross-functional teams (e.g., Finance, Accounting, Logistics, Operations, etc.) to support new business opportunities to ensure regulatory requirements are met.
• From time to time, participate in industry associations and regulatory groups to gain industry knowledge and establish relationships.
Competencies
• One to five years of experience in regulatory/compliance/product development/legal/ within the retail industry. Preferred furniture industry experience. Related Compliance experience will be considered in lieu of Industry experience.
• Interest in product safety, sustainability, and social responsibility in the retail industry and supporting a dynamic Merchandising team.
• Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail, ability to plan, prioritize and manage multiple projects successfully, often with competing deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills as this position interfaces with all other functional areas of the Company and needs to respond to input from other members of management, as well as interface with sales team and external contacts.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Confidence to function as part of a broader team that sometimes may have differing opinions and perspectives.
• Strong sense of urgency, flexibility, and ability to work in a fast paced, priority changing environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and willingness to learn.
Work Environment
• Company office, with some availability to work from home.
• Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
• Travel: occasional travel (domestic as needed)
Preferred Education and Experience
• Commitment to developing their career the product safety science or regulatory professions.
• Willingness to work independently to find and develop solutions.
• Ability to work independently in administering compliance policies, structure, and tracking.
• Familiarity with 3rd party testing laboratories
Rooms To Go is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
