Regulatory & Compliance Manager

Regulatory & Compliance Manager

Rierden Chemical & Trading Co. | Libertyville, IL

Position Overview

Rierden Chemical & Trading Co. (RCT) is seeking a Regulatory & Compliance Manager to lead our regulatory, compliance, quality, certification, and continuous improvement programs. This role will work cross-functionally across Operations, Customer Excellence, Sales, Supply Chain, suppliers, warehouses, and business partners to strengthen compliance and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory & Compliance Leadership

• Lead RCT's Regulatory & Compliance team.
• Maintain and improve regulatory, quality, compliance, and product stewardship programs.
• Develop and maintain policies, SOPs, records, and compliance documentation.

Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD)

• Lead RCT's ACD Responsible Distribution program.
• Conduct internal audits and manage audit readiness.
• Coordinate corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.

FDA - Food Safety & Food Defense Program

• Administer the RCT program to ensure a thorough & robust food safety and food defense system.

Kosher Program

• Manage RCT's Kosher certification program.
• Maintain certifications, product approvals, records, renewals, and audit readiness.

Organic Program

• Lead RCT's USDA NOP Organic program.
• Manage certification, traceability, documentation, audits, supplier approvals, and renewals.

Continuous Improvement

• Manage RCT's Continuous Improvement Program for business systems and processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, controls, consistency, and documentation.

Complaints & Non-Conformance

• Lead customer complaint and non-conformance investigations.
• Manage root cause analysis, corrective actions, preventive actions, and effectiveness reviews.

Management of Change (MOC)

• Manage RCT's MOC program.
• Ensure significant changes involving products, suppliers, warehouses, processes, or systems are properly reviewed, approved, documented, and communicated.

Product Approvals

• Manage new and existing product approval processes.
• Review specifications, SDSs, COAs, certifications, regulatory documentation, and related requirements.

Supplier Approvals

• Manage supplier qualification, approval, and periodic review programs.
• Monitor supplier documentation, certifications, quality performance, and corrective actions.

Warehouse & Partner Approvals

• Manage qualification and approval of warehouses, terminals, repackers, carriers, and other supply-chain partners.
• Maintain approval criteria, risk assessments, and ongoing performance reviews.

Partner Audits

• Develop and manage a risk-based partner audit program.
• Conduct or coordinate supplier, warehouse, terminal, repacker, and logistics partner audits.
• Track findings, corrective actions, and audit effectiveness.

About RCT

Rierden Chemical & Trading Co. is a growing distributor, importer, and trader of commodity chemicals serving customers throughout North America.

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