Position Mission:

The Senior Regulatory Compliance Manager is principally responsible for definition and management of NAPA’s compliance strategies and formulating related recommended product actions necessary to comply. This includes monitoring regulations and related legislations, and compliance with Suppliers for NAPA’s product assortment, as well as performing related actions to ensure compliance to the regulations and legislations that apply. Responsible for ensuring that suppliers continue to develop and implement best practices that emphasize strategy definition, actively promoting NAPA’s interests, and, reporting and monitoring, where required. Responsible for providing leadership, outstanding people skills and management in organization, partnering with cross-functional team members in Category management, Sourcing, Engineering & Quality, Supply Chain and Legal.

Position Performance Measures:

• Deliver Compliance strategy as a means of risk mitigation, including proactive maintenance of forward-looking regulatory calendar

• Develop and Execute Compliance process including cadence of required Compliance policies, and audits, product testing and supplier documentation

• Deliver required outreach activities to educate and inform key stakeholders of regulatory compliance requirements and impact to them

• Lead the resolution of field issues working with customer, sales team, customer service, engineering and suppliers

Responsibilities:

Compliance strategy definition and management

• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice regulatory compliance vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve operational performance related to products and distribution.
• Define metrics to track performance of Suppliers and also NAPA performance.

Legislation and Policy

• Monitor, track and interpret compliance, legislation and environmental policy developments that apply.
• Interpret into product and compliance action requirements and prepare strategic recommendations to senior management.
• Align compliance actions across the organization with key stakeholders such as Legal, Category management, etc.
• Interface with Suppliers to implement actions at all nodes of supply chain, not limited to Supplier operations, Distribution Centers, Stores and Customers, where required.

Reporting and Monitoring

• Coordinate supplier validation audits, with supplier support and support from global sourcing organization, where required.
• Define and prepare appropriate regulatory compliance status reports and ad hoc reports.
• Interface with any regulatory body as required to ensure requirements are met and documented.
• Support new product launches to ensure suppliers are capable of delivering to the required regulatory requirements, where applicable.

Oversight & Outreach

• Oversee continuation of regulatory compliance actions at Suppliers and NAPA operations, as required, with necessary reporting and documentation.
• Manage outreach efforts to educate and inform regulatory compliance requirements to key stakeholders as required.
• Manage one direct report focused on Supplier Diversity, motivating and growing the employee professionally.

Experience, Education, and Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required
• 7-10+ years professional experience in regulatory compliance related role, engineering, or closely related fields
• 5+ years automotive experience preferred
• Professional experience and expertise in regulations / and general regulatory landscape
• Membership of an appropriate professional body would be advantageous
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to distill complex data into concise executive reports
• Knowledge of sourcing key regulations and laws
• Previous managerial experience a plus
• Experience using various computer applications including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other applications in the Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to work across all internal departments to drive projects to on-time completion
• Highly motivated individual that has a strong drive for results; communicates effectively both in written and verbal communication formats

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