Director, Global Regulatory, Compliance & CPSC Reporting

Company Description

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team:

Our commitment to quality and safety is paramount to what we do and is built into every product we design and manufacture. And we do this with unwavering integrity, unbridled passion and laser-like focus to earn grown-ups’ trust and put smiles on kid’s faces around the world. Our mission is to be an industry leader in producing the most trusted, safe, durable, and highest quality toys in the most regulatory compliant, environmentally and socially responsible way.

Job Description

The Opportunity: 

The Director, Global Regulatory, Compliance & CPSC Reporting will report to the VP of Product Safety, Regulatory, Compliance & Quality Digital Transformation and Systems group.  They will work with global internal and external stakeholders to ensure all products meet all safety and quality requirements by managing the team that creates and revises all corporate policies and procedures related to product and packaging compliance. Additionally, this role is responsible for all CPSC and Health Canada reporting obligations. This role serves as a thought leader, practical advisor, compliance trainer, regulatory advocate, and product safety role model for the global enterprise.  

What Your Impact Will Be: 

• Manage a highly sophisticated group that must review and understand all proposed and enacted global regulatory requirements and synthesize them into company QSOPs and GQMPs including those related to chemical compliance.
• Assess, review and manage the Regulatory & Compliance global budget.
• Responsible for ensuring global representation on the appropriate standards organizations including but not limited to ISO and ASTM.  In this role, the SD represents Mattel’s position on these organizations and ensures the core information is included within the appropriate QSOPs and GQMPs going forward.
• Responsible for ensuring that all global regulatory requirements are converted into the appropriate QSOPs and GQMPs.
• Team management: this role has multiple direct reports: including but not limited to Leader of the Global Chemical Regulatory & Compliance team; (2) Leader of the APAC and Labs Regulatory & Compliance team; (3) EA Campus Lead Regulatory & Compliance QE ; (4) ES Campus Lead Regulatory & Compliance QE ; (5) Manufacturing Regulatory & Compliance QE; (6) Corporate Policies and Procedures Regulatory & Compliance QE; (7) CPSC Reporting Team Lead.
• Collaborate with the head of EMEA compliance to ensure worldwide regulatory requirements are understood and interpreted appropriately.
• Align with the head of government affairs and advise on incoming legislation in NA and worldwide to ensure the least business interruptions for Mattel.
• Lead on engagement with Quality Engineering (Product, Process and Operations QE) to ensure understanding and training on relevant global policies and procedures.
• Lead on the engagement related to CPSC Reporting, Health Canada reporting and related Safety issues.
• Manage the recalls execution team and related issues including working with Global Consumers as applicable.
• Lead on engagement with Global Labs to ensure understanding and training on relevant global policies and procedures.
• Lead on engagement with our legal partners to ensure understanding and application of relevant global policies and procedures.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Compliance, or Regulations or equivalent work experience.
• 15+ years Experience working at a consumer products company; experience with toys and juvenile products is preferred.
• 10+ years Knowledge of product safety regulations including Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), code of federal regulations, and related product safety and compliance state regulations.
• Experience engaging with CPSC, Health Canada, and/or PROFECO.
• Experience with global product safety and compliance regulators.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.
• High level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness with strong work ethic and the ability to work independently with minimal direction.
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