Job Description

Do you want to be part of a team that aspires to improve the quality of life for others? Are you interested in efficient manufacturing processes that promote sustainability? Do you feel a sense of accomplishment in a job well done? At Carpenter Co., we challenge our employees to learn from and inspire one another – all levels of the company collaborate, communicate and constantly improve to achieve shared success. If that sounds like an environment in which you will thrive, Carpenter Co. could be a great fit for you!

Carpenter Co. has an immediate opening for a Compliance and Packaging Analyst at our Corporate office in Richmond, Virginia This position will be responsible for overseeing and ensuring that all packaging meets compliance requirements.

Carpenter Co. employees are committed to working hard to ensure production goals are met while maintaining operations excellence. As the successful candidate, you will collaborate with and guide packaging designers to ensure that new packaging is properly designed and compliant with the customer’s guidelines.

Your additional responsibilities as the Compliance and Packaging Analyst will include:

• Facilitate the introduction of new packaging so that all compliance issues are addressed.
• Periodically audit and verify current packaging to assure ongoing compliance.
• Develop, improve, update standard packaging dimensions for the Consumer Division, ensuring standard cartons meet the various customer standards for compliance.
• Actively participate in the Consumer Products Business team and the Compliance Working Group.
• Work with other compliance team members to plan, coordinate and execute the corporate compliance strategy to include audit planning and preparation. Will be essential in forming the overall pre-audit process, developing a proactive approach corporate wide.
• Learn/Master the various SAP processes and transactions that directly impact the compliance process.
• Have a detailed understanding of our retail customers’ routing, shipping and packaging instructions- manage Carpenter library of routing guides including tracking updates and changes to guides and communicating those changes to the proper channels- i.e. sales and ops. Work with credit to track and respond to chargebacks related to non-compliance.
• Work with manufacturing plants to make sure they are up to date on all routing, packaging and logistic processes. Plants should be visited, at a minimum, on an annual basis.
• Collaborate with wholesale partners to ensure all Carpenter packaging meets retailer requirements.
• Design and manage packaging specifications, review law tags for compliance.
• Work with packaging engineer to Run all packaging tests (shake, drop, etc.) as needed and confirm compliance with customer requirements.

Skills/ Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Risk or other related field
• 3+ years of compliance or audit experience within a manufacturing or retail organization
• Experience with retail routing procedures
• Understanding of packaging design and standards, preferred
• Thorough understanding of production, manufacturing, product integrity & production cycle timelines
• SAP or similar ERP experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in an innovative, fast-paced and highly collaborative team-oriented environment
• Ability to travel up to 10%