Regulatory Affairs Specialist

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• Participates in the evaluation of products for compliance with health and safety, storage, transportation and end-user specific application; validating product listings and product claims align with regulatory requirements.
• Works within the framework of a variety of legislative bodies, including, but not limited to:
• The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, including, but not limited to; DSL, NDSL, revised ICL in the review of requirements for substance-specific notices and restrictions;
• TSCA and FDA as it relates to the importing of food ingredients and chemical additives into Canada;
• The Hazardous Products Act, ensuring compliance with WHMIS 2015 and preparing Safety Data Sheets as required for the company.
• The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act including TDG regulations and other equivalent international transport legislation;
• Stays current with regulatory matters that impact the business and our products by utilizing services and training, researching industry resources and attending industry group meetings, webinars and seminars.
• Recommends changes to company procedures in response to changes in regulations or standards.
• Prepares responses to customer requests for information, such as product data, written regulatory affairs statements, surveys, or questionnaires.
• Participates in updating and maintaining all CUSMA/USMCA/COO documents in Google Drive.
• Compiles and maintains regulatory and business-related files from suppliers and associated product lines in an accurate and updated manner within Google Drive.
• May be called upon to present information to the senior management team as required;
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

• Assists the RD Coordinator/ISO/FSSC Management Representative in maintaining the RD Code of Conduct and FQMS in an accurate and organized manner.
• Participates in testing the effectiveness of the FQMS program on an on-going basis using real-time monitoring, audits, data gathering, surveys, quizzes and other methods as applicable.
• Assists the Quality & Compliance department in Non-conformance Reporting (NCR) and Root Cause Analysis activities as assigned.
• Participates in internal audits at planned intervals.
• Co-hosts RD and ISO 9001:2015 audits with outside agencies in a professional and effective manner as assigned.
• May be required to host visits by clients and provide input on Dempsey’s FQMS systems.
• Assists in authoring and revision activities of standard operating procedures, work instructions, or policies as assigned.
• To serve as back-up delegate to the FQMS Management Representative when they are on vacation or out of office.

• Responsible for primary responses to industrial customer document requests and survey or questionnaire requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• Responsible for secondary responses to food customer document request support as delegated.
• Serve as in-house ambassador to help promote the benefits of managing all customer requests through quality & compliance group inboxes for formal response from a regulatory representative.
• Ensures that all documents that are shared with a customer are sent from the respective group inbox.
• Utilizes existing technology, included but not limited to Smartsheets, Microsoft Teams, Google Suite, Datacor CRM, company HRIS, Training LMS, Front, Chat GPT etc.
• Adheres to all company policies and procedures.
• Participates in all training and development opportunities provided by the company and completes all training assigned by the required due dates, uploading all completed training to the company HRIS.
• Responsible for maintaining and protecting all company electronic devices on load and registered within HRIS.
• Exercising the highest level of discretion regarding release of very confidential information to outside bodies including government, customers and suppliers.
• Effectively manages own Dempsey related personal passwords to prevent unauthorized access.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

• Post secondary education is…