Regulatory Compliance Manager

Company Information

At Richelieu Foods, we are dedicated to a culture of belonging for everyone. Driven by our values of ownership, respect, and growth, we put people, safety, and quality above all else -- delicious pizza, outstanding service, and solid customer relationships are what happens as a result.

Richelieu Foods, Inc. is a leading national private label and contract packing food manufacturer focused on frozen pizza. We have two manufacturing facilities located in IL and WI. We provide products to many national retailers, wholesalers, distributors, club and mass stores, as well as industrial accounts including other food manufacturers.

The Regulatory Compliance Manager leads regulatory compliance, food labeling, product documentation, customer compliance, and sustainability-related compliance activities across the organization. Reporting to the Vice President of Quality Assurance, Food Safety and Regulatory, this role ensures that new and existing products, formulas, labels/ artwork, customer documentation, and related records comply with applicable FDA, USDA, FSIS, customer, company, and emerging regulatory requirements.

At Richelieu Foods, we are dedicated to a culture of belonging for everyone. Driven by our values of ownership, respect, and growth, we put people, safety, and quality above all else -- delicious pizza, outstanding service, and solid customer relationships are what happens as a result.

Richelieu Foods, Inc. is a leading national private label and contract packing food manufacturer focused on frozen pizza. We have two manufacturing facilities located in IL and WI. We provide products to many national retailers, wholesalers, distributors, club and mass stores, as well as industrial accounts including other food manufacturers.

This role has one direct report, the Regulatory and Sustainability Specialist, and is accountable for setting priorities, providing day-to-day direction, developing backup capability, reviewing work output, and ensuring timely execution of regulatory, customer documentation, and sustainability deliverables. The role serves as a cross-functional leader and partner to Quality Assurance, R&D, Procurement, Operations, Sales, Commercial, Supply Chain, and site teams.

• Lead regulatory review and compliance support for new product commercialization, formula changes, product maintenance, and customer-driven changes.
• Oversee creation, review, and maintenance of ingredient statements, nutrition facts panels, allergen declarations, country of origin statements, claims documentation, product specifications, and customer-specific forms.
• Provide oversight for artwork asset creation and review, including product name and description, net weight, nutrition facts panels, ingredient statements, claims, placement, sizing, and USDA inspection legend requirements.
• Manage or oversee USDA label approvals, including sketch approvals, generic approvals, and temporary approvals as applicable.
• Review formulas, raw materials, supplier documentation, packaging changes, and finished goods documentation to assess compliance with FDA, USDA, FSIS, customer, legal, and company requirements.
• Review and approve new raw materials, matches, and related supplier documentation for regulatory and customer compliance impact.
• Lead claim substantiation activities and provide risk-based guidance on product claims, labeling language, customer requests, and emerging regulatory concerns.
• Monitor emerging regulations, customer standards, state legislation, labeling trends, ingredient restrictions, and industry developments that may affect products, claims, artwork, specifications, or business practices.
• Maintain audit-ready regulatory files, approvals, records, specifications, version control documentation, and supporting materials.

• Manage customer documentation expectations and ensure timely completion of questionnaires, certifications, customer forms, nutritional information, ingredient disclosures, organic documentation, BE disclosure support, and other product-related compliance materials.
• Provide oversight for customer specification portal management, including portal accuracy, deadlines, routing, updates, and cross-functional follow-up.
• Oversee external specifications, including NFILs or equivalent documents, for samples and finished goods.
• Partner with Sales, Commercial, R&D, Quality Assurance, and Operations to resolve customer documentation issues, commercialization questions, product specification gaps, and technical inquiries.
• Support QA and site teams on specifications, micro standards, testing requirements, code dating, consumer inquiry support, and other customer or quality documentation needs.

• Lead management and continuous improvement of Genesis labeling software, specification…