Packaging Compliance & Regulatory Manager

The Marzetti Company; Lewis Center (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Marzetti Company is seeking a Packaging Compliance & Regulatory Manager to provide technical leadership for packaging regulatory compliance across our product portfolio. The role ensures materials meet food-contact, chemical, labeling, and sustainability requirements while supporting speed to market and responsible packaging solutions.

You will work cross-functionally to assess regulatory risk, guide packaging development, maintain compliance processes, and prepare the business for emerging

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific/technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in packaging regulatory affairs or related field.
• Experience interpreting regulatory requirements and reviewing supplier documentation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to influence and lead across functions without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory compliance assessments for packaging materials, components, suppliers, and changes.
• Interpret and apply food-contact, chemical, sustainability, labeling, and end-of-life requirements across markets.
• Partner with Packaging R&D and cross-functional teams to integrate regulatory requirements into innovation and commercialization.
• Assess regulatory risks and develop practical recommendations and mitigation strategies.
• Establish and maintain packaging compliance documentation and supplier declarations.
• Monitor emerging packaging regulations and translate changes into actionable guidance and roadmaps.
• Support compliance with packaging sustainability requirements including EPR and recyclability.
• Collaborate with Procurement, suppliers, labs, and consultants on regulatory documentation needs.
• Develop methods to pull data from current systems and analyze packaging data for reporting.
• Lead cross-functional discussions, training, and communication of regulatory risks and recommendations.
• Lead the Regulatory Taskforce program to assure compliance across the organization.

Skills

Regulatory affairs

Data analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Science, Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Regulatory Science

Job description

Overview

ThePackaging Compliance & Regulatory Manager provides technical leadership and strategic oversight for packaging regulatory compliance across the product portfolio. This role ensures packaging materials and components meet applicable food-contact, chemical, environmental, labeling, and sustainability requirements while supporting innovation, speed to market, and responsible packaging solutions.

Serving as a subject matter expert and strategic business partner, this role works cross-functionally to assess regulatory risk, guide packaging development and commercialization,maintaincompliance processes and documentation, and prepare the business for emerging packaging regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory compliance assessments for packaging materials, components, suppliers, and packaging changes.
• Interpret and apply food-contact, chemical, sustainability, labeling, and packaging end-of-life requirements across applicable markets.
• Partner with Packaging R&D and cross-functional teams to integrate regulatory requirements into innovation, commercialization, cost-savings, sustainability, and supplier-change initiatives, including providing regulatory review and approval through applicable stage-gate and change-control processes.
• Assess regulatory risks and develop practical recommendations and mitigation strategies that enable compliant innovation.
• Establish andmaintainpackaging compliance documentation, including supplier declarations, specifications, test reports, and other regulatory evidence.
• Monitor emerging packaging regulations and translate changes into actionable business guidance, implementation plans, and compliance roadmaps.
• Support compliance with packaging sustainability requirements, including EPR, recycled content, recyclability, packaging waste,andend-of-life labeling.
• Partner with Procurement, suppliers, laboratories, consultants, and other external resources to address regulatory requirements and documentation needs.
• Develop methods forpulling data from current systems, analyze packaging data,and partner with IT to ensure accuracy of data for reporting.Develop models to assess regulatory impacts, including packaging usage and fee-based requirements.
• Lead cross-functional discussions, provide training and guidance, and communicate regulatory risks and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional teamin the management of the Regulatory Taskforce program withinMarzettiwhich tracks efforts toassurecompliance with regulationsfor the organization.

Qualifications

Qualification Requirements:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Science, Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Regulatory Science, ora relatedscientific or technical field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in packaging regulatory affairs, food-contact materials, packaging development, quality, compliance, or a related field within food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, or another regulated industry.
• Knowledge of packaging materials, food-contact requirements, and packaging sustainability/environmental regulations.
• Experience interpreting regulatory requirements and reviewing technical and supplier compliance documentation.
• Experience analyzing large data sets,validatingdata accuracy, andidentifyingand resolving discrepancies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead across functions without direct authority.

Preferred

• Advanced degree in a relevant scientific, technical, or regulatory field.
• Experience supporting global or multi-market packaging portfolios.
• Knowledge of U.S., Canadian, European, and/or other international food-contact regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with packaging compliance, product lifecycle management, or regulatory information systems.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• None

Competencies

• Strategic Mindset

• Collaboration

• Decision Quality

• Plans & Aligns

• Communicates Effectively

  Working Conditions/Environment

  Works in a normal office environment where the employeeis regularly required tospeak, see, hear, sit, stand, talk, type,walkand bend while moving about the facility.The noise level in the office is quiet. Occasional travel to plants or meetings isrequired.