Quality Assurance Assistant Manager of Regulatory Affairs

Job Description

Colony Brands is one of the world's largest and most successful direct marketing catalog and e-commerce companies. What began as a premier mail-order cheese business has grown into a diverse portfolio of brands and products spanning food, apparel, home goods, and more. Despite our growth, we remain a privately held, customer-focused organization committed to quality, innovation, and exceptional service. If you're passionate about food regulations, product compliance, and making a meaningful impact on the products customers enjoy every day, we'd love to hear from you. As our Assistant Manager of Regulatory Affairs, you'll help ensure our food products meet the highest standards of regulatory compliance, labeling accuracy, quality, and food safety while leading a team that supports critical business initiatives.

What You'll Do:
In this highly collaborative role, you'll work with a team responsible for maintaining regulatory and product data while serving as a trusted resource to partners across R&D, Purchasing, Marketing, Operations, and other functional areas. You'll help guide commercialization by providing regulatory expertise and ensuring compliance every step of the way.

You'll Also Be Responsible For:
• Leading the, review, approval, and maintenance of product labels to ensure compliance with food labeling regulations and company standards.
• Overseeing specification management systems and processes to ensure ingredient and product information is accurate, complete, and up to date.
• Reviewing and approving label artwork, packaging content, advertising claims, and customer-facing product information.
• Serving as a subject matter expert on food labeling regulations, ingredient declarations, allergen labeling, nutrition labeling, and product claims.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance regulatory compliance, data integrity, and operational effectiveness.
• Supporting product information initiatives while fostering a culture of food safety and regulatory excellence.

Qualifications

What It Takes:
This is an exciting opportunity to combine technical expertise, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration while helping bring high-quality products to market in a growing and dynamic organization.
• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Law and Regulation. or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three or more years of experience in regulatory affairs, food science, food processing, quality assurance, or a related food industry role.
• Strong knowledge of state and FDA food labeling requirements, ingredient declarations, allergen labeling, nutrition labeling, and product claims.
• Proven ability to interpret regulatory requirements and apply them in a fast-paced business environment.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and project management skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including interactions with regulatory agencies, suppliers, customers, and cross-functional teams.
• High attention to detail and strong documentation, investigation, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing team members preferred.

About Us

Welcome to Colony Brands! As one of North America’s largest multi-channel, direct-marketing companies, we take pride in our diverse portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products. Despite our growth over the last century, we remain true to our roots as a private, customer-focused business based in Monroe, WI. Stability is just one aspect of our culture. What truly defines us is our commitment to our Core Values, fostering employee growth, and creating a better place to live and work. We are dedicated to supporting the communities we serve and offer a wide range of benefits and programs to enhance the well-being of our employees.