Position Summary
SHEIN is seeking a senior product compliance specialist who will be responsible for managing the Company’s product compliance concerns in the APAC (ex-Mainland China) region and working closely with the product compliance functions globally. This will include compliance activities such as enabling market access, reporting compliance trends, managing first party product investigations and recalls, and auditing product compliance on the SHEIN website.
Responsibilities
● Work as an integral part of the legal team to lead comprehensive product compliance standards.
● Ensure product compliance policies and procedures are thoroughly developed, clearly communicated, and implemented effectively by business partners.
● Identify gaps, and close gaps, in the product compliance program.
● Work closely with the product safety and quality control team within the supply chain business and direct business partners as to actions that must be taken to minimise product risk.
● Working in English and Mandarin to provide product compliance standards and other regulatory information.
● Perform other duties as assigned or required to ensure product compliance in the APAC region.
Skills and Qualifications
● A degree in a relevant area (science, law or engineering), as well as a minimum of 10 years of relevant combined experience in consumer product compliance (product safety; regulations research; standards interpretation, guidance, and enforcement actions; technical writing; competitive intelligence services; and / or product recalls). Additional years of relevant work experience will be required for those with unrelated educational backgrounds.
● Thorough understanding of manufacturers, private label retail, third-party platforms, government authorities, industry associations and voluntary standards committees and the roles each plays in product safety and product recalls, in particular for markets such as Japan, Korea, Singapore and Australia.
● Ability to utilise a wide variety of research databases and online resources.
● Ability to interpret regulations and standards and to quickly assimilate and assess new information and develop plans to capitalise or react to these requirements.
● Experience with product recalls in multiple countries preferred.
● Exceptional program and project management skills.
● Ability to influence people and drive projects to completion under tight deadlines.
● Self-starter, entrepreneurial, “roll up your sleeves” attitude.
● Experience and capacity to lead multi-jurisdictional projects and coordinate external advisors.
● Ability to deliver results, both as an individual contributor and as a member of the APAC and global legal teams.
● Flexibility to accommodate communication required across different time zones for collaboration with different parts of the group.
● Ability to make quick decisions while exercising good judgment.
● Have a strong work ethic, attention to detail and sense of professional accountability.
