Manager, Product Safety & Regulatory (Beauty & Accessories)

Manager, Product Safety & Regulatory (Beauty & Accessories)

Gap Inc. is seeking a passionate and technically proficient Product Safety Manager to join our Product Safety & Trade Compliance team, with a focus on supporting beauty and accessories. In this role, you'll help implement policies and procedures that ensure our products are safe, compliant, and ready for market. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams, testing laboratories, sourcing offices, and vendors to influence and execute safety and regulatory strategies that support our global business. This role is critical to the continued growth of our beauty and accessory lines, as well as our exclusive collaborations.

Conduct product safety reviews and risk assessments for new beauty, accessory, toys, and footwear products during concept and adoption stages, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and Gap Inc. safety standards. Document issues found and provide actionable recommendations.

Communicate risks and recommendations clearly, leading or participating in cross-functional meetings, and delivering written and verbal updates to drive alignment and compliance.

Support regulatory strategy by monitoring global regulatory changes, conducting market research, and translating insights into policy updates.

Manage the beauty (cosmetics) testing program, including safety, stability, claim substantiation, and regulatory reporting. Analyze test results, resolve testing failures, monitor lab / vendor KPIs, and support lab / consultant management (cost, capability, turnaround time).

Provide training to vendors and internal teams on product safety standards, testing programs, and protocols.

Support updates to product safety and regulatory manuals, test protocols, labeling guidelines, SOPs, and other program documentation.

Assist in investigating in-market issues and adverse events, conducting root cause analysis and corrective / preventive actions (CAPA), and escalating to Senior Management, Legal, and Brand teams as needed.

Represent Gap Inc. externally, attending trade association meetings and providing regular updates to internal stakeholders.

Beauty & Accessories Scope :

• Beauty / Personal Care : Cosmetics, fragrance, body care, skincare, bath / accessory kits, children's cosmetics, packaging / labeling, and claim substantiation.
• Adult and Children's Accessories, Footwear, & Collaboration products : Fashion jewelry, hair accessories, belts, handbags / small goods, toys, home textiles, sunglasses / eyewear, etc.

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