GlobalProductComplianceAnalyst

**Job Description:** Here at Rakuten Kobo Inc. we offer a casual working start-up environment and a group of friendly and talented individuals. Our employees rank us highly in terms of commitment to work/life balance. We realize that for our people to be innovative, creative and passionate they need to feel valued and supported. We believe in rewarding all our employees with competitive salaries, performance based annual bonuses, stock options and training opportunities. If you’re looking for a company that inspires passion, personal, and professional growth – join Kobo and come help us on our mission of making reading lives better. **The Role:** The Global Product Compliance Analyst will work to partner on co-ordinating all compliance issues that relate to our supply chain and logistics initiatives, product design, taking into consideration all internal and external policies and procedures. Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to): * Researching and evaluating global environmental, safety, consumer protection, competition, taxation and end-of-life management legislation, analyzing their effect on new and existing products and communicating the potential business impact on design, cost, supply, marketing of B2B/B2C sales * Understanding global statutory and regulatory requirements across our global markets and product portfolios * Understanding global product import and export requirements. Implementing strategies to streamline the management and proactively manage these requirements. * Review product marking, packaging and create documentation to ensure it meets all regulatory requirements * Evaluate costs and requirements to enter new markets * Develop and optimize the compliance and released product support processes to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and industry guidelines * Act as a technical resource for support within cross-functional project teams * Assist in coordinating updates, reviews and ad hoc details with external ser