Job Title: Manager - Compliance (Food)
Location: Bangalore
About the Company
Founded in 2021 by Stanford University dropouts, Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, Zepto is India's fastest growing e-grocery company valued at $1.4 Billion following its recent Series-E fundraise of $200 Million from marquee global investors including StepStone Group, Goodwater Capital, Y Combinator Continuity, Kaiser Permanente, Nexus Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital, and Lachy Groom. Headquartered in Mumbai, Zepto is present across 10 major cities in the country, 1000+ employees strong, and delivers 5000+ products, including fresh fruits and vegetables, daily cooking essentials, dairy, health-and-hygiene products, etc., to Indian homes within 10 minutes. Through strong tech capabilities, an efficient business model, and a network of highly optimized delivery centers across its 10 locations, the company is revolutionizing the Indian grocery segment currently pegged at $600 Billion, making it easier and more convenient. Beyond groceries, Zepto has also introduced a cafe offering that allows customers to order Coffee, Chai, and other Caf items, along with their groceries.
Job Overview
- To provide legal advice and ensure effective management of food compliance.
- The role will also ensure that the organization's compliance risk is mapped in the best way possible while dealing with external parties, in compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements of all business functions.
- The role also tracks company performance and tracks any deviation from existing statutory and regulatory compliance norms.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing compliances specified under different applicable acts like -Legal Metrology Act, FSS Act, Municipal Acts etc.
- Prepare policies, procedures and standards to ensure the food compliance
- Ensure food compliance with legal requirements under various enactments and ensure compliance with internal policies.
- Represent company before various authorities for beneficial outcome
- Draft, review written representations and replies to various governmental and quasi government authorities
- Ensure preparation of responses to show cause notices and other documents in conjunction with the compliances.
- Constantly review the business conduct and ensure business practices are well within the compliance requirement.
- MIS related to compliances, food safety audits and open show cause notices etc.
- Periodic reporting to General Counsel
- Prepare training content and recommend training as required for various functions.
- Establish great working relationship with internal and external stakeholders including Law Enforcement Officers.
Desired Skills
- Handon experience to FSSAI | Food Safety and E-commerce compliance
- Bring a strategic mindset to manage compliance and legal function. Be a business enabler, while managing risks.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines, review and approve products and processes from a compliance and legal viewpoint.
- Building and implementing board policies and controls on compliance.
- Extract obligations as per published business rules/guidelines.
- Experience in compliance automation.
- Validate information in accordance with quality standards.
- To assist/work with a team in ad hoc activities in order to meet the deadlines.
- Team player, ability to work with cross functional leaders.
- willing to take additional assignments
Qualifications
LLB/CS/ FSSAI compliance
Why Join Us
- Zepto is on a blitzscaling path unlike any other startup today. Be the flagbearer for the financial process in this journey.
- The opportunity to join India's next Unicorn is rare. So, we're giving our team strong equity to create lasting wealth as our company grows.
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