Senior Product Compliance Analyst

Senior Product Compliance Analyst

Location: Chicago, IL, US, 60654-4203

Company: Grainger Businesses

Work Location Type: Hybrid

About Grainger

W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models.

Compensation: The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $80,000.00 to $133,300.00.

Rewards and Benefits: With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
• 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

Position Details

The Senior Product Compliance Analyst ensures Grainger products and suppliers meet North American regulatory requirements through strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and disciplined process execution. Leads complex regulatory reviews, independently resolves issues, and provides clear, actionable compliance guidance to cross functional partners. The role strengthens core compliance operations by maintaining high quality data, supporting regulatory reporting, and driving scalable, efficient workflows. Additionally, the Senior Analyst contributes to continuous improvement and serves as a subject matter resource to help ensure consistent, high quality team execution.

You Will

• Collaborate with the manager to execute change-management strategies that ensure smooth adoption of new processes, policies, or tooling across the compliance team.
• Conduct deep-dive investigations into anomalies, perform structured root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions that reduce future risk and strengthen compliance performance.
• Use continuous improvement methodologies to evaluate existing workflows and identify opportunities for efficiency, consistency, and data accuracy.
• Apply project-management techniques to structure work, manage timelines, and deliver high-quality outputs with minimal guidance.
• Communicate proactively and influence partners cross-functionally by providing clear, actionable regulatory insights that inform decisions.
• Develop, maintain, and implement reporting that supports compliance monitoring, surface business insights, and measure process performance.
• Embed reporting into durable, repeatable processes that improve team confidence, visibility, and operational efficiency.

You Have

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience Business, Supply Chain, Regulatory Compliance, Data Analytics, or related field required
• 3+ years of experience in product compliance, product data management, governance, supply chain, or related analytical functions. required
• Experience applying critical thinking and structured problem solving to resolve escalated issues.
• Experience leading projects from scoping through execution, ensuring alignment, timely delivery, and desired results.
• Experience building cross-functional relationships, presenting to different levels of audiences, and influence without authority.
• Experience developing and operationalizing reporting or dashboards.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment.