Also called: Recall Specialist, Brand Protection Coordinator
Runs the details of a product recall: notifying stores and buyers, tracking returns and reporting progress to regulators.
A car-seat maker finds a cracked buckle, and you are on the call that plans the recall. You set up the hotline script, send letters to 80,000 owners, track how many seats come back each week and prepare the update for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Some weeks are calm; recall weeks are frantic.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business, communications or supply chain; trained on the job.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Communications.
Growing about average. Recalls of food, cars, toys and drugs keep rising as testing improves.
Medium risk for 10 years. Systems send notices and track returns automatically; planning the response and working with regulators stays human.
Classes: Business class, English composition, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1199.
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