Senior Regulatory Associate Nutrition Europe

Job title:

Senior Regulatory Associate Nutrition Europe

Company:

Reckitt Benckiser

Job description

We are ReckittHome to the world’s best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.About the roleAs a Regulatory Senior Associate at Reckitt, your regulatory expertise becomes a pivotal part of our business’s success. In this role, you won’t just be part of the process – you’ll lead it, making strategic decisions that influence the direction and achievements of our brand. Enhance your career by working in a space where your insights impact our global footprint, and your initiative shapes our industry presence. If you’re ready to see your regulatory acumen translated into tangible business outcomes, we’re looking for you.This role will be based in our Nijmegen office on a hybrid model.Your responsibilities

• Stays abreast, communicates and evaluates potential impact of regulatory changes with regards to food safety, food packaging, food contact materials, pesticides, contaminants, micro, GMO and regulatory import requirements.
• Supports the execution of EU regulatory strategy in support of the EU business goals and brand plans, linked to the overall global and regional strategy and executes accordingly.
• Serves as a Business Partner by translating regulatory trends and requirements into business growth opportunities and establishing and maintaining proactive communication and constructive rapport with key partners across the organization to streamline processes and maximize innovation efforts.
• Leads and drives the development of regional Regulatory processes and procedures (e.g SOPs, Work Instructions, Best practices etc) to ensure compliance by design of regulatory operations in Europe.
• Provides regulatory support to the supply chain (e.g. support in certificates, raw material approval, regulatory statements, meetings with controlling authorities, Regulatory import/export possibilities).
• Supports shaping of the regional regulatory environment through participation in regional professional/trade associations and advocates the Reckitt position(s).
• Provides regulatory support to the QA department, global food safety, global communication and global auditing on EU regulatory compliance, food safety regulations and upcoming issues.

The experience we’re looking for

• Fluent in English language; knowledge of Dutch is an asset.
• 3+ years of work experience in Regulatory Affairs / food industry. Infant and Young Children Nutrition is a plus.
• Up to date knowledge of European food regulatory requirements and a good understanding of the EU legislative process. Understanding of product development and manufacturing processes is an asset.
• Good understanding of the regulatory and political environment influencing the infant and young children nutrition industry.
• Strong communication skills particularly the ability to take complex regulatory and scientific topics and communicate the relevant and essential points to a varied audience – scientific and non-scientific colleague.
• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills, and alignment and building skills.
• Experience contributing to cross-functional/multi-disciplined teams operating in a dynamic, outcome-oriented environment.
• Experience working in a culturally diverse workplace, through international projects or global teams.
• Strong in planning, problem solving, and project and time management. Able to deliver value-added business results that meet high quality requirements within tight deadline and with attention to detail.

The skills for successTask Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Intellectual Property, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.What we offerWith inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt’s potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt’s pay for performance philosophy.EqualityWe recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

Expected salary

Location

Nijmegen, Gelderland

Job date

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 23:32:25 GMT

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