Associate Regulatory Affairs Manager - Nutrition & Homecare

Unilever International works across the globe to serve the underserved filling white spaces for Unilever. As intrapreneurs, we introduce Unilever’s brands into white space geographies like Korea, Pacific Islands, Mongolia, and spearhead launches of iconic household brands like Dove, Lifebuoy, Sunlight, Fair & Lovely, TRESemme into big markets like U.S, China, Europe, and SEAA.

SPEED is the mantra for our resounding success. To serve the underserved, we embrace a founder’s mentality, explore unchartered territories, redesign end-to-end business models to establish successful businesses. We make a difference by deeply caring for our consumers, customers and talents, focusing on that really matters, think ahead in time and work to win together.

Unilever International (UI) is part of Unilever’s group. Unilever is committed to ensure that its products are compliant with legislations across the globe.

To translate the mission efficiently into action, and to ensure that Unilever complies with its own high standards as well as with the technical aspects of legislation, is the task of the UI Regulatory Affairs team. The team supports the whole Unilever International portfolio, deals with a high variety in compliance activities and interacts with many functions in Unilever.

The Unilever International (UI) Regulatory Affairs Assistant Manager (Foods & HC) will be part of the UI Regulatory Affairs team and will fulfill Americas Foods and HC innovation projects and product compliance supporting Unilever International (UI) business.
For regulatory advice and expertise, he/she will work with Unilever Regulatory Affairs community as well as with external Regulatory Experts in all clusters.

Job Requirements

• He/she helps to design and maintains processes to support UI business in product compliance assurance for Foods & HC products in Americas (USA, Canada and LATAM)
• He /she builds & maintains a strong network of global contacts in R&D, Marketing and Supply Chain, Legal, SERS, etc., to facilitate assurance of product compliance for Unilever International (UI)
• Working with external experts, creation of an eco-system of RPs (Regulatory Partners i.e. regulatory consultants), continuous monitoring of their performance for Americas
• Evaluate and advice the prop 65 requirements, contaminants monitoring for UI innovation/renovation project team.
• Co-ordinate and ensure compliance of existing portfolio of UI products, affected by new regulation changes in a geography.
• Act as first point of contact for any regulatory queries for Foods & HC products for UI Americas team.
• He/she is digitally salient to embrace and incorporate digital processes for Regulatory Affairs.

Key requirements for the Job

• Fully operational knowledge in regulatory affairs for cosmetics in North America region.
• Working knowledge of R&D operations: formulations, products, Raw materials, etc.,
• Strong ability to design processes and to spread best practice
• Strong Business acumen, agility & personal mastery.
• Independent problem-solving personality, that can delegate up and down and works well with multi-functional teams
• Excellent communicator, who can engage senior leaders and enthuse operational teams
• Be able to work flexibly and agile
• Fluent in English and preferably also fluent in Spanish

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree/ master’s degree in engineering / science / related disciplines
• 5-7 years of experience on handing cosmetics regulations in a region / category

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