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Regulatory Manager

City: Evansville

We are Reckitt

Home 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.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

This pivotal Regulatory Manager role offers you the opportunity to champion collaboration across teams, enhancing your leadership abilities. As the bridge between Reckitt and regulatory agencies, your expertise will be key in guiding our innovative products through complex regulatory landscapes to reach consumers safely and efficiently. This role also offers great promotion opportunities, with a Senior Manager position being the next step for strong performance.

Your responsibilities

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.
Solid knowledge of US food regulations with focus on infant, children, and adult categories in order to provide regulatory guidance and expertise throughout the whole product lifecycle – from early ideation phases to post-launch.
Serves as Regulatory point-of-contact on project teams to assure MJN products and labeling are in compliance with US regulations and relevant MJN policies and guidelines
Provide regulatory guidance on Product Development Formulation Specification (PDFS) development and changes; provide regulatory guidance on formulation Out of Specification (OOS) requests. Oversees technical label copy (TLC) preparation for MJN products; reviews and approves artwork and proofs for accuracy; and reviews and approves promotional materials in accordance with the LEX (labeling excellence) process and procedures.
Stays abreast of, interprets, and communicates existing and/or proposed government regulations, registration requirements, and labeling changes to Operations, Business, and R&D functions and applies these changes as necessary to facilitate MJN's business plans and long-term goals.
Understands and communicates US FDA regulations and procedures for MJN products, especially Infant Formula, and how regulations may impact work assignments.
Reviews Regulatory Affairs standard operating procedures and work instructions as needed.
Coordinates the maintenance of accurate databases for regulatory submissions, references, internal documents, export market registration, and web-based applications and shared drives for document sharing.
Supports industry association activities related to US-manufactured products.
Drives regulatory processes to ensure timely FDA filing, registration (including exported products), approval, and/or maintenance of product registration in accordance with US regulatory requirements and business objectives.

The experience we're looking for

At least 5 years of work experience in Regulatory Affairs / food industry.
Demonstrated ability in managing intricate regulatory issues and in preparing and maintaining dossiers such as registration submissions for regulated products.
Demonstrated ability to work with a range of technically and culturally diverse people, collaborate in team projects, and deliver value-added business results that meet high quality requirements within tight deadlines.
Understands the regulatory and political environment influencing the infant and young children nutrition industry.

Master’s Degree in scientific disciplines, such as Nutrition, Food Science, Chemistry, Pharmacy or Biochemistry and/or equivalent experience in food regulation-related field preferred.
Familiarity of the necessary requirements and time constraints for registration, labeling and advertising of MJN products.

The skills for success

Business Strategy, Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business accumen, 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 offer

With 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.

Salary Range

USD $126,000.00 - $190,000.00

Pay Transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year. Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays; a 401(k) plan; 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; discounts; and much more. Our compensation and benefits packages aim to give our talent the reward, protection, and peace of mind they deserve. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Equality

We 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.

Nearest Major Market: Evansville
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