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Regulatory and Safety Manager

City: Johannesburg

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

We’re looking for a Regulatory Affairs and Safety Manager to lead regulatory and safety activities across our Health and Hygiene business units in South Africa. This role will ensure our products meet applicable regulatory and safety requirements while supporting the business in a constantly evolving regulatory environment. You will facilitate the registration and maintenance of medicines, medical devices and hygiene products, including surface care and pest control; monitor and interpret regulatory developments; provide drug safety support for new and existing products; champion Reckitt’s regulatory priorities through external advocacy; and lead and develop the Regulatory Affairs and Safety team.

Your responsibilities

• Facilitate registration and/or maintenance of medicinal, medical devices, cosmetics, hygiene, in line with local business plan and commercial priorities;

• Ensure the required dossier updates are effected at appropriate, regular intervals, in line with regulatory and internal standards;

• Monitor the regulatory environment, collect and interpret regulatory changes and trends that could potentially impact Reckitt products, policies and procedures;

• Interface with relevant regulatory authorities and industry associations to assess the impact and implementation of required company compliance with all regulations, laws and industry policies that affect the ingredients, packaging, marketing, advertising, labelling and production for our products;

• Advise Global Category Growth Organisation (CGO), Global Regulatory and Safety Strategy, Research & Development Product Delivery & Maintenance (R&D PDM), and the business on the regulatory requirements and regulatory impact during the early phases of the Product Development (NPD) process;

• Investigate, innovate and/or generate ways to transform the external regulatory landscape for the benefit of the business;

• Provide regulatory and product expertise in the development and clearance of advertising/promotions and label copy for existing and new products;

• Lead ongoing reputation and relationship building with key regulatory authorities to have a thought leadership and lead the external advocacy for key Reckitt regulatory policies and priorities;

• Development, communication and execution of regulatory science & advocacy strategies for advancing Reckitt growth;

• Ensure the alignment between manufacturing documentation and the latest approved regulatory documents;

• Manage updates to local database to ensure compliance;

• Manage compliance within the department by ensuring global and local processes, policies, SOPs and working instructions are adhered to;

• Ensure compliance to pharmacovigilance activities with drug safety support executed where needed.

• Manage and develop the RAS team with an enterprise mindset, influence behaviour where personal ownership, strong teamwork and care for colleagues are key.

The experience we're looking for

Bachelor of Pharmacy (B Pharm); Bachelor of Science (BSc) or equivalent
Experience in Pharmaceutical and/or FMCG industry regulatory affairs (Minimum 5 years)
Ability to understand and interpret directives and regulatory guidelines and communicate them effectively to the relevant stakeholders.
Proven experience in management and development of people (Minimum 5 years)
Strategic mindset with demonstrated ability to anticipate future trends accurately and a clear and logical thinker with the ability to recognize patterns and develop innovative solutions

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, People Management, People Development, Regulatory, Safety, Risk and compliance.

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.

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.

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