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Regulatory Affairs & Safety Manager

City: Slough

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

You will work at the heart of the Northern Europe (UK & Ireland) commercial organisation, leading innovation and compliance activities with the relevant cross-functional teams to enable successful completion. You will be able to influence directions of the project, and to independently manage cross-functional stakeholders, with a solution focus. You will ensure product compliance with all local regulations and Reckitt internal processes.

Your responsibilities

Lead complex, multiple cross-functional projects, ensuring timely and accurate execution whilst managing diverse stakeholder interests.
Proactively collaborate within R&D, the wider organisation and external parties to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
Work autonomously with self-direction, initiative, and persistence to deliver results.
Drive strategic priorities, ensuring effective use of resources.
Apply Good Documentation Practice, including clear, consistent and standardised approach to development/review.
Monitor and interpret regulatory or safety trends that impact the marketability of company products, communicating significant issues to the wider business.
Drive risk mitigation, manage action plans, and reports or escalates challenges (where necessary).
Represent RAS at key governance forums.
Leverage technical expertise to influence decision making.
Maximise RAS and its business-wide impact, seizing opportunities to enhance our operating model and driving agility and efficiency.

As a Regulatory Affairs Manager

Role impact and Development:

Work autonomously, leading teams to drive regulatory innovation, compliance activities and improvements to Reckitt products.
Become adept in cross-functional collaboration, refining and strengthening communication skills through internal and external stakeholder interactions.
Shape our operating model and identify strategic partnerships in preparation for senior leadership roles.

Key Responsibilities/ Accountabilities

Regulatory lead with the relevant global and local teams to establish and implement the regulatory strategies within agreed timescales to bring competitive advantage to Reckitt brands.
Determination of the impact of updates to the biocidal product regulation for the products in the NEU portfolio and communication with cross functional stakeholders to guide the business to make the best choice.
Creation and assessment of internal quality and non-quality changes in line with the change control management system.
Submission of changes to the biocide’s registrations and labelling.
Artwork review and approvals, including compliance with CLP.
Monitor, collect, interpret and apply all relevant legislation, regulatory trends and guidelines in Northern Europe and keep the local business up to date on National regulatory trends, risks and opportunities. Provide advice to the business on regulatory issues as necessary and assist in developing of strategies and plans of action to address them.
Interface with relevant government agencies, industry associations and key opinion leaders to assess the impact and implementation of required company projects with all regulations and industry policies that affect the ingredients, packaging, marketing, advertising, labelling and production of Reckitt products.
Participation to due diligence activities related to new products and changes to existing products.
Active participation at industry associations working groups.
Provide support when required to the Vigilance and Quality Teams to ensure compliance with vigilance and quality obligations.
Provide advice and training on regulatory matters and requirements to the local business and global stakeholders as required.
Prepare or oversee preparation of training materials and conduct training sessions on relevant regulatory topics.
Assist the organisation for internal and external audits, co-ordinate internal investigations on regulatory matters as required.

The experience we're looking for

University Science degree in relevant scientific discipline and minimum five years of experience and knowledge.
Deep understanding of the current UK, Irish and European regulations, laws, guidelines and industry requirements. Deep understanding of the market landscape.
Extensive experience for biocides registrations, BPR and Detergents regulations.
Solid knowledge of regulatory and safety compliance standards and requirements.
Previous roles included increasing responsibility and demonstrating people management skills.
Results-oriented with a proven ability to deliver on strategic objectives and goals.
Significant experience in successfully leading and executing projects.
Vast experience in decision-making, influencing, and in building strong relationships and challenge constructively and confidently.
Confident and capable of resolving conflict situations.
Able to motivate and coach people within a result-oriented culture, where personal responsibility / initiative, teamwork, and mutual respect are key.
Able to apply appropriate problem-solving techniques to evaluate and resolve operational issues.

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.

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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