Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Regulatory Team Lead - Innovation and Certifications – Your future position?
You will be working for a company that touches billions of consumers more than a hundred times a day. Our passion for our customers - the big food & beverage companies - and their brands bring a new dimension to our Business to Business industry.
As a Team Leader and Regulatory Manager technical expert, you will work within our Taste & Wellbeing Regulatory Department in a team unit operating in European markets. You will be responsible for leading and managing regulatory projects and information with and for internal and external customers and providing your regulatory expertise to bring new products to the market through strong customer focus, clear accountability, regulatory advice and advocacy to ensure product safety and compliance.
Sounds interesting?
It could well be your perfect opportunity if, like us, you always aim to exceed customer needs, deliver value and are skilled at fostering strong relationships. In this exciting role, reporting to the Head of Europe Regulatory, you will:
Provide internal and external customers with consistent and compliant product safety and legislative expertise
Monitor and interpret flavouring and food regulatory and legislative developments, identify early issues that impact the business, and advise the business on eventual risks to ensure compliance and reduced liability
Be the key point of contact for commercial and research and product development teams for delivering legislation updates and regulatory consultancy for innovation projects, new launches, and marketing promotions based on business processes and internal regulatory systems and procedures and industry and regulatory requirements in an expeditious timeframe
Ensure certifications for Halal, Kosher, Organic, and any other future schemes are in place for Europe
Collaborate and ensure alignment with global regulatory teams, other regional regulatory teams (e.g. advocacy group, system/data experts), and other stakeholders such as communication teams and integration project leads
Utilise functionalities of internal SAP-based regulatory systems and databases to support key compliance and safety initiatives
Ensure integrity of regulatory database as well as protection of regional intellectual property
Develop and implement internal policies, processes, procedures, and training for team members/new hires/partners
Establish relationships with assigned customer contacts including participation/leading customer visits/meetings
Manage a team of regulatory experts
You? Are you someone who wants to grow and shape your own world? Who thrives in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then come join us – and impact your world.
Your professional profile includes:
University Degree (minimum Master) in a scientific field such as Chemistry or Food, Biological or Physical sciences
6-10 years of regulatory experience in Flavours or Food or related industry
Knowledge of the food industry regulatory issues and trends, understanding of its customer regulatory requirements and market dynamics for food ingredients and flavourings
Strong communication (both written and oral) and networking skills
Problem-solving and decision quality skills
Customer focus and drive for results
Proactive mindset
Project management skills and priority setting
Business fluency in English is a must and additional language is a plus
Location: Kemptthal - Zürich (Switzerland)
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions, and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion, or sexual identity. We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions, and are certified as an equal pay employer.
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