Advisor, FSQR Regulatory Affairs EMEA Cocoa & chocolate.

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Job Purpose and Impact

The Regulatory Product Group Lead will identify, set and drive regulatory activities and strategic direction for a cocoa and chocolate product group and throughout the EMEA region internally and externally. In this role, you will work closely with research and development, food safety quality and regulatory operations and relevant functions. You will partner with a broad set of key stakeholders to define and enable compliance systems and processes to enable commercial teams to establish and achieve business objectives and growth strategies.

Key Accountabilities

• Be the main regulatory and scientific affairs contact across functions for Cocoa and Chocolate product group including product lines, key customers and commercial leaders.
• Provide strategy and guidance and coordinate the regulatory affairs initiatives within a product group in the region to define the regulatory compliance for existing products and products destined for export.
• Provide thought leadership in regulatory and scientific affairs area in the region including midterm and long term emerging issues.
• Partner with food safety quality and regulatory, and research and development colleagues to assess and implement programs and processes that enable regulatory compliance and innovation and priorities.
• Monitor, understand, anticipate and interpret regulatory changes and share and train related functions to improve partnering and effectiveness.
• Develop and coordinate regulatory positions, requirements and processes and work with commercial teams, functional units, key customers, trade associations and external regulatory agencies.
• Develop strong coordination and connections globally within our product groups and regionally across product groups to leverage synergies, ensure continuous development and enable capacity building for executing regulatory compliance and innovation.
• Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems. You may provide direction to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

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Our Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.