Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist at Mondelez International

You execute the regulatory affairs strategy for your respective categories and geographical area using your technical and regulatory expertise. You ensure the regulatory and policy compliance of our portfolio and ensure policies, regulatory programs and requirements are met.

How You Will Contribute

• You will implement the regulatory affairs strategy and work with cross-functional teams to anticipate regulatory business risks and opportunities. In addition, you will provide regulatory affairs expertise for technical regulatory developments and help with responses to challenges and crisis management. In this role, you will ensure that ingredients, product composition, claims and labelling is in compliance with regulations and company policies, provide guidance to stakeholders on regulatory affairs, propose and implement business solutions in response to regulatory changes, and maintain and develop a strong knowledge of regulatory, scientific and nutrition risks and opportunities in your corresponding market.

What You Will Bring

A desire to drive your future and purpose, accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Regulatory affairs (industry, governmental, association background).
• Understanding of the regulatory framework in your geographical area
• Building collaborative relationships
• Conducting technical assessments and supporting issues management
• Thinking creatively
• Communicating effectively
• Project management
• SARA core knowledge topics (e.g. flavors, additives, GMO, organic, dietary or religious suitability, etc.)

More About This Role

• As a Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Specialist, you will ensure that ingredients, product composition, claims and labelling compliance are within applicable regulations and company policies. In addition, you will help to develop regulatory affairs tools, and further develop your knowledge of regulatory, science and nutrition. The role in West Africa requires frequent interaction with authorities to support business priorities like New Product Registration and other elements which require approval from Government e.g. product claims.

This role offers

• Support for Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs strategy
• Familiarization with regulations for Sub-Sahara African countries with the focus on West Africa
• Ability to lead regulatory projects and real impact on food labels related to our brands.
• Multinational environment, opportunity to meet and learn from various cultures
• Opportunities to grow
• Operating in a system driven environment

What extra ingredients will you bring:

• Integrity and living the MDLZ values in every aspect of your work.
• Standing alone facing authorities while keeping the MDLZ interest at heart.
• Effective Communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Accuracy & attention to detail
• Experience in problem solving with internal and external stakeholders.
• Curiosity coupled with analytical thinking
• Understanding of food technology and raw materials
• Resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility