Vaga de Regulatory Coordinator

Overview of the Position: As the Regulatory Coordinator you are the expert on food labelling. You will be the legal gatekeeper when it comes to recipes, artwork, marketing outings, images and packaging; Ensure the regulatory compliance of our finished products, formulations, pack, labels and ingredients; Be the contact point for Blumenau plant with local regulatory and surveillance agencies; Ensure the register process compliance among exportation countries; Advice R&D, Quality and Marketing about food legislation changes, appointing the impacts in Hemmer portfolio and relative roadmap to adaptation; Key Responsibilities: Provide technical expertise in all regulated fields affecting products and marketability (food law, nutrition requirements, labelling and packaging; Roadmap for the implementation of new legislation related to food stamping, labelling and packaging across Brazil and monitoring the regulatory bills ongoing; Interactions and advocacy of KHC interests with Associations, Trade Associations and Regulatory Entities; Reviewing and Approver labels & mandatory statements; Substantiating marketing & products stamps; Manage local projects deliverables, including ingredients & Finished Product regulatory compliance; To review recipes and ingredient specifications, ensuring compositional requirements are met, codes of practice adhered to and company policies complied with; Accountable for the guidance of the regulatory changes in food regulation (products, SKU´s and packaging) and for the for the implementation with the main stakeholders (R&D, Marketing, Food Safety) for local production and also for Import and export business; Administrating of Products certifications and registrations including importation, exportation and local commercialization/distribution; To analyse normative/regulatory impact, risk assessment and scenarios, as well as the monitoring of the main governmental discussions on the sector it represents, defining the action strategy and the best way to communicate with regulatory bodies; Key Requirements: A Degree in Food Engineer, Chemical Engineer or Nutrition Scientist. Food Industry background. Experience with regulatory and sanitary agencies. Previous work with Food Legislations in Brazil. English (intermediate-avanced). An understanding of product development, food ingredients, manufacturing and business processes is an advantage.