What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regulatory Affairs Manager position at Monster Energy?
Position Summary:
The Regulatory Affairs Manager, East EMEA is mainly focused on registrations and compliance work for raw materials and finished products with a focus on East EMEA. The role works closely with the flavor house R&D team, raw material vendors, the regional Regulatory team and the local Operations team to submit registration dossiers that ensure liquid and labeling compliance for the Customs Union, Middle East, Eurasia, and North African markets. The manager will work closely with local NPD team to ensure that registrations can be executed locally in a streamlined fashion, with clear communication and corporate stewardship of formula and product regulator strategy.
Essential Job Functions:
- Manage registration efforts for various countries in the Customs Union, Middle East, Eurasia and North African markets.
- Lead registration efforts with local outside counsel and government authorities to ensure that projects are managed according to corporate brand and product strategy.
- Work closely with Regional regulatory execution effort to ensure timely delivery of projects.
- Participate in the maintenance of compliance tools on behalf of the East EMEA Regulatory team to ensure clear direction regarding compliance strategy.
- Ensure regulatory compliance thru generation of accurate label elements and reviewing product artwork for accuracy and consistency.
- Collaborate with innovation focused corporate Regulatory managers to build local brand direction that stays close to US innovation strategy.
- Trouble shoot compliance issues as they arise.
- Lead artwork development projects for own projects by coordination with Creative Services, Innovation and Project Management teams.
- Provide input on formula development to meet regulatory & claim requirements.
- Conduct category and product research to provide support to the Innovation and marketing effort.
- Build local brand specification to retain brand positioning and formula specifics.
- Ensure that the internal regulatory department database for new products is kept up to date with all substantiation documents pertaining to labeling, artwork, product claims and regulatory research.
- Assist Director with the development of internal regulatory policies and best practices to retain knowledge, improve accuracy and streamline processes.
- Keep abreast of the regulatory environment and communicate potential impact of new or revised regulations.
Position Requirements:
- B.S. with 5-8 years of regulatory experience, including labeling, registrations, formulation/ ingredient compliance.
- Industry background: food & beverages, dietary supplement, medical device.
- This person needs to be:
- Highly organized with great attention to detail.
- A self-starter able to work independently, as well as in teams.
- A multi-tasker capable of working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Creative and resourceful, able to see what is relevant and ask the right questions.
- A strong leader able to apply regulatory knowledge both strategically and operationally.
- A strong communicator with the ability to present regulatory and technical information in a clear and concise manner.
Pay Range: $93,000 - $134,000
Salary : $93,000 - $134,000
