Twinings
Regulatory Officer
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Application Deadline: 24 February 2023
Department: Tea Supply Chain
Location: Andover
Description
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Are you searching for a career with bags of variety, in an environment that celebrates differences and empowers collaboration, which values individuals and will encourage you to make an impact? Do you want the freedom to explore, and the opportunities to find new ways and to innovate? If so, TwiningsOvo delivers.
We’re looking for people who have a real passion for the brand to support our future innovation growth ambitions. In return, we offer an inspiring package of employee benefits - to show just how much we value you. This role will offer you the scope for growth and the tools to aim high.
As part of the Regulatory Centre of Excellence, you will work cross functionally and globally, advising on existing and forthcoming regulatory requirements primarily in the fields of food labelling, nutrition, health and other marketing claims, composition, pesticides and contaminants.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that the company complies with outside regulatory and legal requirements, as well as internal policies and laws.
- Provides guidance on the legality of product labelling. Conducts product label approvals to support Marketing teams’ activities in line with the service level agreement and following the pack copy and artwork sign off process.
- Provides guidance on UK, EU and International legislative requirements ensuring legal compliance of current products and shaping the development of new products.
- Maintains a good working knowledge of the UK, EU and international food legislation.
- Supports the development of ingredient and product specifications to ensure that the relevant legal and technical requirements are addressed during the procurement process.
- Ensure nutrition, health and other marketing claims (including packaging end of life marketing claims such as recycling logos, biodegradability, certification schemes, etc) comply with appropriate regulations and advertising standards.
- Carries out ingredient and finished product compliance checks to ensure suitability in intended markets of sale internationally.
- Maintain regulatory databases and tools to ensure they remain current, accurate and fit for purpose.
- Carry out international horizon scanning activities to ensure ongoing, proactive business compliance.
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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- You will have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent formal education in food science or other scientific subject, technical or legal discipline.
- You will have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in regulatory affairs in the food and beverage industry, with knowledge of UK, EU and international food legislation and end of life packaging claim requirements.
- You will have experience providing regulatory advice to commercial teams particularly in relation to general labelling and nutrition, health and other marketing claims.
- You will have a Business Partner approach to ways of working, with the ability to translate complex technical and legislative issues clearly to a varied audience.
- You will have a willingness to challenge the status quo in pursuit of finding solutions and unlocking opportunity.
- You will have the ability to work in a fast changing environment & good at dealing with ambiguity.
- You will have excellent relationship building skills and proven stakeholder management skills.
- You will have strong project management, presentation, facilitation and communication skills.
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Benefits
- Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance
- Flexible working options
- 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays
- Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre
- Perkbox – employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more
- Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- SimplyHealth Cash plan
- Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts
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