Location:  This position can be located in Florham Park, NJ or Wyandotte, MI

Ideal Candidate:

5+ to 7 years of experience
Management Experience Required – No
Minimum Education – Bachelor’s Degree
Willingness to Travel – Occasionally

Seeking an individual to be part of the Product Regulatory Center of Expertise Team, who provides EHS support through a North American shared services platform.  In addition, this position will be part of the Global Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs Team.

This position is primarily responsible for indirect food contact assessments and support for assigned North American and Global Business Groups.

 The successful candidate will work closely with Product Regulations/Product Stewardship and Business Product and Technical Management to:

Actively contribute to the Global Regulatory Affairs Team as a regional team member.

Assess products for assigned North American businesses and targeted European businesses to determine status under US and Canadian Food Contact Law; coordinate and manage data according to existing processes.

Coordinate Food Contact Notifications under US FDA requirements and Letters of No Objection from Health Canada and act as the technical contact with the agencies.

Implement / Maintain food contact governance program for assigned North American businesses.

Provide expertise in European and Asia Pacific food contact requirements via network with European and Asian colleagues to support North American businesses.

Provide food contact regulatory expertise; interpretation and impact determination for assigned North American businesses.

Support customer requests as necessary.

In cooperation with Product Regulations team, ensure SAP system (BASIS) is maintained accurately.

Track regulatory developments of assigned North American product regulations.

Determine applicability of new/revised food contact regulations and issue communications to affected North American community

Provide strategic and tactical consultation to Business Group management and Product Stewardship regarding food contact compliance issues and opportunities.

Support the development, implementation and maintenance of food contact regulatory compliance programs.

Develop and/or deliver food contact training for North America community.

Lead or support food contact nonconformance investigation and reporting.

 Position travel:  approximately 15% travel

REQUIRED:

The successful candidate will possess the following Qualifications:

BS Engineering, Sciences (BS Chemistry Degree preferred)

Minimum 5 years of demonstrated experience in a regulatory, manufacturing, and/or lab environment

Demonstrated regulatory knowledge U.S. FDA and Canadian Food Contact is required

Demonstrated FCN and Letters of No Objection registration experience is required

Experience implementing regulatory compliance processes and programs

Experience with Regional and Global Business and Functional organizations is preferred

Knowledge of products and substances manufactured,imported and the IT systems that are used to govern them (i.e., SAP, Ariel, Decernis, etc.)

Ability to work independently on multiple, concurrent and variable assignments is essential

 DESIRED:

European and/or Asia Pacific food contact knowledge preferred

SAP (BASIS-EHS Module) Computer skills preferred

Knowledge of Spanish and/or German is useful