Associate Director- Regulatory Scientific Affairs -EMEA

The EMEA Associate Director, Foundational Ingredients role has the main purpose of leading technical regulatory expertise for Ag Services & Oilseeds (AS&O) by providing regulatory knowledge, leadership and strategic expertise across the EMEA region. Ingredient scope includes Edible & Specialty Oils, Flours & Grains, and Lecithin.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide regulatory affairs leadership for Ag Services & Oilseeds (AS&O) business, including RSA-to-business monitoring, interpretation, implementation and communication of EMEA food and chemical regulations.
• Specific support includes food and feed law, contaminants, chemical legislation, single-use plastic and food contact materials regulations.
• Manage business requests primarily for the human food portfolio but may also be requested for subject matter expertise related to non-food portfolio for industrial, feed, and food packaging uses.
• Support and provide guidance in the event of a recall situation.
• Support the RSA function-to-business partnership in terms of division design and maintenance, cross-division functional responses and conduit to commercial strategies.
• Develop and evaluate business metrics and KPI’s for the work that supports AS&O.
• Align on the divisional RSA budget with AS&O leadership and the RCP function.
• Ensure that the RSA teams maintain the regulatory database(s) for business partners.
• Advise, support and guide quality, marketing and product management departments in ensuring regulatory compliance of products and marketing tools.
• Check regulatory status of new ingredients and new products versus regulation applicable in the region.
• Advise Quality on product labelling, SDS, MRL’s and quality/regulatory statements following ADM standards.
• Reply to regulatory enquiries on ADM’s products in Ag & Oilseeds.
• Contribute to ADM’s corporate RSA and working groups on various regulatory topics.
• Maintain prioritization/short-list of projects at different stages of development for AS&O.
• Act as a RSA stakeholder on strategies for CD&D and R&D projects.
• Engage with external partners to represent the company and defend its interest.
• Provide advice and act proactively to anticipate any regulatory change impacting the business.

Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work in a team environment with a cross-cultural approach.
• Strong, independent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and a very good command of both written and spoken English.
• Computer Skills and excellent user knowledge in business relevant software.
• Business Acumen.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to relate regulatory topics to non-regulatory audiences.
• Ability to focus priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Strategic and out-of-the-box thinking.
• Teaching and communication skills.
• Positive, ‘can-do’ attitude with an open-minded approach.

Education & Experience:

• Prior regulatory experience in regional/global strategy.
• Experience in other functional areas such as Quality, Technical, R&D, Operations & Marketing is highly desirable.
• Leadership/executive experience, preferably with cross-functional roles and responsibility.
• Previous experience in vegetable oil business is highly desirable.
• Engagement with external regulatory authorities.
• Full understanding of Food Industry structure, global regulatory landscape & regulatory implications.

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