Regulatory Affairs Associate

Overview

Home to the world\’s best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we\’re full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals – all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance. We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality. The size of our organisation means you\\\’ll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

You will work at the heart of the Northern Europe (UK & Ireland) commercial organisation, collaborating with the relevant cross-functional teams to ensure the required regulatory activities are identified and completed to enable the successful completion of the project or topic. You will be solution oriented by providing suitable resolutions for projects, issues and other regulatory topics. You will ensure product compliance with all local regulations and Reckitt internal processes.

Your responsibilities

• Understand the external organisational environment, Reckitt’s position, and how to influence legislation
• Take (potentially lead) a role in projects, interacting with teams working with RAS, and hold responsibilities for key deliverables.
• Communicate effectively and establish strong business partnerships.
• Create compliant documents and submissions.
• Support the development and roll-out of new and existing products and identify potential risks.
• Identify continuous improvement ideas, propose solutions and act.
• Work under pressure while ensuring high-quality task execution and adherence to deadlines.

Role impact and Development:

• Lead on projects, expand the cross-organisational network, and develop strong communication skills demonstrating accountability for deliverables.
• Grow functional expertise and understand how to navigate the complex regulatory and safety landscape.
• Apply knowledge, scientific, and technical skills, alongside experience in new areas to prepare for future progression.

Key Responsibilities/ Accountabilities

• Regulatory new products development and compliance for Northern Europe products, including preparation and registrations of new launches and changes to the Regulatory Agencies, as required.
• Experience with UK and EU Cosmetic Product Regulations, experience with the CLP regulation and/or MDR is desirable.
• Ability to use technical expertise, scientific capabilities, and data analysis to problem-solve.
• Basic knowledge of Regulatory and Safety environment.
• Basic understanding of compliance requirements in consumer goods companies (desired).
• Experience in reviewing and conducting impact assessments of BCP changes for Medical Devices and Cosmetics.
• Creation and assessment of internal quality and non-quality changes in line with the change control management system.
• Artwork review and approvals.
• Work collaboratively with the relevant country teams to establish and implement the regulatory strategies within agreed timescales to bring competitive advantage to Reckitt brands.
• Provide support when required to the Vigilance and Quality Teams to ensure compliance with vigilance and quality obligations.
• Interpret and apply all relevant legislation in NEU to keep the Reckitt business up to date on National regulatory trends, risks and opportunities.

The experience we\\\’re looking for

• University Science degree in relevant scientific discipline and regulatory experience within OTC or Cosmetic industry
• Thorough understanding of the current UK, Irish and European regulations, laws, guidelines and industry requirements.
• Exceptional ability to manage workload and identify priority tasks to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to build good relationships and challenge constructively and confidently.
• Ability to consolidate large volumes of complex information, interpret & construct straightforward plans.
• Confident and capable of resolving conflict situations.
• Competent with PC tools and information systems.
• Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement.
• Able to apply appropriate problem-solving techniques to evaluate and resolve operational issues

The skills for success

Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Regulatory, Dossier writing, Collaborator, Product Lifecycle Management, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Objective Setting, Business Strategy.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt\\\’s potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt\\\’s pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don\\\’t always \\\’tick all the boxes\\\’. That\\\’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don\\\’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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