Regulatory Affairs Manager

**Position Snapshot**

Location: Konolfingen, Switzerland
Company: SBU Nutrition
Act. Rate: Full-Time
Type of contact: Permanent

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**Position Summary**

As a **Regulatory Affairs Manager**, you will act as a strategic business partner helping to navigate the regulatory environment to create business opportunity for one of our Nutrition categories. In this role you will be supporting I/R globally in cooperation with other global stakeholders and market RSA to ensure geo-expansion and advocacy for the category. The job requires deep knowledge of the infant formula regulatory environment (technical, innovation, Codex and market specifics) combined with agility to respond to fast evolving business needs.

The Nutrition “Strategic Business Unit” (SBU) is part of the Nestlé Group. Our mission is to support lifelong health and well-being for all. Grounded in the deep understanding of today's nutritional challenges and the link between food and health, we leverage our R&D expertise to offer tasty and balanced diets which cater to the varied and different needs of mothers, infants, children, teens and adults. Our high quality and sustainable solutions include ensuring access to affordable nutrition and addressing specific dietary requirements and nutritional deficiencies.

**A**Day in the Life of a Regulatory Affairs Manager**
- Drive global regulatory activities in the dedicated innovation/renovation platform together with project stakeholders and market RSA
- Define Regulatory Pathway/ Strategy for projects
- Shape the regulatory environment to increase Nutrition competitiveness towards our markets
- Develop positions and advocacy strategy to be used at market level
- Identify and ensure implementation of strategies to shape the regulatory environment at market and industry levels to increase Nestlé Nutrition competitiveness towards our markets
- Support and train stakeholders and market RSA (scientific - regulatory matters, tools)
- Provide insight into Nutrition RSA processes and SOP development
- Ensure regulatory compliance (ingredient, product, labeling...) directly and in relation with market RSA and Global stakeholders
- Support markets as issue owner in identified topics
- Member of global dairy associations

**What will make you successful**
- Advanced University degree with Scientific qualification (Food, Nutrition )
- At least 10 years’ experience in various positions in Food industry, Pharma or relevant Trade Associations in sciences, regulatory
- Strong knowledge of regulations related to dairy products and transversal regulations related to food. In addition to this good understanding of regulatory framework of categories like food supplements and FSDUs.
- Experience of implementation of global regulatory framework (Codex) and understanding of national regulatory framework outside of EU will be an advantage.
- Experience in new ingredient authorizations globally and also submission of authorization of new health claims.
- Experience working with technical regulations and industry associations across food industries
- Experience of working with commercial teams and demonstrated ability to communicate topics in a simple & business friendly manner
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and help business make risk-based decisions
- Experience of working in an international & multi-cultural environment
- Fluency in English and French or German

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win.
We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

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