Home Care Regulatory Affairs Manager, Unilever Professional

ENGINEERINGUK; Bebington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Home Care Regulatory Affairs Manager to spearhead regulatory strategies and compliance initiatives. This pivotal role involves leading regulatory guidance for innovative projects, ensuring adherence to global regulations, and fostering strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in regulatory affairs, particularly within the Home Care sector, and will be instrumental in navigating the complexities of product registrations and advocacy. Join a dynamic team dedicated to making a positive impact in the industry while embracing diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Enhanced leave policies

Health checks and mental health support

Mentoring and coaching programs

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Significant experience in regulatory requirements for Home Care products.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory strategy for Home Care innovation and compliance.
• Provide regulatory guidance and support for product registrations.
• Manage global regulatory updates and advocacy topics.

Skills

Regulatory Affairs Expertise

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Influencing Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Education

BSc in Biological Science

M.S. or PhD in Toxicology

M.S. or PhD in Environmental Science

M.S. or PhD in Chemistry

Job description

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Home Care Regulatory Affairs Manager, Unilever Professional

Sector: Manufacturing, Science and Pharmaceutical
Role: Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Job Title: Home Care Regulatory Affairs Manager, Unilever Professional
Function: R&D
Reporting to: Regulatory Lead, Global UPro
Scope: Global
Location: Port Sunlight
Work-Level: 2A

JOB PURPOSE

Acts as regulatory first point of contact for the HC Unilever Professional (UPro) organization. Leads the regulatory strategy, organization, and guidance for HC Unilever Professional (UPro) innovation, advocacy, and compliance programmes together with any relevant new technology programmes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Ensures the regulatory input to the HC Unilever Professional innovation projects.
2. Deliver day-to-day strategic regulatory guidance, assessments, and operational inputs to the UPro innovation projects and future technologies on time in full at a global level plus for the key countries in which the products are to be marketed.
3. Is an expert on worldwide regulations governing Home Care products in general plus global regulatory developments which impact professional Home Care products, and through strong strategic influencing skills, ensures that these developments are incorporated into the HC Unilever Professional innovation programme.
4. Together with Unilever Regulatory colleagues, defines and oversees the building and maintenance of the global HC Unilever Professional product dossiers.
5. Creates & maintains the relevant global HC professional regulatory affairs network.
6. Monitor regulatory activities and challenges in markets.
7. Prepare global regulatory summaries for specific product areas.
8. Maintain information-sharing systems to ensure access and alignment on regulatory topics across the category and in the regulatory affairs capability.
9. Provide expertise to support local teams to respond effectively and with speed to Regulatory Authority questions on product registrations.
10. Manages regulatory affairs for HC Unilever Professional:
11. Deliver global regulatory updates on legislation affecting the category and giving training as required.
12. Deliver global coordination of the Unilever positions in the face of new regulations or amendments in regulations in local markets.
13. Be the global regulatory expert in the HC professional claims, including to develop claims guidelines by working with scientific writers, Legal, CTI, GDC/S&T to build robust substantiation to enable the landing of claims in local markets.
14. Provide regulatory input to the management of globally relevant issues and opportunities.
15. Be an issue leader of topics related to HC professional and anticipate regulatory challenges for the future, which may drive the external influencing agenda for the category.
16. Execute regulatory risk assessments and participate in stress tests.
17. Provide regulatory input in case of mergers and acquisitions.
18. Manages and/or supports HC Unilever Professional advocacy topics:
19. Ensure HC Professional needs are inputted into the wider Home Care advocacy plan with assigned key topics.
20. Be a Regulatory leader for specific key topics by ensuring objective setting, delivery of plans, managing communications cross-functionally, stakeholder management etc.
21. Represent Unilever externally for specific advocacy topics if required.
22. Monitor the external and internal environment to identify threats/opportunities and communicate with impact to stakeholders.
23. Develops and maintains excellent interfaces with internal and external relevant partners:
24. Represents RA in other UL functions (SERS, External Affairs, Legal, R&D Professional) on relevant topic(s).
25. Has direct contact/represent UL in external bodies e.g. Trade associations, scientific bodies, key opinion formers.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Key interfaces: Category R&D and Brand Development teams delivering HC Unilever Professional innovations, Regulatory Lead for Global UPro, Head of Home Care Regulatory Affairs and full Home Care Regulatory Affairs team, Global Regulatory Affairs leadership team, External Affairs, Corporate Communications, Legal, Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre and external supply partners.

Education: Minimum BSc, preferably an M.S. or PhD in Biological Science, Toxicology, Environmental Science or Chemistry or equivalent.

Experience: Significant experience of the regulatory requirements that govern the Professional Home Care industry, preferably globally, and preferably with experience in the product development area. Experience in obtaining any necessary product or active substance registrations in one or more regions. Ability to work with external consultants in different markets to deliver the regulatory strategies for the Unilever Professional business. A proven track record in supporting the development, research, and regulatory affairs functions and preferably experience of working in an external environment (such as trade associations, Regulatory Authorities, etc.). Extensive experience of successful stakeholder management, with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential, together with extensive strategic influencing skills. Willingness to continually embrace personal and professional development.

NOTES

Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed and include your Future Fit Plan if possible. By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions. Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Hannah Cottier on [e-mail].

What we offer

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to present your best self.

Relocation to the UK

Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the UK, if successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded with the potential to reclaim some specific pre-approved expenses up to £5,000. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions.

Company

Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world. Have the opportunity to see the true impact that you’re having in the work you do - every small thing counts. The personal contribution you make means you feel good about what you do and proud that you have a career with a higher purpose. Be empowered to make a positive impact, by bringing your purpose into action.

Be a force for good. Unleash your curiosity and pioneering spirit to make our business win and grow. Use your confidence to challenge the status quo for the better, while you learn, grow and make a positive impact.

Diversity & Inclusion is one of the things that we want Unilever to be famous for.

This means making sure our business is fair, attracting and retaining

the very best talent and helping them unlock their full potential.

Dove, Lipton, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Lynx, Knorr, Surf. Our world-famous brands are totally different – and as people, so are we. Be surrounded by individually different but like-minded people who share your values, commitment and desire to start or pursue a career across different cultures and levels of seniority where you do good things every day. Bring your real self to work, here we combine our differences to achieve greater things.

Develop into your best self. Get inspired by leaders and peers and create life-shaping experiences for yourself. Unilever offers an inspirational working environment where you will be mentored and nurtured by bright minds and purpose-led leaders. Use your skills and knowledge, and the tools we provide you to experience all that Unilever can offer across brands and around the world. You have the ability to craft a flexible – and global – career.

Our policies & flexible working

At Unilever, we have a range of market-leading, family-friendly and flexible working policies, which enable our employees to balance their day-to-day responsibilities.

These policies and practices include:

• Agile working, which gives employees the possibility to work remotely and flex their own hours, whilst ensuring business needs are met.
• Flexible working arrangements including, but not limited to, part-time and job share opportunities.
• Enhanced leave policies - all employees taking maternity or shared parental leave have up to 16 weeks’ paid leave and some eligible employees can have up to 39 weeks’ paid leave. In addition, our Maternity & Paternity Services portal provides online resources to support employees at all stages of parenthood, as well as tailored guidance for line managers.
• Practical support including, nursery benefits and back-up care for parents and carers.
• A constant focus on wellbeing for employees, including regular health checks, mental health support and our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a strong culture of mentoring, training and learning across the organisation, with a range of resources and initiatives available:

• Mentoring and coaching
• Leadership and general business skills training, including unconscious bias
• Learning for all, via access to internal and external resources
• Workshops which support personal and team development.

Our ambition: unlocking talent through disability inclusion

The World Health Organization estimates that there are one billion people in the world currently living with a disability. That’s about 15% of the global population, or 1 in 7 of us. And the statistics suggest that people living with disabilities are among the most marginalised populations in the world in terms of employment and educational opportunity.

Removing the barriers facing people living with disability is a priority for our business. It isn’t just the right thing to do – we believe that creating equality of opportunity will unlock a huge pool of talent. It also gets to the heart of the ambition to ‘leave no one behind’ – and could contribute to the five Sustainable Development Goals which explicitly reference disability and to the wider sustainable development agenda.

In 2018, we set ourselves global commitments to achieve by 2025:

• to be the number one employer of choice for people with disabilities, and
• to increase the number of employees with disabilities to 5% of our total workforce.

These are ambitious targets. They involve transforming the way we recruit and train our people. And they mean adapting both the way we work and our workplaces, so that we can support people with disabilities to reach their full potential.

"We cannot be an inclusive organisation unless we ensure that we have created the conditions

and the culture for people with a disability to thrive."

We are keen to find out about your talent, and offer the support you need.

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