Regulatory Officer

VRS-UK; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing chemical distribution company in the UK is looking for a Regulatory Compliance Specialist to join their Product Stewardship team. The role will involve ensuring chemical raw materials comply with regulations like CLP and REACH, primarily for the personal care and cosmetics market. Responsibilities include setting up new materials, performing compliance checks, preparing Safety Data Sheets, and guiding customers through regulatory processes. Ideal candidates will have experience in chemical compliance and knowledge of the personal care industry.

Qualifications

• Experience with chemical regulatory compliance, including SDS authoring and hazard communication.
• Knowledge of personal care and cosmetic products' compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support regulatory compliance activities for chemical raw materials.
• Ensure raw materials meet CLP and REACH regulations.
• Set up new raw materials and perform compliance checks.
• Guide customers on ingredient compliance and conduct research.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

CLP knowledge

REACH understanding

Personal care and cosmetics knowledge

Hazard communication

SDS authoring

Labeling expertise

Supplier liaison

Regulatory research

Job description

Overview

A rare opportunity to join the Product Stewardship team of a growing chemical distribution business. Your role will be to provide regulatory and compliance support on a range of chemical raw materials with a focus on provision of expertise to the personal care / cosmetics market.

This will be a varied role supporting a wide portfolio of chemical raw materials / ingredients with a focus on supporting the personal care / cosmetic market. This will entail ensuring the raw materials are compliant under chemical regulations (CLP and REACH) but also their compliance for use in personal care and cosmetic products. Duties will include setting up new raw materials/suppliers, compliance checks, preparing SDSs and labels, and checking classifications. You will then provide support to customers, advice of compliance of ingredients/raw materials, completion of new material/customer questionnaires and research/impact assess regulatory developments relevant to the personal care/cosmetic market.

Responsibilities

• Support regulatory and compliance activities for chemical raw materials with a focus on the personal care / cosmetics market.
• Ensure raw materials are compliant under CLP and REACH, and for use in personal care and cosmetic products.
• Set up new raw materials and suppliers; perform compliance checks; prepare SDSs and labels; verify classifications.
• Provide guidance to customers on ingredient/raw material compliance; complete new material and customer questionnaires; conduct research on regulatory developments relevant to the personal care/cosmetic market.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience with chemical regulatory compliance, including SDS authoring, hazard communication, classifications, and labeling.
• Knowledge or experience with personal care / cosmetic products and insight into compliance of raw materials for these end products.

Key Skills

• Regulatory compliance, CLP, REACH
• Personal care and cosmetics knowledge
• Hazard communication; SDS authoring; labeling; dangerous goods/transport
• Supplier liaison; compliance checks; questionnaires; regulatory research

VRS Regulatory is the Regulatory Affairs and Risk Assessment division of specialist scientific recruiter VRS. We focus on recruitment in Regulatory Affairs, Registrations, REACH, CLP, SDS Authoring, Product Safety, Compliance, Risk Assessment, Regulatory Toxicology, Regulatory Ecotoxicology and Environmental Fate in the chemicals, agrochemicals and biocides sectors