Senior Regulatory Advisor (Non-Food)

Ashbury Labelling Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Home-based role

25 days annual leave plus public hols

Additional annual leave with length of

Cycle to Work scheme and much more!

Zusammenfassung

Ashbury Labelling Ltd is seeking a regulatory advisor to guide clients, suppliers and Ashbury advisors on due diligence and compliance with the law. You will deliver risk-based, timely advice to enable safe and competitive product launches across international markets.

You will research regulatory changes, review client policies, manage complaints, and lead training on regulatory topics. The role requires strong English, policy understanding, and stakeholder communication.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 5 years in a regulatory role within industry or enforcement.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Fluent in language required for market/region.
• Independent working experience and strong time management.
• Demonstrated risk-based decision making.
• Able to explain complex requirements clearly.
• Strong communication and IT/presentation skills.

Aufgaben

• Provide regulatory advice to Ashbury and clients ensuring legal compliance.
• Research/regulatory horizon scanning for changes affecting Ashbury.
• Review client policies considering new regulations and codes of practice.
• Draft responses to client complaints and manage escalations.
• Provide risk-based recommendations for enforcement challenges.
• Support client recalls/withdrawals with necessary information.
• Liaise with government agencies and industry bodies.
• Deliver training on regulatory/technical topics.
• Develop relationships with client decision makers on regulatory matters.
• Attend client meetings to discuss regulatory affairs.
• Produce expert opinion content for marketing/training.
• Present expert opinions internally and externally.
• Keep up to date with legal requirements and labeling policies.
• Maintain expertise in subject areas and provide product information services.
• Execute performance checks and monitor concerns.
• Identify and communicate training needs.

Kenntnisse

Regulatory knowledge

Client advisory

Risk assessment

Time management

Communication

Mentoring

Ausbildung

Degree in product safety

Jobbeschreibung

The role

In this role you will be advising clients, their suppliers and Ashbury advisors, on how to get it right. You will be using your regulatory knowledge and experience to inquisitively question and challenge to ensure Ashbury clients have due diligence and are compliant with the law. You will be accountable for quality, accurate and timely risk-based advice, which enables our customers to launch products competitively and safely.

This role is key to the delivery of our services to our clients. You will be part of the largest team within Ashbury, Advisory Services. The Advisory Services Team is made of both industry and regulatory professionals, with expertise in food and non-food, across manufacturing and retail internationally.

You will be responsible for:

• Providing regulatory advice to Ashbury and its clients, to ensure products are legally compliant. The advice should be risk based, commercially competitive and in line with the clients' policies, where applicable
• Researching and horizon scanning for changes and developments, which effect the regulatory landscape in which Ashbury and our clients operate
• Reviewing and advising changes to Ashbury clients' policies, considering new regulations, guidance, and codes of practice
• Client customer compliant management, writing responses and managing escalated and/or serious complaints.
• Providing risk-based recommendations to complaints/enforcement challenges for Ashbury clients
• Leading/Supporting a client through a product recall/withdrawal process, producing information to support this process where required
• Liaising with central & local government agencies and industry bodies, i.e., OPSS, FSA/FSAI, Primary Authorities, laboratories, BRC, BSI and ASA etc.
• Delivering training on regulatory & technical topics to Ashbury and its clients
• Developing relationships with client Technical/Regulatory decision makers, influencing, discussing and debating regulatory matters
• Attend client meetings to discuss Regulatory affairs
• Producing expert opinion content on subject matters, as required for marketing and training purposes.
• Presenting expert opinion on subject matters internally and externally
• Keeping up to date with legal requirements and labelling policies and ensuring the dissemination of information within business
• Maintaining and growing your expertise in one or more subject areas.
• Carrying out product information services, such as formulation, regulatory adaptations, specification/pack copy review, artwork review, alignment, and branded product reviews for compliance, as required.
• Executing Performance checks.
• Monitoring and raising performance concerns.
• Identify and communicate training needs.

Skillset and Experience

Knowledge

• Degree level educational qualification in product safety, consumer protection, consumer law or other relevant qualification or experience.
• In-depth regulatory knowledge in product safety, including codes of practice, policies, guidance, and standards
• Excellent understanding of legal requirements, challenges and consumer trends relating to product information
• Maintaining an awareness of relevant changes in the regulatory environment due to new legislation, case law, codes of practice and guidance
• Confident in applying knowledge and experience to advice, tailoring to the client and scenario

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience of working in a regulatory role within industry or trading standards/enforcement or in a related field
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Fluent in spoken and written language required for market/region
• Demonstrable experience of independent working, managing your own workload and time management
• Demonstrable risk-based decision making
• Confident to apply requirements to product information and communicating decisions to clients.
• Fluency in one or more other languages
• Demonstrate an understanding of the retail and manufacturing side, including the product launch process
• Demonstrate an awareness of client PLM (Product Lifetime Management) systems and the product information advice we deliver to clients
• Excellent oral, written communication skills, including IT and presentation skills
• Able to explain complex requirements in a simple way
• Supports the growth of colleagues through training, mentoring and coaching
• Able to risk assess a situation, providing a risk appropriate solution which resolves the issue.
• Ability to research and gather information using available resources
• Welcomes guidance and understands the commercial environment
• Stress resilient and able to work against tight deadlines
• Positive approach to opportunities to develop into new areas as Ashbury grows
• Consistently works at expected work rate and to a high level of accuracy.
• Clearly demonstrates the Ashbury Values by being trustworthy, positive and welcoming to people and ideas.

Skillset

Noted above are the main duties and responsibilities of your role within the company. This list is not exhaustive and at our discretion the employee may be asked to undertake duties outside of those noted below. If duties not listed are to become permanent or if the employee is promoted or transferred to another role, then the role description will be amended accordingly or the new appropriate role description issued.

Benefits

• Home-based role*
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays as standard*
• Additional annual leave with length of service
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Charity days and time off to support your favourite charity
• Payroll Charity giving scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme and much more!