Senior Regulatory Affairs Associate

Reckitt; Slough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company seeks a Senior Regulatory Affairs Associate in Slough, UK. The successful candidate will lead regulatory compliance and innovation for new products in Northern Europe. Responsibilities include managing biocides registrations and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement regulatory strategies. The ideal candidate holds a relevant university degree and has significant regulatory experience within the OTC industry. This role offers opportunities for growth within a supportive and inclusive team environment.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program for mental health

Life insurance

Global share plans

Short-term incentives for performance

Qualifications

• University Science degree in relevant scientific discipline and regulatory experience within OTC industry.
• Thorough understanding of UK, Irish and European regulations, laws, and industry requirements.
• Proven experience in project delivery and managing workload with tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory new products development and compliance.
• Manage biocides registrations, BPR, and Detergents regulations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement regulatory strategies.

Skills

Regulatory experience

Project management

Analytical skills

Influencing and relationship building

Education

University Science degree

Tools

PC tools and information systems

Job description

We are Reckitt 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, leading innovation and compliance activities with the relevant cross-functional teams to enable successful completion. You will be able to influence directions of the project, and to independently manage cross-functional stakeholders, with a solution focus. You will ensure product compliance with all local regulations and Reckitt internal processes.

• Assess the impact of the new and emerging legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Interpret and apply legal regulatory requirements and seek consultations (where required).
• Take individual project responsibility, communicate progress and mitigate risks to execute successfully.
• Collaborate on cross-functional initiatives and projects and build trusted partnerships.
• Consistently review and update compliant communication documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement to enhance performance.
• Actively contribute to policy, guidelines, and working instructions development related to subject matter expertise.

Senior Regulatory Affairs Associate

• Hold independent responsibility for driving regulatory innovation, compliance activities and improvements.
• Demonstrate execution excellence during role development.
• Develop a deeper understanding of commercial elements in the role.
• Contribute to design and execution and appreciate how factors influence and shape regulatory and safety strategies.
• Work closely with cross-functional partners to build trusted partnerships, enabling opportunities for optimised collaboration and furthering potential.

Your responsibilities

• Regulatory new products development and compliance for Northern Europe products and authorisations, including preparation and submission of changes and renewals to the Regulatory Agencies, as required.
• Extensive experience for biocides registrations, BPR and Detergents regulations.
• Determination of the impact of updates to the biocidal product regulation for the products in the NEU portfolio and communication with cross functional stakeholders to guide the business to make the best choice.
• Contribute to due diligence activities related to new products or site transfers of existing products.
• Creation and assessment of internal quality and non-quality changes in line with the change control management system.
• Submission of changes to the biocide’s registrations and labelling.
• Artwork review and approvals, including compliance with CLP.
• 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.
• Participation to industry association working groups as required.
• Provide regulatory support and advice to other functions to ensure products are maintained in compliance with the local requirements.

The experience we're looking for

• University Science degree in relevant scientific discipline and regulatory experience within OTC industry.
• Thorough understanding of the current UK, Irish and European regulations, laws, guidelines and industry requirements.
• Proven experience of working independently, in project delivery, and in managing workload and priorities with tight deadlines.
• Vast experience in decision-making through technical expertise, scientific capabilities, and complex data analysis.
• Strong ability in influencing and in building 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.
• Able to apply appropriate problem-solving techniques to evaluate and resolve operational issues.

The skills for success

Task Execution Under Pressure, Makes strategic Business Decisions, Business acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, R&D, Change Leadership, Product Lifecycle Management, Intellectual Property, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing.

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.