Senior Regulatory Specialist – complex liquid mixtures

VRS Regulatory; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Mentoring

Job summary

VRS Regulatory is seeking a regulatory lead to take a lead role in the regulatory department of a global consumer products business, applying chemical regulatory knowledge to respond to developments and safeguard the compliance of a diverse portfolio.

You will work across NPD, procurement, manufacturing and commercial teams, providing pragmatic guidance, conducting impact assessments and mentoring junior colleagues.

Qualifications

• Existing chemical regulatory knowledge (CLP, REACH etc).
• Familiarity with analysis of regulatory changes.
• Company offers flexible working and diverse global product range.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory department and oversee global regulatory activities.
• Respond to regulatory developments and assess impact on products.
• Ensure ongoing compliance of diverse global portfolio of complex liquid mixtures.
• Provide mentoring and guidance to junior colleagues.
• Support day-to-day regulatory work: document management, product notifications, SDS/label authoring, DG/transport regs.
• Coordinate with NPD, procurement, manufacturing and commercial teams.

Skills

Regulatory leadership

CLP & REACH

SDS authoring

Product safety

Regulatory impact assessment

Interdepartmental collaboration

Mentoring

Lisam ExESS

Education

Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC)

Tools

Lisam ExESS

Job description

• Take a lead role in the regulatory department of a global consumer products business
• Apply your chemical regulatory knowledge and expertise to respond to regulatory developments
• Ensure ongoing compliance of the diverse and global product portfolio of complex liquid mixtures
• Become regulatory subject matter expert for the business
• Support (not manage) more junior regulatory colleagues

A key aspect of this role will be finding and interpreting relevant regulatory changes then conducting impact assessments and advising the business how to respond. You will work across all departments (NPD, procurement, manufacturing, commercial etc) proving pragmatic regulatory guidance and project manging change implementation.

You will also support specific business units with day-to-day regulatory work including:

• regulatory document management
• product notifications
• SDS and label authoring
• DG/transport regs.

CLP and REACH are the key UK/EU regulations; you will also work with US regulations and a variety of other product related regulations including cosmetics and toys directives. As subject matter expert, you will provide support, training and mentoring to more junior colleagues.

We would like to hear from chemical regulatory officers or specialists looking to use their knowledge in a lead and global role. You must have:

• Existing chemical regulatory knowledge (CLP, REACH etc)
• Familiarity with analysis of regulatory changes.
• Company offers flexible working, friendly and professional colleagues, diverse global product range – an excellent opportunity.

Key Skills: Regulatory Affairs, Product Stewardship, SDS authoring, labelling, CLP, GHS, REACH, SDSs, labels, classification, hazard communication, regulatory support, regulatory impact assessment, mentoring, Lisam ExESS, formulated chemical products, mixtures, coatings.

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.