Specialist, SARA, Regulatory Affairs

Mondelēz International; México; On-site; MXN 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondelēz México is seeking a Regulatory Affairs professional to lead compliance for North America markets, ensuring labeling, ingredient declarations, and nutrition facts meet FDA and CFIA standards.

You will partner with R&D, Marketing, Quality, Packaging, and Supply Chain to guide product development, review formulations, and manage regulatory documentation across chocolate and confectionery portfolios.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of regulatory affairs experience in the food industry.
• Knowledge of FDA 21 CFR and CFIA/Health Canada regulations.
• Experience reviewing ingredient lists, labels and packaging for compliance.
• Advanced English required.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the regulatory strategy for assigned products and regions.
• Collaborate with R&D, Quality, Marketing, Packaging and Supply Chain.
• Ensure compliance of formulations, labeling and nutrition information with regulations.
• Review ingredients, labeling, and artwork for regulatory accuracy.
• Maintain regulatory documents and support internal/external audits.
• Utilize SAP for regulatory documentation workflows.

Skills

Regulatory affairs

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Attention to detail

Deadline management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science/Engineering/Regulatory Affairs

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International? Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride. You execute the regulatory affairs strategy for your respective category or categories and geographical area using your technical and regulatory knowledge. You ensure our policies, regulatory programs and requirements of our portfolio carried out.

How You Will Contribute

You will deliver on the regulatory affairs strategy and compliance agenda and work with cross-functional stakeholders to assess regulatory business risks and opportunities. You will provide regulatory affairs expertise for technical regulatory developments and help in responses to challenges and crisis management. In this role, you will ensure that ingredients, product composition, claims and labelling compliance are within applicable regulations and company policies. In addition, you will provide guidance to stakeholders on developments in regulatory affairs, support regulatory impact assessments and change management, help develop regulatory affairs tools, and further develop your knowledge of regulatory, science and nutrition risks and opportunities in your market.

What You Will Bring

• Networking and communication skills
• Reliability and accuracy and an efficient work style
• Meeting deadlines
• Attending to detail
• Project management
• Regulatory affairs in an international and multi-functional environment

More About This Role

Ensure full regulatory compliance of chocolate products across North America (United States and Canada) by reviewing and validating product formulations, labeling, artwork, and nutritional information in alignment with FDA and Canadian food regulations. This role serves as a key partner to R&D, Marketing, and Quality teams to guarantee that all products meet applicable regulatory requirements before market launch.

What you need to know about this position

• Ensure all chocolate products comply with U.S. (FDA) and Canadian (CFIA/Health Canada) food regulations, including labeling, ingredient declarations, and nutritional standards.
• Evaluate and approve food additives, ingredients, and formulations to confirm compliance with permitted substance lists and usage levels under FDA 21 CFR and Canadian Food and Drug Regulations.
• Review and verify ingredient statements for accuracy, proper naming conventions, and correct allergen declarations per North American regulatory requirements.
• Validate Nutrition Facts tables (U.S.) and Nutrition Facts tables (Canada) for accuracy, formatting, and compliance with current labeling regulations, including Daily Value updates and rounding rules.
• Partner with R&D, Quality, Marketing, Packaging, and Supply Chain teams to provide regulatory guidance throughout the product development and renovation lifecycle.
• Utilize SAP for material master data management, specification maintenance, and regulatory documentation workflows.
• Maintain organized regulatory files and support internal and external audits related to product compliance.

Education / Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemistry, Regulatory Affairs, or a related field.

Job specific requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in regulatory affairs within the food industry, preferably in chocolate or confectionery.
• Proven knowledge of FDA regulations (21 CFR), FALCPA/FASTER Act allergen labeling, and Canadian Food and Drug Regulations (CFIA/Health Canada).
• Hands-on experience reviewing ingredient lists, nutrition facts panels, and packaging artwork for regulatory compliance.
• Advanced English (written and spoken) is required.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Ability to interpret and apply complex regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proactive, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Work schedule

Full time

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

Mondelez México has been in the country since 1927 and currently employs 6,000 wonderful people. Our diverse portfolio includes iconic and mouth-watering global brands such as Trident, Oreo, Philadelphia, and local jewels like Clorets and Bubbaloo. We are leaders in the making of cream cheese, powdered beverages and confections—in fact, we make seven out of every 10 chewing gums consumed by Mexicans. Our growth is supported by our cutting-edge manufacturing facilities, such as our Puebla Plant and Nuevo León HUB, which are the largest gums, candies and biscuits factories in the world in terms of volume. You can buy our products in 900,000 places in Mexico. We are also home to one of the 11 technology centers Mondelez International has worldwide, a specialized gum and candy facility that places us at the forefront of innovation and development in the country and drives our purpose to lead the future of snacking. We are pioneers in the country in work-life balance practices such as extended maternity leave, open spaces, remote work and flexible working hours.

Equal opportunity

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

• Regular
• Scientific Affairs & Regulatory Affairs
• Product Quality, Safety and Compliance