Regulatory Affairs Specialist: Food Law - Roodepoort at Clover S.A. Proprietary Limited

• The successful individual will be responsible for daily activities of regulatory compliance. Strategically coordinate, review and research regulatory food laws, ensuring adherence and communication to regulatory authorities. Supply regulatory and technical information to internal and external customers for the products manufactured.

Requirements    

• Tertiary Qualification (Degree) in Legal (LLB), Biological Science or Food Science.
• Relevant experience in applying job-related concepts, techniques and processes at the required level.
• Corporate experience where complex regulatory information needed to be shared with non-technical team members.
• People management experience 
• Experience in working with senior management.
• Business English: Fluent
• Computer literacy (Advanced)

Competencies    

• Proactive and action orientated.
• Approaches situations with an open mind and solves problems creatively.
• Acts with honesty and consistency.      
• Build high performing team.      
• Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective.     
• Commitment and motivation.   
• Administrative capabilities.       
• Thinking and reasoning logically.      
• Brings a strategic contribution.       
• Communicates effectively.        
• Customer orientated.  
• ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.     

Duties and Responsibilities    
Manage overall legal compliance relating to food regulations.        

• Draft, prepare, compile, coordinate and file regulatory submissions in accordance to various governmental agency procedures and requirements.  
• Coordinate responses from regulatory authorities to obtain regulatory approvals in support of product launches in key markets.
• Develop and review documents and associated processes, such as dossier templates, position statements, marketing materials, product labels, document management, and project management.

Ensure legal compliance with new product launches.        

• Develop and implement plans and timelines.
• Act independently to anticipate needs, studying issues, identifying options and offering compliance solutions.
• Review label design and ensure approval from regulatory bodies.

Strategically direct and support company in new regulatory developments.

• Stay abreast of regulatory submission procedures, agency requirements and changes in data requirements and procedures.       
• Review and research specific issues, requirements, and strategies to assist in development of the regulatory strategy and vision.

Enforce label adherence policy.       

• Stamp to assist the factory and SGS auditors.  
• Sign of Label approval sheet.
• Compile and keep up to date Label policy.       

General legal compliance based on business requirements.        

• Update on emerging legislations/ acts.
• Maintain Regulatory Universe.