Home Care Regulatory Affairs Manager, Unilever Professional Bebington, Vereinigtes Königreich

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The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Home Care Regulatory Affairs Manager, Unilever Professional – Function: R&D, Scope:
Global,

Location:

Port Sunlight, Work-Level: 2A, Reporting to:
Regulatory Lead, Global UPro.

Acts as regulatory first point of contact for the HC Unilever Professional (UPro) organization. Leads the regulatory strategy, organization and guidance for HC Unilever Professional (UPro) innovation, advocacy and compliance programmes together with any relevant new technology programmes.

• Ensures regulatory input to the HC Unilever Professional innovation projects.
• Delivers day‑to‑day strategic regulatory guidance, assessments and operational inputs to the UPro innovation projects and future technologies on time in full at a global level plus for the key countries in which the products are to be marketed.
• Is an expert on worldwide regulations governing Home Care products in general plus global regulatory developments that impact professional Home Care products, and ensures that these developments are incorporated into the HC Unilever Professional innovation programme.
• Together with Unilever Regulatory colleagues, defines and oversees the build and maintenance of the global HC Unilever Professional product dossier(s).
• Creates and maintains the relevant global HC professional regulatory affairs network.
• Monitors regulatory activities and challenges in markets.
• Prepares global regulatory summaries for specific product areas.
• Maintains information‑sharing systems to ensure access and alignment on regulatory topics across the category and in the regulatory affairs capability.
• Provides expertise to support local teams to respond effectively and with speed to Regulatory Authority questions on product registrations.
• Manages regulatory affairs for HC Unilever Professional: delivers global regulatory updates on legislation affecting the category and gives training as required.
• Delivers global coordination of the Unilever positions in the face of new regulations or amendments in local markets.
• Is the global regulatory expert in HC professional claims, developing claims guidelines in collaboration with scientific writers, Legal, CTI, GDC/S&T to build robust substantiation for landing claims in local markets.
• Provides regulatory input to the management of globally relevant issues and opportunities.
• Leads issues related to HC professional and anticipates regulatory challenges for the future, potentially driving the external influencing agenda for the category.
• Executes regulatory risk assessments and participates in stress tests.
• Provides regulatory input in the event of mergers and acquisitions.

• Manages and/or supports Unilever Professional advocacy topics: ensures HC Professional needs are inputted into the wider Home Care advocacy plan with assigned key topics, acts as a regulatory leader for specific key topics, and represents Unilever externally for specific advocacy topics if required.
• Monitors the external and internal environment to identify threats/opportunities and communicates impacts to stakeholders.
• Develops and maintains excellent interfaces with internal and external partners and represents RA in other UL functions on relevant topics.

Category R&D and Brand Development teams delivering HC Unilever Professional innovations, Regulatory Lead for Global UPro, Head of Home Care Regulatory Affairs, full Home Care Regulatory Affairs team, Global Regulatory Affairs leadership team, External Affairs, Corporate Communications, Legal, Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre and external supply partners.

Minimum BSc, preferably an M.S. or PhD in Biological Science, Toxicology, Environmental Science, Chemistry or equivalent.

• Significant experience of the regulatory requirements that govern the Professional Home Care industry, preferably globally, and preferably with experience in the product development area.
• Experience obtaining any necessary product or active substance registrations in one or more regions.
• Ability to work with external consultants in…