Regulatory Specialist

Regulatory Specialist

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, creating innovative and sustainable solutions that answer society’s needs – today and in the future.

• Possess aptitude to breakdown and digest complex regulations and ensure compliance with applicable requirements.
• Hold strong chemistry knowledge in the Food Contact industry.
• Solutions oriented mindset with excellent problem‑solving skills.
• Good communication skills with the ability to engage people at all levels of the organization; ability to resolve conflicts and build organizational alignment.
• Highly effective stakeholder management and capability to build strong relationships internally and externally.
• Proficient with MS Office:
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Lead the regulatory assessment of Food Contact compliance requests.
• Guide and manage business expectations regarding feasibility of Food Contact Notification requests.
• Coordinate and lead the data gathering/generation to support an FDA Food Contact Notification.
• Author, manage, and lead the submission of US FDA Food Contact Notifications.
• Responsible to address and support customer regulatory requests regarding Food Contact applications.
• Establish and lead in‑house Food Contact Notifications (FCNs) to US FDA.
• Clearly understand Food Contact regulatory requirements.
• Support and drive business goals by providing product regulatory advice/guidance and/or managing emerging regulations to the Food Contact Organization.

• Chemistry or Toxicology PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience, or MSc in Chemistry or Toxicology or related field with >6 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum 4–6 years of experience including direct experience in the following areas:
• Authoring, managing, and submitting Food Contact Notifications to US FDA authorities or relevant work.
• Expertise or working knowledge of 21
  
  CFR Parts 170 thru 189 and FDA GRAS.
• Experience with Threshold of Regulation determination, calculation of cumulative dietary intake, and inventory of affected Food Contact Substance.
• Direct experience in supporting complex Food Contact technical queries.
• Clear understanding of the regulatory landscape of the Food Contact industry.
• Business acumen and support by providing product regulatory advice/guidance and/or managing emerging regulations to R&D and M&S organizations.

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e‑mail. Once your application is with us, we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role. For more information about our hiring process, visit

Nouryon is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.