Regulatory Principle Scientist

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

We are recruiting for a Regulatory Principal Scientist to represent Kerry at relevant trade associations and government agencies in the local region. The successful candidate will provide leadership to Kerry on regulatory requirements internally, to drive competitive advantage for Kerry. You will have representation and influence at industry associations and government bodies and bring knowledge of future regulatory changes to the wider regulatory and scientific affairs team.

Key responsibilities

- Leads and supports the Horizon Scanning process & Issues Management.
- Engage in lobbying activities where applicable.
- Monitors and interprets trade activity, legal database, regulatory subscriptions, and authority reference materials to stay abreast of emerging issues, prepares briefings and other relevant content for outlined deliverables.
- Inform and update Regulatory & Scientific Affairs (RSA) LT on outputs to feed into hard insight process.
- Leads management of relationships with trade associations and government agencies.
- Represents Kerry at local and international relevant industry trade associations.
- Have a strategic and proactive interpretation and communication of change in regulations.
- Demonstrated ability to write and coordinate submissions for International Regulatory Affairs Authorities.
- Research, maintain and communicate new regulations that could impact our product portfolio e.g. sustainability.
- Links industry trades activities and positions together for anticipatory management.
- Regulatory Alerts for time-sensitive "hot" issues that impact Kerry.
- Leads and coordinates the Monthly Regulatory Newsletter with emerging issues and regulations. KNHI contributions based on expertise.
- Works with the RSA LT to support the development of a comprehensive regulatory strategy for success of the project/development.
- Research ingredient review approval and use status for the application and country requested; manages these strategies and consultant work as needed; leverages their External Engagement activities and landscape and incorporates them into the strategy.
- Support the RSA team of scientists to provide regulatory expertise and advisement on ingredients (are they approved for use in application and intended markets), on claims, and certifications throughout the development team process.
- Provides regulatory information for new development and innovation.
- Provide regulatory interpretation and regulatory advice to internal stakeholders and customers.
- Keep abreast of the latest development of relevant industry regulations and regulatory trends across the region and share with relevant stakeholders.
- Proactively business partnering with EUM on specific customer opportunities, strategic customer engagements including customer presentations.
- Training of Regulatory colleagues & other functions as required.
- Globally connected with SMEs across regions.

Qualifications and skills

- Expert knowledge in EU and Middle East Food Legislation, with wider experience in global food legislation a distinct advantage.
- Arabic language would be an advantage.
- Able to work accurately and quickly in a fast-paced environment.
- An eye for detail: accurate, organized, and ability to work on your own initiative.
- Self-motivated with good organizational skills.
- Food and beverage industry experience in regulatory, QA or RDA, experience of National or International Trade Associations, good knowledge of EU or MENAT food legislation.
- Hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in food science, chemistry, or related discipline.

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