Regulatory Specialist

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the Regulatory Specialist, you will provide regulatory and technical support ensuring cosmetic and OTC products are compliant with US and Canadian regulations and retailer’s requirements, registered on time and maintained throughout the product lifecycle.

You will use your strong interpersonal skills to develop a robust and collaborative relationship with key trade associations and task forces and use your regulatory expertise to assess the impact of specific state regulations to ensure product compliance.

You will work across a wide group of stakeholders including the Markets Regulatory partners, Retail partners, International Retail, Brand teams, Global Innovation Managers, Global Sourcing Managers and Project Managers.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy: Accountable for following the regulatory and claims strategy underpinning No7 Beauty Company brand & product activities in US and Canada

Responsible for supporting manager when providing regulatory leadership and guidance to business development functions when launching new No7 Beauty Company brands in the US and Canada, and when entering new distributor channel or partnership

Accountable for following the regulatory intelligence strategy, capitalizing on No7 Beauty Company memberships, developing regulatory presence and increasing influential powers

Responsible for supporting finance activities: invoicing / Pos for the regulatory and claims budget with US finance business partner

Processes & Governance: Accountable for following the No7 Beauty Company US regulatory framework in the US and Canada, and Responsible for supporting the maintenance of robust regulatory & claims processes and policies through the end-to-end product lifecycle

Defined point of contact for the technical UK community, supporting the link of local business strategy needs to the global systems

Accountable for implementing set regulatory processes

Responsible for developing regulatory standards and positions to enable compliance with local US and Canada artworks e.g., US labeling standards

Responsible for feeding into the Global regulatory & claims processes e.g. claims matrix reviews, artworks management system

Responsible for reviewing US claims best practices into the Global claims team and aligning on Global positions

Product Compliance: Responsible for reviewing compliance of No7 Beauty Company products sold in the US and Canada, including OTC and DIN products

Responsible for supporting managers in defending regulatory challenges in the US and Canada, and supporting with US Legal on class actions, protecting No7 Beauty Company brands and obtaining the most favorable outcome, and aligning with the Global Claims team about claim-related challenges

Responsible for supporting managers with distributor's queries, system databases, and standards, liaising with Global teams

Responsible for supporting the communication of regulatory & claims incidents to No7 BC stakeholders & feeding into Global quality process

Product Development: Accountable for carrying out regulatory activities underpinning the delivery of No7 beauty products to the US against 3Y plan

Responsible for the review of local claims’ content with escalation to manager and Global claims team when required

Accountable for reviewing regulatory compliance of US / Canada artworks and marketing material, highlight and manage risk communications

Accountable for carrying out registration activities in US and Canada [OTC / MoCRA / Health Canada / Wercks]

Responsible for reviewing existing product claims marketing files and any accompanying dossiers for distributor and channel’s approval and use, highlight and manage risk communications, with alignment from Global Claims teams

Horizon Scanning: Accountable for supporting the management of the No7 Beauty Company network of regulatory partners in the US and Canada, and Responsible for highlighting areas of threat and opportunities

Accountable for representing the business at some trade bodies committees and partners meetings, as per the manager’s lead

Responsible for influencing No7 Beauty Company's areas of interest, obtaining the most favorable outcome, and following the strategy set by the manager

Accountable for reviewing regulatory & claims’ areas of threats & opportunities relevant to the US and Canada product portfolio, and

Responsible for feeding in intelligence through the Global HS process, risk and impact assessing intelligence, and communicating regulatory and claims recommendations in line with the business risk appetite

Responsible for surveying and summarizing competitors’ claims activities in the US and Canada, feeding into the Global claims team

Technical Mastery

Strong technical knowledge that supports the delivery of proposed solutions to more technical challenges

Share knowledge with the team to improve capabilities

Good understanding of IP principles; when and how to protect IP and to resolve IP challenges

Apply the principles of good Lean design i.e. identification of customer value to drive efficiency across the appropriate value chain

Scientific Knowledge and Expertise

Follows robust scientific principles in work and uses this to solve problems and create new opportunities

Use multiple sources of scientific information and network with other technical experts

Interpret scientific information into valid conclusions with the ability to propose relevant insights or action

Draw valid conclusions on how insights can impact product claims or methods

Experimental Design and Methodology

Designing conducting and reporting robust experiments and scientific investigations

Apply the principles of good experimental design, Demonstrate an understanding of experimental design

Draw and document appropriate conclusions based on results and propose relevant next steps

Accurately document methodology implemented, outcomes, measurable objective improvement options

Technical Communication

Ability to effectively communicate specialist technical information to a variety of audiences

Present complex specialist information in a simple, balanced and objective way so that diverse audiences across the business understand how the key information and messages are relevant for them

Confidently play the role of peer reviewer for specialist communications

Consistently prepare written reports for defined audiences following scientific principles and legislative requirements as appropriate with minimal support

Working in Compliance with Quality Systems

Setting and working within quality systems

Demonstrate a detailed working knowledge of the quality system and proposed improvements

Contribute to effective quality process and procedure development

Work effectively in compliance and review activities

Train and advise on local quality systems to build understanding and advocacy

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific field

At least 2 years of experience in a legal or regulatory affairs position

Working knowledge of standard office programs (Excel, Word, etc.)

Understanding of US and Canada cosmetic and OTC regulations

Comfortable with database management

Excellent analytic and writing skills

What we can offer you:

We offer the chance to work in a consumer-led environment with the chance to make an impact on a global scale. With a truly entrepreneurial mindset, we recognize the importance of a diverse workforce who work collaboratively with shared values and ambition. We invest in our people by challenging you and developing you and provide a great local reward scheme including:

Competitive Salary

Annual discretionary bonus plan

Employee Discounts

Diversity and inclusion are at the center of everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.