De Lacy Executive Recruitment North America

Regulatory Specialist

• Oversees the regulatory compliance program to ensures all products manufactured meet national and international regulatory requirements.
• Manages the QA inbox – organizes all incoming emails and requests and delegate tasks as needed.
• Manages all finished product technical data and regulatory packages. Ensures information with the kosher database, genesis and the spec database are up-to-date and meet all national and international regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for completing all quality reviews and risk assessments and give final approval for new products and product changes. Sends out a weekly commercialization update to the team.
• Lead’s the product inactivation process
• Provides Regulatory support to the R&D teams
• Manages all customer requests
• Manages Labelview and all label generation (including information displayed on labels.
• Is an expert on all Quality Related electronic systems – including spec database, genesis, SharePoint, Office 365, Dynamics CRM, planner, Business Central.
• Member of the HACCP team and Internal audit team – conducts facility inspections.
• Leads our supplier approval program:
  • Approves new raw materials and suppliers
  • Completes annual and ongoing supplier vulnerability risk assessments
  • Ensures all documents are up-to-date
  • Conducts investigations and full RCA-CAPA for all supplier complaints
  • Sends a weekly new raw material update to team
• Is fully trained on all dry side QC processes and liquid side QC processes. Acts as the primary back up for QC (when QC is unavailable or on vacation)
• Provides daily support to QC to ensure efficient QC lab operations
• Prints and approves all dry side labels daily
• Conducts allergen testing (such as GF testing and other certification related testing) as per production schedules
• Approves production schedules daily
• Is an immediate support function for Operations
• Supports all food safety initiatives, including (but not limited to) BRCGS, HACCP, GMPs, Allergens, GFCP, Kosher, Halal, Customer Requirements (Such as Costco standards and Kraft Standards).
• Ensure all activities maintain the food safety, authenticity, legality, and quality of our products.
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or additional duties may be assigned at any time.

• College diploma or university degree in Chemistry, Food Science or Microbiology. Or relevant industry experience.
• Excellent Communication skills
• Positive and professional attitude
• High sense of urgency and attention to detail
• Ability to work under tight timelines and pressure
• Ability to work on a flexible work schedule when required
• Demonstrates attention to detail and accuracy for all quality product testing
• Meets all target deadlines for personal projects and assigned tasks
• Detailed oriented and highly organized with the ability to multitask and prioritize projects and activities
• Adjust priorities to meet multiple demands and unanticipated events
• Demonstrates tenacity and willingness to get the job done at all costs
• Exercises good judgement to make effective, sound, timely and informed decisions
• Ability to assess situations and make quick decisions based on risk
• Fosters honesty through mutual trust and respect.
• Treats other fairly
• Speaks plainly and truthfully
• Possess a strong willingness to work hard and is committed to achieving goals
• Provides support to both the Quality Team and other Teams
• Readily shares information, knowledge and personal strengths
• Open to other’s ideas to build a collaborate environment
• Seeks to understand and build on different perspectives of others to enhance team efficiency and quality outcomes
• Speaks and writes clearly, articulates the message.
• Often solicits feedback and reacts calmly to criticism
• Seeks to understand other people’s viewpoints.
• Listens attentively
• Role model in the organization/team
• Takes the lead for Quality and Food Safety initiatives, i.e. BRC, HACCP, GMPs, Allergens
• Strong emotional intelligence and conflict resolution strategies
• Creates an atmosphere of respect and cooperation
• Promotes efforts aimed at continuous improvement and improvement of current business processes
  
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