Regulatory Lead Central Europe

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature. 

Regulatory Lead Central Europe – Your future position?

You will be working for a company that touches billions of consumers more than a hundred times a day. Our passion for our customers - the big food & beverage companies - and their brands brings a new dimension to our Business to Business industry. 

As Regulatory Lead Central Europe you will work within our Taste & Wellbeing Regulatory Department leading a team unit operating in Central European markets (which span from Nordics and Germany to Italy, Switzerland and Israel). You will be responsible for leading and managing regulatory projects and customer information and providing internal and external customers with regulatory expertise and consultancy on Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing portfolio through strong customer focus, clear accountability, regulatory advice and advocacy to ensure product safety and compliance.

Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect opportunity if, like us, you always aim to exceed customer needs, deliver value and are skilled at fostering strong relationships. In this exciting role, reporting to the Head of Europe Regulatory, you will: 

• Provide internal and external customers with consistent and compliant product safety and legislative expertise
• Monitor and Interpret flavouring and food regulatory and legislative developments, identify early issues that impact the business, and advise the business on eventual risks to ensure compliance and reduced liability
• Interact with commercial teams delivering legislation updates and regulatory consultancy for business projects, local launches and marketing promotions based on business processes and internal regulatory systems and procedures and industry and regulatory requirements in an expeditious timeframe
• Collaborate with Senior management within sub-region to ensure the right level of regulatory support to the business and customers
• Utilise functionalities of internal SAP-based regulatory systems and databases to support key compliance and safety initiatives 
• Ensure integrity of regulatory database as well as protection of regional intellectual property
• Represent Givaudan at Trade Associations and with Authorities within sub-region providing the company position
• Develop and implement internal policies, processes and procedures and training for team members/new hires/partners
• Establish relationships with assigned customer contacts including participation/leading to customer visits/meetings
• Manage a team of regulatory experts 

You?

Are you someone who wants to grow and shape your own world? Who thrives being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then come join us – and impact your world.

Your professional profile includes:
 

• University Degree (minimum Master) in a scientific field such as Chemistry or Food, Biological or Physical sciences
• 7-10 years of relevant regulatory experience in Flavours or Food or related industry
• Knowledge of the food industry regulatory issues and trends, understanding of its customer regulatory requirements and market dynamics for food ingredients and flavourings
• Strong communication (both written and oral) and Networking skills
• Problem-solving and Decision quality skills
• Customer focus and Drive for results
• Proactive Mindset
• Project Management skills and priority setting
• Business Fluency in English is a must and additional language is a plus

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. 
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.