This position in Regulatory Affairs within the QRC organization involves leveraging knowledge of global food safety, nutrition science, and regulation for labeling, claims and transparency to develop policies, standards, and set company direction to ensure compliance for all Hershey ingredients and finished products. At Hershey this means ensuring that all aspects of a product’s lifecycle from development to delivery are compliant with all government regulations and company guidelines for the retail markets in which they are sold. This involves constantly monitoring the global food regulatory landscape for emerging issues; advising key internal stakeholders to the potential impact to the company; engaging and advocating as appropriate; and ensuring compliance.
Role Responsibilities
50% - Regulatory Compliance Support – Serve as SME for:
- U.S. food regulations. Provide regulatory leadership in areas including labeling, food safety, food additives, flavors and claims regulations. Utilize internal and external tools and systems to evaluate ingredients and formulas to make proactive, risk-based decisions
- Finished product labeling regulations. Direct and execute finished product labeling from creation to final packaging approval.
- Finished product claims management. Lead internal and third-party claims strategy for nutrient content claims, Organic, Non-GMO, Vegan, etc.). Work with manufacturing sites to lead and implement testing and substantiation.
40% - Business Engagement/Technical Leadership
- Lead regulatory projects of medium to high complexity with minimal supervision. Develop regulatory standards, SOP’s, programs, processes, and tools. Communicate regulatory policy to internal stakeholders and partner with global regulatory teams to ensure consistency of compliance programs
- Understand Quality and Regulatory excellence for the product lifecycle (develop, source, make, deliver) and drive Compliance by Design mindset.
- Research new and changing regulations impacting ingredients, recipes, and claims. Communicate business impact and drive for solutions that benefit global export business and U.S. growth
10% - Other Regulatory Compliance Responsibilities
- Horizon scanning: Monitor emerging nutrition and regulatory trends that could impact the business or unlock growth opportunities
- Trade organizations: Participate as a member is industry trade organizations to understand the regulatory policy landscape and potential impact to the business and mitigate risk
- Support Consumer Relations by providing responses to nutrition and regulatory related questions. Proactively create tools and training for newly implemented regulatory initiatives
- Act as a back-up to support certification programs (i.e. Halal, Kosher).
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Science Related Field (Food Nutrition, Food Law and Regulation, Food Science, Biology, Chemistry) or equivalent. Master’s Degree preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years related Food Regulatory Affairs experience
- Detailed understanding of U.S. Labeling laws (food additives, nutrition, standards of identity, and claims)
- Functional understanding and ability to navigate an international food regulation database
- High proficiency in use of advanced computational software (i.e. Excel, Power point, SAP)
- Attention to detail
- Ability to analyze complex technical data
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking. Comfortable with ambiguity.
- Excellent analytical and researching skills
- Excellent communication skills (i.e., verbal, written, presentations) to all levels of the organization
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to self-manage for managing numerous priorities
- Strong initiative, and the ability to change in a fast-changing environment
- Ability to influence and make complicated subjects clear and presentable
- Impeccable ethics and must maintain a high level of confidentiality
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