Senior Manager/ Head Food Regulatory-FMCG - An FMCG client of ours is looking for a Senior Manager/Lead Foods Regulatory - The role is based in Mumbai and will have some option of hybrid, as per company policies. The ideal candidate must have atleast 13-14 years of leadership experience in Food Regulatory. Key Responsibilities: Team Management: - Manage team of 8-12 direct reports in India, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan with responsibility for those countries, India exports to global locations, and Southeast Asia countries - Utilize engaging leader behaviors to develop team and work through performance management processes - Manage budgets for travel and team development - Develop team priorities and strategy for meeting goals of ITQ and business objectives - Labeling and Regulatory Affairs Compliance - Oversee the development and maintenance of accurate food labeling information for ingredients and finished products (e.g. allergens, nutrition, ingredient statements, product name, claims) to assure compliance with various government regulations, third-party certifications - Be the contact person for Regulatory Affairs, providing regulatory advice upon innovation and import/export projects to ensure compliance at the target country of sale. - Oversee the development of ingredient and finished product specifications for the region - Monitor required countries proposed and new regulations, assess the business impact, and ensure the business team is aware. - Support development of corporate positions on labeling regulatory topics and represent the company externally within trade associations and interface with regulators as needed to protect organization's freedom-to-operate. - Activate and lead the implementation of any changes in labeling regulation within the region - Develop open and effective cross-functional relationships with Export Compliance, Government Relations, Nutrition & Health, Law, Central FSQ, Trade Associations (FICCI, FIA) and other relevant functions and stakeholders internal and external. - Approve all new packaging and labeling. - Provide FSQ input on imported products through feasibility process. - Ensure that all issues raised by regulatory authorities are resolved to protect the company - Support Product Registration with the execution of Sanitary Registration by providing regulatory guidance when barriers to registration are encountered. Other responsibilities: - Facilitate and support the implementation of company Policies & Standards. Request exception decisions as necessary and provide training to ensure Food Safety and Regulatory compliance. - Coordinate distributor/warehouse approval and/or development including audits, temperature monitoring and ongoing training. - Provide support to new and existing distributors to ensure regulatory, distribution, and storage requirements are understood and complied with. - Coordinate the process of Recall, Donation and Destruction of products in distributor markets. - Proactively manage communication of product reformulations and sourcing changes to minimize the potential business impact - Lead the development of FSQ support for marketing claims, new product introductions and customer information requests. - Conduct Mock Recalls (Distributors) to identify any gaps and work with the team to implement improvement plans. - Represent ITQ in PEAK meetings for Southeast Asia and bring perspective to the various projects - Identify resource needs from ITQ and utilize teams to get alignment on projects for Distributor Markets

Mumbai

Senior Manager/Head - Food Regulatory - FMCG 

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