Regulatory Affairs Manager – LATAM IC

Función: Regulatory Affairs Manager – LATAM IC

Localidad:  Tultitlan

Términos & Condiciones: Tiempo completo

¿QUIÉNES SOMOS?

¿Quieres ser parte de una compañía que hace la diferencia alrededor del mundo? En Unilever, tenemos un propósito claro - hacer que la vida sostenible sea algo común. A través de nuestras 400 marcas que llegan a 2.5 mil millones de personas todos los días, nuestro objetivo es generar un impacto social positivo a nivel mundial y local.

PROPÓSITO DE LA POSICIÓN 

We are seeking a passionateregulatoryaffairsmanagerto drive theRegulatoryAffairsactivitieswithinthe LATAM BU Ice Cream RD&I teamendtoend. This role ensuresthatdatabased-, science- and risk-based- regulatory positions enableimpactful, compliantinnovationsthat drive growth in the LATAM IceCreamNewCo BU. The role focussesonthe LATAM business, buttheincumbentisan active participantofthewider RD&I network in the LATAM/Americasbusinessunit. As such, regulatoryinvolvement and tasksmaydevelopoutsideof LATAM (as partoftheAmericas / global regulatoryIceCreamNewConetworks).

PRINCIPALES RESPONSABILIDADES

Compliance – LATAM /Americas

• Develop and implement regulatory strategies to ensure products, processes, and claims comply with relevant local, national, and international regulations.

• Stay updated on regulatory changes, assess their impact, and ensure compliance.

• Drive digitalization and manage regulatory documentation and applications.

• Collaborate with external consultants on regulatory tasks.

• Support responses to compliance challenges from authorities.

Innovation – LATAM / Americas

• Coordinate regulatory strategy and guidance for innovation projects in LATAM.

• Provide regulatory input to innovation and renovation projects to ensure OTIF delivery.

• Lead the LATAM Regulatory Affairs team and participate in LATAM/Americas LT and the global Scientific Affairs network where relevant.

• Collaborate with Legal, RD&I, and other functions (LATAM/Americas and global) to ensure regulatory alignment.

Advocacy: Shaping Future Regulatory Space – LATAM / Americas

• Develop technical influencing strategies for IC regulatory positions in LATAM

• Collaborate with key functions to define and communicate aligned views and positions.

• Represent IceCreamNewCo in selected trade associations.

• Manage contacts with authorities on priority regulatory topics.

• Provide regulatory support on issues and incidents.

¿QUÉ NECESITAS PARA APLICAR A LA VACANTE?

We seek individuals with the right attitude, mindset, and competencies to shape regulatory strategy in LATAM/Americas. You should be able to work effectively in cross-disciplinary teams and adapt to a fast-changing business environment.

Skills/Experience/Qualifications:

• Proven collaborative leader with a growth mindset.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant scientific field.

• Extensive regulatory experience (Compliance, Innovation and Advocacy) in the FMCG industry, ideally in foods and beverages.

• Strategic, adaptable, and entrepreneurial thinker with a problem-solving mindset, able to anticipate and manage future opportunities and threats.

• Strong collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience leading projects in international markets / teams.

• Highly self-motivated with a track record of effective collaboration.

• Strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.

• Fluent in English and Latin American Spanish and ideally also in Brazilian-Portuguese .

• Experience developing teams.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of food/ice cream product development.

• Project management experience.

• Substantial years of relevant experience and a positive track record in consumer marketing across Mexico. 

• Experience in leading cross-functional teams, navigating through complexity with speed & agility.

• An intuition for consumer insights, understanding consumers, and bringing the consumer voice into the work. 

• Positive, assertive yet empathetic leadership, with exceptional ‘soft skills to enable delivery through high degrees of collaboration and partnership, among multifunctional teams and agencies. 

• Extremely high commitment to working with many & different projects, learning fast & delivering quickly. 

• Basic appreciation or working knowledge of the business operations of consumer goods companies is a big plus.