Regulatory Affairs Assistant Manager

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Regulatory Affairs Assistant Manager

Job Requisition ID: R-1185469
Location: Nigeria

Job Purpose

• We make a difference by deeply caring for our consumers, customers and talents, focusing on that really matters, thinking ahead in time and working to win together.
• For regulatory advocacy and expertise, this role will work with Unilever Regulatory Affairs community as well as with external Regulatory Experts in all clusters.
• UI works across the world to fill white spaces for Unilever. As intrapreneurs, we introduce Unilever’s brands into white space geographies like Korea, Pacific Islands, Mongolia, and spearhead launches of iconic household brands like Dove, Lifebuoy, Sunlight, Glow & Lovely, TRESemme into big markets like U.S, China, Western Europe, and SEAA.
• UI Regulatory Affairs team leads this mandate and supports the entire Unilever International portfolio across the globe, dealing with a wide variety in compliance activities and interacts with across functions in Unilever.
• The role will report to Head of Regulatory Affairs 1UL Malaysia, UI Asia & Africa and will be part of larger 1UL RA team working closely with UI R&D and all the cross functional teams in UI.
• As Unilever’s growth engine, we establish global white space businesses in key channels such as Health & Beauty, Discounters, E-Commerce, and alternate channels such as travel retail, marketing to institutional partners like the United Nations, and seeding Unilever brands to overseas diaspora who crave for a taste of their familiar home brands. Singapore is our global hub leading strategy, marketing thinking, seeding plans, and alignment with the global categories and supply chain. We have global presence and UI hubs all over the world.
• Unilever International (UI) being part of Unilever is fully committed to ensuring that its products are fully compliant with local legislation globally and meet Unilever’s own high internal standards.
• To serve the underserved, we embrace a founder’s mentality, explore unchartered territories, redesign end-to-end business models to establish successful businesses.
• SPEED is the mantra for our resounding success.
• For regulatory advice and expertise, this role will work closely with the larger Unilever RA community as well as with external Regulatory Affairs Experts in all clusters.
• This position will play a critical role in ensuring we fulfill this commitment for all 4 business groups in Africa (East and west Africa - primary focus on Francophone Africa) in form product compliance, regulatory change management, all local product registration and certification.
• This role will manage regulatory & product compliance requirements for UI portfolio and innovation projects in Africa (East and West Africa) cross BGs.
• Unilever International (UI) is Unilever’s White Space Arm of Unilever - one of the fastest and most profitable business of Unilever.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that existing UI products are evaluated in case of regulatory changes
• Accountable for and the first point of contact for any regulatory requirement for UI business in East and West Africa and Francophone
• Cross-collaborate with BG RA & 1UL RA teams for streamlined way of working
• Build UI RA expertise on local regulations across East and West African including Francophone continent across Home Care, Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care & Foods
• Design and maintain process to support UI business in product compliance assurance
• Working with external experts and creation of an eco-system of RAP (Regulatory Affairs Partner i.e. regulatory consultants)
• Evaluate and advise on various planned/ad hoc requirements, e.g., NAFDAC query, for the UI innovation/ renovation project team
• To be digitally salient to embrace and incorporate digital processes for Regulatory Affairs.
• Builds & maintains a strong network of contacts in R&D, Marketing and Supply Chain to facilitate assurance of product compliance for Unilever International (UI)

Experiences & Qualifications

• Independent problem-solving personality, that can delegate up and down and work well with multi-functional teams
• Experience on handling requirements in East and West African market will be preferable.
• Fluent written and verbal communication in English. Fluency in French is highly desired.
• Excellent communicator, who can engage senior leaders and enthuse operational teams
• Strong Business acumen, agility & personal mastery.
• 3 - 5 years experience in regulatory affairs will be preferred.
• Be able to work flexibly and agile
• Degree or MSc or equivalent, preferably Chemicals, Food Science or related discipline
• Strong ability to design processes and to land best practice

Skills:

• Digital Yoda (Digital first) – term used for Digital savvy

Leadership:

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors:

• STAY THREE STEPS AHEAD to drive hunger for growth
• DRIVE WITH EXCELLENCE & Passion for execution.
• FOCUS ON WHAT COUNTS – Consumer and customer obsession
• CARE DEEPLY to nurture our tribe and work and win together