Job Description
- Work with high profile food brands within a growing organization
- Opportunities for professional development and promotion
Our client is a leading food manufacturer that produces and distributes a variety of products, such as flour, cornmeal, baking mixes, pastas, and other products with name brands you see nearly everyday. Serving both retail and food service markets in the USA and North America, our client focuses on delivering quality, tradition, and trusted brands to consumers.
Job Description
- The Regulatory Specialist works closely with Food Scientists, Marketing, Procurement, Project Management, Legal, and Quality teams, while providing support to additional cross-functional teams as needed.
- Provides nutritional, labeling, and regulatory expertise to support business objectives while ensuring regulatory compliance and responsible marketing practices.
- Maintains foundational knowledge of raw materials, ingredient functionality, standard of identity, and nutrition principles as they relate to labeling and product development.
- Maintains TraceGains data and specifications to support FDA and USDA label compliance requirements.
- Independently develops and validates the technical label copy through application of FDA and USDA regulations and the standards and principles of nutrition and food science.
- Independently reviews and substantiates product claims and provides regulatory guidance to the organization.
- Reviews and approves label art files in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Stays current on FDA and USDA regulations and assess potential impacts to product labeling across the portfolio.
- Provides technical guidance in response to product-related consumer inquiries, as needed.
- Identifies and implements opportunities for continuous improvements related to labeling, regulatory compliance, nutrition, and team operations.
- Develops and implements Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and associated training material.
- Supports the development and growth of internal regulatory team capabilities.
- Provides regulatory and technical input throughout all phases of new product development, from concept through commercialization.
- Leads assigned product development projects from concept through commercialization.
- Leads or supports the planning, execution and reporting of plant trials and product validations for new products and reformulations.
- Files and maintains product development related documentation.
- Performs additional duties and special projects as assigned.
- Travel as requested up to 20% as needed
The Successful Applicant
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Biology, Engineering or related field required
- Minimum 5 years of experience within a food manufacturer environment, including at least 3 years applying government labelling regulations within a Consumer Packaged Goods (CGP) company.
- Strong knowledge of FDA food labeling regulations and comfort with regulatory interpretation.
- Strong knowledge or USDA food labeling regulations and labeling approval procedures.
- Experience supporting export compliance requirements, including Canada and Mexico.
- Experience with TraceGains, ESHA Genesis or similar food labeling program, SAP, Microsoft Office suite, label review software (Dragonfly or similar), SharePoint, and knowledge of PLM system
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally within a regulatory, labeling or product development environment.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Compensation up to $110,000 (DOE)
- 5% Bonus
- 3 weeks of PTO + 5 sick days
- Full Health Benefits
- 401 match
Contact
Ed Lieser
Quote job ref
JN-062026-7029639
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chicago |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
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Skills
- Biologyunmatched
- Business Supportunmatched
- Code Reviewsunmatched
- Consumer Brandingunmatched
- Consumer Packaged Goodsunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- FDA (Food and Drug Administration)unmatched
- FDA Requirementsunmatched
- File Maintenanceunmatched
- Food Productionunmatched
- Food Qualityunmatched
- Food Scienceunmatched
- Food Servicesunmatched
- Government Regulationsunmatched
- Health Planunmatched
- Import/Export Complianceunmatched
- Interpret Regulationsunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Marketingunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft SharePointunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Nutritionunmatched
- Procedure Implementationunmatched
- Procurement Managementunmatched
- Product Developmentunmatched
- Product Documentationunmatched
- Product Lifecycle Managementunmatched
- Product Reviewsunmatched
- Product Testingunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Regulatory Complianceunmatched
- Retailunmatched
- SAPunmatched
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
- Standards Developmentunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)unmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
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