Quality Specialist

General Mills has been bringing food the world loves to Latin America & Mexico for more than 24 years. We're rooted in tradition, yet we’re driven to change the future of our industry. To break away from the pack, we welcome all backgrounds, ideas and perspectives to our table. And we remain passionate about continual learning, setting higher goals and empowering advancement. If you share our endless passion for pursuing new ideas and making them real, help us accelerate our success and discover what's next.

General Overview:

Key Objective

To provide General Mills LACDM with Product Registration, Regulatory and Technical Quality and/or CoE Global support to effectively protect our brands and manage product safety, quality and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Management of Product Registration process for Latin America and Caribbean Countries.
• Product Registration database administrator.
• Author of Technical Specifications (English/Spanish).
• Liaison with Attorneys and Local Authorities to meet or troubleshoot local requirements.
• Process all new and renewal product registrations within timing objectives set by the business.
• Verify and process product registration invoices in a timely manner.
• Establish multi-functional review to prioritize new and renewal registrations, incorporating key business deliverables into the process.
• Establish communication flow to provide vendors, customers and the business team with registration updates.
• Connect current processes with overlapping areas (i.e., label development) for improved coordination across the team.
• Keep current with changing regulations in all registration markets.

Regulatory Compliance/Quality Support

• Internal Registration Champion for LATAM, Caribbean, Central America and Southern Cone markets. Influence and build support across all functions of the business team to drive business growth.
• Provide support to the local business units programs in LACDM regarding new products and providing technical product information.
• Technical Specs, labeling and formula changes.
• Proactively manage communication of formula or packaging updates, and sourcing changes to minimize the potential business impact for LACDM.
• Identify any gaps and work with the team to implement improvement plans.

Qualifications/Skills/Experience

• BS or BA in Business/International Affairs or Engineering/Science Degree or related discipline.
• Minimum 2-4 years in Quality and Regulatory Affairs experience.
• Knowledge of Food regulations related to additives, labeling, packaging and export/import in the US and Latin America.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) required.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, and Power Point).
• Good leadership, communication (written and verbal) and influencing skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills capable of communicating with different countries and teams.
• Able to work on a variety of different projects and prioritize appropriately.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Flexible and able to handle ambiguity.
• Able to work independently and still support team in other functional areas.
• Some travel within the Caribbean, Central and South America will be necessary.

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.