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Kraft Heinz

Makes packaged foods for homes and restaurants

Regulatory Specialist

Regulatory & Quality (Life Sciences)Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSão Paulo, State of São Paulo, BrazilNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Nutrition Science is required.
  • Previous experience in the food industry is required.
  • Previous experience with food legislation in South American countries is required.
  • Knowledge of product development, food ingredients, factory processes, and commercial processes is required.
  • Advanced Spanish is required for regular contact with teams in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Chile.
  • Availability to work under a 12-month temporary contract is required.
  • Project management is required.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure regulatory compliance for finished products, formulas, packaging, labels, and ingredients.
  • Serve as the point of contact for the POD team as a regulatory specialist for South American countries.
  • Ensure compliance with registration processes in export countries.
  • Advise Research and Development and Marketing on food legislation by reviewing specifications and identifying impacts and adaptation roadmaps.
  • Provide technical expertise across regulated areas affecting products and their commercialization, including food legislation, nutritional requirements, labeling, and packaging.
  • Monitor, communicate, and guide key POD stakeholders through the regulatory landscape in Mercosur markets, Chile, and other South American countries.
  • Develop roadmaps for implementing new legislation related to food seals, labeling, and packaging across the business unit.
  • Identify and communicate regulatory risks to company leaders.
  • Review, comment on, and approve labels and mandatory declarations in the system.
  • Enter supporting information for marketing and product seals into the system.
  • Approve ingredients and finished products for regulatory compliance.
  • Give final approval to nutrition tables and ingredient lists during new label development, and review product labels to ensure compliance with each country's legislation, government guidelines, and company policies.
  • Approve ingredient specifications for legislation, nutrition, and environmental, social, and governance requirements, and support other labeling information requests.
  • Review recipes and ingredient specifications to ensure composition requirements, codes of practice, and company policies are met.
  • Administer product certifications and registrations, including import, export, and local commercialization and distribution.
  • Own regulatory contact and responsibilities for sustainable Research and Development objectives.
  • Support positive nutritional claims.
  • Approve formulas and labels to ensure they are not misleading and comply with legislation.
  • Maintain a reference relationship with the current regulatory team to stay informed about new food legislation and government guidance.
  • Support Research and Development and Quality by advising on legislative matters related to raw materials, formulas, and labeling.
  • Analyze regulatory impacts, risks, and scenarios to facilitate strategic decision-making based on risk assessment.
  • Support business sustainability in accordance with company values and commitments.
  • Support the POD team in managing supply-chain contracts.

About the Company

Kraft Heinz

Makes packaged foods for homes and restaurants

Kraft Heinz makes packaged foods and drinks for households, restaurants and other foodservice operators around the world. Its portfolio includes Heinz ketchup and spans sauces, cheese, ready meals, coffee and refrigerated foods. The company develops recipes, manufactures products in its factories and works with outside producers to supply different markets. It earns revenue by selling through grocery chains, wholesalers, online retailers and distributors that serve commercial kitchens. With operating roots in Heinz's 1869 business and its combined group formed by a 2015 merger, it is co-headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Chicago, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA
Founded
1869

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