Regulatory Affairs Manager

Job Description

Synergy overview:
Synergy Flavours, part of the Carbery Group, is a trusted and dynamic player in the global flavourings, extracts and essences market. With extensive experience across the food, beverage and nutritional categories and a global footprint, Synergy develops high quality taste solutions which help its customers to stand out in a competitve landscape. Synergy Flavours has manufacturing and technical support facilities in UK, Ireland, Italy, US, Brazil and Thailand. Consequently, Synergy has the market insight and skills to work collaboratively with customers worldwide to develop flavour and taste solutions which meet and anticipate local consumers’ needs. Carbery currently employs over 900 people across its global locations and is dedicated to building a better future for people and planet through the creation of healthier, tastier and sustainable food. We are enriching lives, together.

Overview of the Role
To ensure that all products, packaging, labels and supporting documentation are accurate and compliant with current UK and EU legislation, legal requirements in the export markets served and all customer standards
Manage the timely and accurate Specifications and Safety Data Sheets as part of the Synergy NPI process
Manage and provide timely and accurate technical information to customers both in Synergy and other customer-specified templates (including online systems e.g. Qadex/Hamilton Grant)
Support the compliance and approval of appropriate Synergy products to 3rd party certification requirements

(Organic/Halal/Kosher/FairTrade)
Completion of other appropriate tasks, as necessary, to support the Synergy Business

Objectives, Roles and Responsibilities:
Reporting into the Head of Technical and as the manager of the Compliance team, the key purpose of this role is to ensure the compliance of Synergy products to both legal and customer expectations, and the provision of timely and accurate data to customers/3rd party organisations to support this. This will be achieved by: Ensuring compliance (of products, packaging, labels and supporting documentation) across all Synergy UK sites with current and emerging food, labelling and transport legislation in the UK, EU and other geographies in which Synergy sells products. Determining and/or validating existing regulatory information including legal ingredient declarations, allergen information, nutritional, analytical tolerances, suitability based on product composition in our online formulation repositories. Managing the team to ensure specifications, safety data sheets and product labels are issued accurately and in a timely manner. Accurately and timely provision of customer-specified documents, taking into account company IP protection guidelines. Ensuring compliance with the requirements of third party certifying bodies. Certifying audits (Kosher, Halal, Fair Trade and Soil Association etc.) are passed with no major non-conformities Data required for specifications, legal compliance and other purposes is suitably stored, kept up to date and can be easily accessed. Preventing any successful challenge to our products, packaging, labels and documentation from a Regulatory
New raw materials swiftly approved according to KPIs.

Directly liaising with suppliers where applicable to source information on material supplied. Manage the above both via assignment to other team members and direct ownership. Completion of other appropriate tasks, as necessary, to support the Synergy Business

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skill and Experience:
Degree in Food Science / Science, or related subject
Expert working knowledge of relevant European Food legislation
3+ years experience working in a (Senior) Specifications Technologist role (or similar) within the food ingredients industry, providing technical information to customers
Effective communicator with all stakeholders, both internally and externally
Keen attention to detail and accuracy
Detailed knowledge of expectations of customer specifications / online portals and their completion. Desirable
Previous experience of working in the flavour industry
Knowledge / experience of using internal specifications systems/databases
Previous management experience would also be considered a benefit. This role will include direct reporting of Specification Technologist(s) and offers an introduction to first line management for the successful candidate.