Manager Regulatory Affair, Perfumery & Beauty, Asia Pacific
About this position
As the Regulatory Affair Manager of Perfumery & Beauty (P&B) responsible for the Asia Pacific region (APAC), your primary responsibility will be to ensure regulatory and safety compliance of all P&B products offered in APAC. This involves staying up-to-date with changes to regulations and industry standards, and working closely with regulatory authorities and internal stakeholders to ensure that all relevant requirements are met.
Responsibilities
Your Key Responsibilities:
• Developing and maintaining strong internal and external customer relationships, to grow the business of Perfumery & Beauty (P&B) Division through regulatory affairs services.
• For Beauty and Care (B&C) ingredients,
• lead and manage APAC regulatory activities defined by manager including supporting market clearance and coordinate Halal matters.
• Provides regulatory support and guidance to commercial teams for sunscreen actives, vitamins, skin and hair care actives and personal care specialty chemicals.
• Be the first point of contact for regional customer inquiries and approve promotional materials.
• For Perfumery & Ingredients (P&I),
• manage all internal and external customers’ product safety & regulatory enquiries and service requests for Perfumery & Beauty including client visit when applicable.
• Provides regulatory support and guidance to commercial teams and creation hub with respect to fragrance development and innovation projects to ensure regulatory & safety compliance.
• Ensures prompt documentation services, tracking of regulatory services & activities to facilitate periodic RA service statistics & report.
• Stay on top of regulations and industry standards and represent the company at industry associations where needed.
• Lead and work closely with team members and Group RA teams in maintaining and updating internal systems with respect to regulatory compliance, documentation and digitalization.
Requirements
You bring:
• Bachelor’s Degree/University Degree in Chemistry or Science
• At least 7 years’ regulatory experience in Regulatory Affairs in Perfumery, Beauty and/or Homecare Industry.
• Regulatory experience and network with authorities in Perfumery, Beauty & Homecare Industry.
• Proven experience working in cross-functional teams and with multiple stakeholders inside and outside at all levels.
• Expertise or experience in beauty & cosmetic ingredient and product registration and claims.
• English is mandatory. Multilingual is a plus e.g. Chinese, Malay, Korean.
• Strong communication/negotiation skills and experience with authorities is a plus.
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