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Job Title: SRA Manager
Location
Lagos
Job Field
Administration, Secretarial, Manufacturing
Job Summary
Build strategic relationship with a diverse group of external stakeholders, such as regulators, academics and industry associations to help advocate and advance company positions and to create a favourable regulatory landscape
Ensure compliance of all formulations, ingredients, products, packages, labels, claims, communication with local regulations and Company policy
Support innovation and compliance process by providing scientific and regulatory expertise on new product concept and new ingredients
Proactively work cross-functionally with Corporate, Group, BU PAC, Marketing, Legal, Governmental Affairs, Formula Governance and others, as appropriate, to improve KO credibility and reputation.
Provide expert support on issues related to Promoting Trust and Crisis Management IMCR teams need to address
Responsibilities
Coordinate and implement SRA initiatives within the region, working cross-functionally with Corporate, Group and BU functions, e.g., SRA, PAC, Legal, Formula Governance, R&D and others as appropriate
Manage ingredient, formula, product, package, label, claims and communication approvals using various compliance related tools – Picasso, eLAF, CRS el. Systems
Ensure that all ingredients, products, packaging, labels, claims and communications are complaint to local regulations and company policies
Cascade Group and BU initiatives to mitigate regional regulatory and scientific risks developing region specific initiatives where appropriate
Maintain, enhance and develop relationships, networks with external experts, government agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders on issues relating to nutrition and health, food safety and food regulatory matters to advance company positions
Lead and participate in trade and professional associations to drive company agenda
Participate in SRA related Incident Management Crisis Resolution
Keeps business informed on emerging regulatory issues and develops strategies to mitigate regulatory risks.
Analysis
Facilitates innovation based on length of time required to approve additives and amend legislation, emerging consumer issues, etc
Regulatory stakeholder mapping, relationship building and advocacy
SRA compliance and approvals, product launch and productivity project support
Operates within region, country legislation and Company policies
Advises on product composition requirements for new categories
Approves New Product Development through CIF and Picasso
Submits claims and communication for approval via CRS
Works with cross-functional teams to meet SRA and TCCC short and long-term business objectives.
Analyses and interprets scientific information needed as it relates to nutrition, food safety and regulatory topics to provide governance and stewardship; and to identify new approaches to address scientific and regulatory barriers.
Decision Making
Implements initiatives to address safety of ingredients, packages and products that will positively impact the reputation of TCCC.
Recommends and make decisions on crisis management approaches that will mitigate risks to TCCS.
Innovation
Works with the Business Unit SRA, Technical team, Marketing, PAC, Product Development to provide KO policy guidelines and SRA expertise during new product development to ensure new product conformance to KO and local regulations.
Provides, reviews and approves declarations, product and ingredient related communications.
Technical Competencies
Regulatory Landscape: Knowledge of the regulatory and political landscape e.g., regulations, issues affecting food and beverages in the Business Unit. It also includes the ability to manage complex regulatory issues affecting products, ingredients, packages or claims.
Food Safety, Toxicology: Basic understanding of the nature, properties, effects, and detection of toxic substances in food, and their disease manifestation particularly chemicals of food interest such as food additives and pesticides, and how they are tested and regulated.
Nutrition Science: Understanding of nutrition science including how dietary patterns influence health and well-being, biological mechanisms through which nutrients affect metabolism, dietary patterns, activity levels and related medical conditions particularly obesity and NCDs.
Regulatory Affairs: Ability to interact with government officials to represent the Company or beverage industry while explaining complex scientific data, reports or issues. This includes the ability to anticipate issues or concerns of interest to public health officials in order to respond to those concerns and the ability to advocate a position in a non-adversarial manner e.g., during dispute resolution.
Policy Advocacy: Ability to engage, strategic, collaborate, and lead both internally and externally food and beverage policy initiatives that have the potential to negatively or positively impact the Company.
Compliance: Advanced knowledge of SRA related compliance type process related to ingredients, products, packaging, claims and communication.
Skills:
Building Value Based Relationships: Ability to generate alliances internally and externally by continuously identifying and acting on those things that will create success for the Company and its customers, bottlers, suppliers, communities and governments.
Drives cross-discipline collaboration and teamwork: Applies understanding of scientific & regulatory processes, including internal and external relationships to advance to advance achievement of company’s and technical organization’s priorities. Demonstrated ability to establish and nurture productive cross-functional and internal and external stakeholder collaborations.
Qualification
PhD an asset; 8+ years in food science, nutrition or related field and relevant experience.
Leadership roles in related external organizations/committees/boards.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
Ability to perform in a challenging, dynamic and changing environment
Service minded, team player, high commitment
Must be fluent in English.
Fluency in other languages spoken in the Region is a plus.
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