Overview
Bring your passion and talent to our stage and continue to share our future and deliver innovative products to our consumers. This is a unique opportunity to expand your knowledge to help and sustain our products. PepsiCo is a fast‑paced, innovative, team‑driven company with many billion‑dollar brands that are household names. The Regulatory Affairs team is an integral part of PepsiCo’s Research and Development (R&D) structure and maintains a strong partnership with our business teams. This position will partner with multiple functions including, but not limited to, R&D, Procurement, Legal and Supply Chain globally. The person selected for this position will evaluate and confirm multiple regulatory aspects of supplier raw materials (ingredients) to enable compliant and legal use in a given market. This will involve the review and assessment of supplier questionnaire dossiers and supporting certifications and affidavits while working with ingredient specifications and R&D databases. As a Regulatory Affairs analyst, this person must be able to think strategically as well as independently monitor, interpret and ensure compliance with regulations today and into the future.
Responsibilities
Regulatory Affairs Compliance: Ensure compliance with all requirements as outlined within the supplier questionnaire dossier
Provide regulatory guidance for beverage initiatives.
Monitor regulatory changes, ensure awareness and drive implementation as needed.
Provide input to beverage databases & questionnaire enhancements for continued improvement in capturing compliance.
Help develop and maintain training documentation such as SOPs and work instructions related to dossier review and approval process.
Internal Business Partner: Provide effective R&D and business partnership and support
Support innovation, integration and productivity for beverage ingredients.
Ensure the necessary approvals are in place and completed timely.
Maintain Supplier and External Partner Relationships: Provide regulatory expertise and help liaise with key supplier regulatory and account contacts if needed
Provide Regulatory input on supplier responses and reconcile received affidavits and certifications with requisite requests.
Interact with consultants to ensure dossier review, approval and metrics reporting is sound; lend support in monitoring and assessing consultant’s work product.
Qualifications
BS in Food Science, Nutrition Science, Engineering or equivalent as minimum.
Preference for at least 1-2 years in the Food Consumer Packaged Goods Industry.
Knowledge of food regulations, ingredient specifications and nutrition.
Excellent computer skills and attention to detail; proficiency in Product Vision is a must.
Ability to execute quickly and accurately under pressure.
Excellent communication (verbal and written) and organizational skills.
Effective collaborator who works well with others.
For the purposes of external advertising we have called this role a Regulatory Affairs Associate Scientist. However please note that the internal job title the successful candidate will be R&D SRA Assoc Scientist.
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