Regulatory Specialist

**Company**

IRCA Group is a leading international B2B provider of semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry and gelato markets, serving independent producers as well as large food manufacturers. Core products include chocolate, decorations, creams, inclusions, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, and other bakery / pastry ingredients.

Headquartered in Italy, IRCA Group has a strong track record of growth over the last decade, with 22 manufacturing facilities all over the world, 2000+ employee and €1 billion of revenues.

**Purpose of Position**:
We are looking for a proactive & passionate Regulatory Specialist who will support in managing technical requests and verifying compliance of IRCA products across all target markets (EU/APAC). The focus will be labelling regulamentation.

**Main Tasks**:

- Assess and verify raw materials used in IRCA products including supplier updates that may impact IRCA products to meet Food Regulations across EU and APAC.
- Responsible for label template creations for commercialized products and ensure labels are in compliance across all target markets (EU/APAC).
- Maintain regulatory data readiness and integrity in IRCA systems.
- Work closely with category technologist and supply quality on existing and potential suppliers and provide regulatory inputs related to specific raw material category.
- Keep abreast with regulatory updates that will impact our products and communicate to stakeholder to ensure existing products are in compliance with the new regulation.
- Able to write, concise but detailed and easy to understand regulatory horizon scanning and regulatory strategies that could support business growth.

**Required professional and personal skills**:

- ** Education**: Basic degree in Food Sciences / Law
- ** Technical - **_Must have: _Supplier and customer technical relations; Regulatory knowledge of EU, US, APAC, Middle East and Africa Countries
- ** Technical - **_Nice to have _Religious certification (Halal, Kosher)
- ** Languages**: English: good written and spoken (C1); Other European languages (French, German, Italian) nice to have
- ** IT Skills**: Good ability to use MS Office and its standard tools; Common knowledge on data management software
- ** Experience**: At least 2 years. Ability in understanding and interpreting food regulations in checking raw material and product compliance across EU, US, and APAC markets (either B2B / B2C).
- ** Soft skills**: High attention to detail and Accuracy; Critical thinking and Problem-solving; Communicates effectively and has exceptional written and verbal communication skills; Reliable, flexible and eager to learn; Multi-tasking, organizational and time management