Job Description
Job Title: EMEA Associate Director, Ag Services & Oilseeds (AS&O)
Department: Regulatory & Scientific Affairs
Reports to: Sr. Director, Regulatory & Scientific Affairs
Location: United Kingdom/European Union
Job Purpose
The EMEA Associate Director, Foundational Ingredients role has the main purpose of leading technical regulatory expertise for Ag Services & Oilseeds (AS&O) by providing regulatory knowledge, leadership and strategic expertise across the EMEA region. Ingredient scope includes Edible & Specialty Oils, Flours & Grains, and Lecithin.
Main Responsibilities:
1. Primary role of EMEA Associate Director is to provide regulatory affairs leadership for Ag Services & Oilseeds (AS&O) business, which includes RSA-to-business monitoring, interpretation, implementation and communication of EMEA food and chemical regulations. Specific support includes, but is not limited to food and feed law, contaminants, chemical legislation, single-use plastic and food contact materials regulations, etc.
2. Role will manage business requests primarily for the human food portfolio but may also be requested for subject matter expertise related to non-food portfolio for industrial, feed, and food packaging uses.
3. The role will support and provide guidance as needed in the event of a recall situation.
4. Support the RSA function-to-business partnership in terms of division design and maintenance, cross-division functional responses and conduit to commercial strategies
5. Work to develop and evaluate the business metrics as well as the KPI’s for the work that supports AS&O
6. Work with AS&O leadership and the RCP function to align on the divisional RSA budget
7. Ensure that the RSA teams are maintaining the regulatory database(s) for business partners (Operations, Marketing, Products Development and Applications, Research and Innovation)
8. Advise, support and guide quality, marketing and product management departments in ensuring regulatory compliance of products and marketing tools
9. Check regulatory status of new ingredients and new products versus regulation applicable in the region and liaise with RSA’s corporate Science team and ADM’s global regulatory network for other regions
10. Advise Quality on product labelling, SDS, MRL’s and quality/regulatory statements following ADM standards
11. To reply to regulatory enquiries on ADM’s products in Ag & Oilseeds
12. To contribute to ADM’s corporate RSA and the working groups on various regulatory topics such as Hazard Communications / GHS, GM/BE
13. Maintain prioritization/short-list of projects at different stages of development for AS&O. Act as a RSA stakeholder on strategies for CD&D and R&D projects, as appropriate
14. Engage with external partners (regulatory bodies, trade associations) to represent the company and defend its interest (, MVO, Food Drink Europe)
15. Provide advice and act proactively to anticipate any regulatory change impacting the business
Skills & Abilities
16. Ability to work in a team environment and having a cross-cultural approach
17. Strong, independent analytical and problem-solving skills
18. Excellent communication skills and a very good command of both written and spoken English
19. Computer Skills and excellent user knowledge in business relevant software (SAP, Microsoft Office Package)
20. Business Acumen
21. Recognized by peers as source of knowledge
22. Attention to detail
23. Possess communication skills that can relate regulatory topics to non-regulatory audiences and ties this into business context
24. Ability to focus priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
25. Strategic and out-of-the-box thinking
26. Teaching and communication skills
27. Ability to identify employee’s capabilities and distributes group responsibilities to capitalize on previous experience and expertise
28. Positive, ‘can-do’ attitude with open minded approach.
Education & Experience
29. Prior regulatory experience in regional/global strategy
30. Experience in other functional areas such as Quality, Technical, R&D, Operations & Marketing is highly desirable
31. Leadership / executive experience, preferably with cross-functional roles and responsibility
32. Previous experience in vegetable oil business is highly desirable
33. Engagement with external regulatory authorities
34. Full understanding Food Industry structure, global regulatory landscape & regulatory implications
35. Possess communication skills that can relate regulatory topics to non-regulatory audiences and ties this into business context
36. Ability to focus priorities and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
37. Strategic and out-of-the-box thinking
38. Teaching and communication skills
39. Ability to identify employee’s capabilities and distributes group responsibilities to capitalize on previous experience and expertise
40. Positive, ‘can-do’ attitude with open minded approach.
Competencies
41. Performance and Results Orientation
42. Problem Solving
43. Organisation/Planning
44. Building Relationships
45. Job Knowledge/Technical Proficiency
46. Communication
47. Conflict Resolution
48. Adaptability
49. Judgement
50. Teamwork
51. Strategic Planning
52. Reliability
53. Decision Making/Risk Taking
54. Influence
55. Innovation/Continuous Improvement
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