HCMC - Cluster Product Compliance (Cpc) – Compliance Expertise Specialist

Unilever is committed to ensure that its products are compliant with legislation and that clear information is provided on their use and any risks that are associated with their use. 

To translate this mission efficiently into action, and to ensure that Unilever complies with its own high standards as well as with the technical aspects of legislation, is the task of the Global Product Compliance team. The GPC is part of the Regulatory Affairs Organization in R&D. 

The team supports the whole Unilever portfolio, deals with a high variety in compliance activities and interacts with many functions in Unilever. 

The CPC Compliance Expertise Specialist will be accountable for the following:

Main accountabilities:

Handling Expertise & Acquisition of Rules or HEAR: 
• Act as the FPOC for compliance expertise in their area of responsibility (one or more MCOs)
• Design, maintain and improve a network of internal (I/A) and external regulatory experts
• Collect and assess relevant regulation/legislation from authorities and trade associations in their own area of expertise (cross-categories/one or more countries)
• Co-ordinate collection and assessment of relevant regulation/legislation from authorities and trade associations by external/internal experts
• Define local regulatory requirements and convert them into standardised rules, then input into automation/externalisation tools
• Maintain regulatory rules and knowledge for automation/externalisation tools
• Review and assess relevant regulation phrases defined by GRAM/RRAM in automation tools
• Monitor and assess the impact of regulatory change, and work collaboratively with CPC Division
• Manage the budget for external experts
• Assess the compliance capability and quality of third parties (PSO, 3PM)

Dossier Submission and Defence:
• Operate compliance business processes where a local presence is mandatory (e.g. registrations), or handles the execution via 3P
• Act as Dossier Submission & Defence (DSD) role; Deliver documents to authorities and follow-up in their own country, and be accountable for countries (as assigned) where no HEAR presence
• Act as FPOC for product audits by authorities in their own country, and be accountable for countries (as assigned) where no HEAR presence
• Act as FPOC for Post-launch compliance challenges by authorities in their own country, and be accountable for countries (as assigned) where no HEAR presence

Engagement with Global Product Compliance teams:
• Consult with the GPC teams (division/capability) to adapt global ways of working, and receive expertise guidance for compliance issues or improvement.
• Inform GPC teams (division/capability) and CPC on regulatory changes
• Input and content governance for processes and tools
• Leverage global engagement to enable regional implementation or improvement of automated/outsourced processes for the Cluster in collaboration with the GPC Division/Automation/Process team
• Leverage relevant global expertise and knowledge where required for authority audits or other challenges within the cluster

Interfaces: 

Internal
· MCOs, CPC teams, GPC Division, GPC Capability teams, Local RA Managers/members, Trio team
External
· Authorities, Professional Service Outsourcing partners, Business Process Outsourcing partners, Regulatory Data providers, Third Party Manufacturers

· Bachelor/Master degree in Science or equivalent degree
· Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal
· Experience and expertise in local regulations/legislations (one or more categories)
· Ability to liaise with other functions in Unilever and with Authorities
· Fully operational in interpreting complex regulations
· Working knowledge in advocacy and negotiation skills;
· Capable to pro-actively engage with and manage stakeholders
· Attention to details, very-well organised, and logical/systematic thinking

Lunch is provided