Global Product Compliance Manager - Trumbull, CT

Job description

Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in more than 190 countries. Working to create a better future every day, we help people feel good, look good and get more out of life. In the United States and Canada, the portfolio includes brand icons such as: Axe, Becel, Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Caress, Clear Scalp & Hair Therapy, Consort For Men, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care products, Fruttare, Good Humor, Hellmann's, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!, Just for Me!, Klondike, Knorr, Lever 2000, Lipton, Magnum, Motions, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond's, Popsicle, Promise, Q-tips, Simple, St. Ives, Suave, TIGI, TONI&GUY Hair Meet Wardrobe, TRESemmé and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies.

Our ambition is to double the size of our business, while reducing our overall environmental footprint (including sourcing, consumer use and disposal) and increasing our positive social impact. We are committed to helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being, sourcing all our agricultural raw materials sustainably by 2020, and decoupling our growth from our environmental impact. Supporting our three big goals, we have defined seven pillars, underpinned by targets encompassing social, environmental and economic areas. See more on the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan at http://www.unileverusa.com/sustainable-living/ or http://www.unilever.ca/sustainable-living.

Unilever employs approximately 11,500 people across North America – generating more than $10 billion in sales in 2013. For more information, visit www.unileverusa.com or www.unilever.ca .

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 (GPC) group. The GPC group is part of the Regulatory Affairs Organization in R&D.

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

Within this team, we are now looking for a GPC Manager Raw Materials based in Trumbull. This role will support Foods & Refreshments and HPC Regulatory Affairs and R&D teams around the globe, initially with emphasis on raw material compliance of HPC Imports and Exports, both operationally and to build systems and processes. The job holder will report to the Head of the GPC Raw Materials Group, based in Vlaardingen.

SCOPE:

· Lead the assessment of raw material regulatory compliance HPC import/export projects globally
· Act as a first point of contact for SC and Marketing
· Co-ordinate data collection and regulatory impact assessment
· Acts as a lead resolver for Professional Service Outsourcing of compliance assessments

· Build and use a strong network of global contacts in RA, R&D and Supply Chain to facilitate fast and efficient product compliance checks (Import/export and domestic), that are required due to supply chain changes (new sourcing location, new supplier etc.) or acquisition integration and other internal requests

· Continuously create an understanding of raw material regulatory data flows in Unilever's business (working with Regulatory Affairs and R&D globally), and translate them into efficient routine processes that can be the base of an IT system and/or business process outsourcing. This includes actions to keep such processes up to date when regulations change.

REQUIREMENTS:

· Bachelor's Degree in Science, preferably Chemistry or related
· Working knowledge and understanding of current and emerging chemicals legislation is a desirable
· 2 years or more of experience in chemistry/food science in relation to FMCG products, and familiarity
· Strong IT skills (interrogating databases, manipulating spreadsheets, document management)
· Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
· Strong ability to develop processes and translate ad-hoc solutions into routine tasks
· Independent problem-solving personality, that can delegate up and down
· Self-motivated, enthusiastic and confident
· Strong ability to liaise with other functions, ensuring their timely input to meet compliance requirements

Please note: as part of the job application, you will be asked to complete pre-screening questions. Completion of the pre-screening questions are mandatory in order to be considered. Please allow yourself plenty of time to complete both the application and pre-screening questions. If the pre-screening questions are partially answered or not at all, it will adversely affect the progress of your application. Please be aware that you will have to complete the pre-screening questions at once as you will be unable to return to it later.

Unilever offers a competitive compensation package which includes: Medical & Dental Plans, Life Insurance, including eligible spouses, domestic partners & children; Health Care Flexible Spending, Dependent Care, 401k Savings Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Vacation and Holidays.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected class in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Unilever takes affirmative action in support of its policy to and advance in employment individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-employment drug-screening results and background investigation.