**Main purpose of the role**:
For our Group Regulatory Affairs Team located in Italy we are looking for a new resource who will manage all our product portfolio for the CIS countries (Turkmenistan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan Georgia, Ukraine, Mongolia, Customs Union - Republic of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia - ), working on the food and labelling regulation, labelling verification and approval, preparing ingredient list and nutritional information, verifying raw materials and documents and handling other activities for Customs purposes.
The new joiner will be based in Lainate (MI) - Italy
**What you will do**:
- _Monitor, verify and study food and labeling regulations and technical standards and their possible revisions in each of the country involved; _
- _Share information on food and labelling legislation/standards with other functions within the organization;_
- _Work closely with Marketing to support projects and issue advice coordinating with the Manager;_
- _Provide support to R&D on additives, raw materials, ingredients;_
- _Manage the compliance of products with national food legislation/standards of the territories involved;_
- _Prepare and issue ingredient lists and nutrition information upon recipe shared by _R&D;_
- _Check the product labels providing the final approval according to local regulations to ensure the compliance;_
- _Participation to trade association, preparation of report and monitor of _bulletins;_
- _Prepare documents for Customs and Labs and submit them_
- _Documents preparation for testing and test report verification and for egistration of the Declaration of Composition._
**Who you are**:
- Degree in Food Science, Food technology, Biology, Chemistry;
- At least 6 years' experience in Regulatory Affairs in multinational companies operating in the food industry operating in CIS markets;
- Russian oral and written mothertounge or proficiency level;
- English: very good command;
- Excellent knowledge in food and labelling law (Europe)
- Good knowledge in preparing ingredient list and nutritional information, starting from ingredients and raw material information, including the ones related to food supplements (i.e. vitamins and minerals);
- Very good capacity of analyzing legislation, evaluating impact assessment on the company products and environments, summarizing and communicating key information to internal stakeholders;
- Combines scientific knowledge with legal aspects;
- High level of accuracy;
- Capability to carry out research from different sources;
- Cooperates and communicates across the company
**What we offer**:
- An empowering, stimulating work environment with training and development opportunities at national and international level;
- Human resources management systems certified by Top Employer;
- A complete wellbeing and welfare system that includes smart working, health and life insurance, parenting benefits, health promotion and much more;
- An inclusive work environment that values diversity;
- Possibility to join initiatives and projects of value for the environment and society.
- Here in Perfetti Van Melle there is a culture of respect and valorization of diversity._